humanities | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Filologia e linguistica romanza (L-FIL-LET/09)
Field: Filologia, linguistica e letteratura
Type of training activity: Characterising

30 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

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Learning objectives

The course is intended to give students competence to a critic insight of romance
medieval literature, above all in its connections with classical literature.

Prerequisites

Course unit content

After a brief Introduction about Ovid in Old French Literature of the
XII century, the course's aim is to study the Old French tale of Pyramus and Thisbe ("Piramus et Tisbé") and its relationships with Ovid’s "Metamorphoses", through passages which will be read, translated and analyzed in class.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Furio Brugnolo, Roberta Capelli, "Profilo delle letterature romanze medievali", Roma, Carocci, 2011.

Paolo Gresti, "Introduzione alla linguistica romanza", Bologna, Pàtron, 2016.

Further bibliographical informations will be provided during the course.
Students who have taken other exams of Romance Philology will plan the bibliography with the teacher.

Teaching methods

Academic teaching.
Students will be requested to collaborate during oral translations, according to their
number.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam, which includes questions about the lessons and the books to be studied
autonomously.

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