TEXTS AND AUTHORS OF ITALIAN LITERATURE ONLINE SEMINAR

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

FLT052

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PERUCCHI Giulia

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisite requested.

Objectives

- Educational targets:
the course is meant to reach the objectives of the MA course in "Philology, Linguistics and Literary Traditions" (Linguistica e Tradizioni letterarie"). More specifically, it aims to supply a knowledge in the field of digital editing and literary databases.

- Expected learning results:
1) knowledge of the course contents;
2) ability to critically use databases and discuss specific case-studies;
3) communications skills.

Contents

The workshop aims to provide basical skills to critically use and realize databases concerning philological and literary information. After and introduction, which will illustrate most helpful uses of databases in humanistic fields, there will be practical lessons with exercises on these topics: analysis of back and frontend of a database; XML language; text-encoding software.

Extended Syllabus

The workshop aims to provide basical skills to critically use and realize databases concerning philological and literary information. After and introduction, which illustrate most helpful uses of databases in humanistic fields, there will be practical lessons with exercises on these topics: analysing back and frontend of a database, learning XML language, using a text-encoding software.
Attendance to this course is highly recommended. The text-encoding software is free: students will download it following the teacher’s instructions.
More bibliography on open access may be provided during the course.
The final assessment consists of a written and an oral exam on the entire syllabus, which will follow a written test concerning text-encoding skills.

Recommended Bibliography

Optional suggested readings:

If you search a wide introduction: F. Stella, Testi letterari e analisi digitali, Roma, Carocci 2010

On text-encoding: E. Pierazzo, La codifica dei testi. Un'introduzione, Roma, Carocci, 2005

Free papers (open access) will be suggested during the workshop.

Teaching Methods

The Wokshop consists of 12 lessons (24 hours, 2 lessons per week). There will be both lectures (with slides) and exercitations. Students will be tested to assess their learning.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final assessment consists of a written and an oral exam on the entire syllabus, which will follow a written test concerning text-encoding skills.
Students will not be graded, but awarded a 'pass mark' (ie., pass/fail).

Only those who have taken part in at least 9 of the 12 lessons organized by the teacher may take the written test at the end of the Workshop.

Contacts/More Information

Attendance to this course is highly recommended. The text-encoding software is free: students will download it following the teacher’s instructions.
More bibliography on open access may be provided during the course.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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