Learning objectives
The course aims to give deep knowledge and competence in romance philology's tools and problems through a case-study.
1) Knowledge and understanding: by the end of course the students will be able to read and translate texts of average difficulty.
2) Applying Knowledge and understanding and judgments making: by the
end of the course students will be able to comment upon texts and make complex argumentation.
3) communication skills: by the end the course students will be able to formulate hypothesis in a specialistic and up-to-date vocabulary.
4) Learning skills: by the end of the course students will be able to carry on autonomously his studies also in view of PhD.
Prerequisites
None
Course unit content
The course will study the Fiorita, a XIV century text written by Armannino da Bologna. After a short Introduction, we'll study the differents parts of the text (above all Thebe, Troy and Rome sections) and their cultural background.
Full programme
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Bibliography
P. Beltrami, A che serve un'edizione critica?, Bologna, Il Mulino
Lecture Notes
NON- attending Students are requested to conctact the teacher.
Teaching methods
Taught class; seminar lesson (reading and translating from facsimiles of manuscripts).
Assessment methods and criteria
The exam consists of :
- short paper on an agreed subject, to be given to the teacher at least one week before the oral exam;
- oral exam: questions are of 3 kinds:
- test of reading, translation and linguistic analysis of a text chosen from
the course;
- test on linguistical competence;
- test on the literary and historical context.
The 4 parts will equally concur to the final note (in 30 scale);
it is necessary to have a satisfactory note (18/30) in each set.
The student is immediately told of his note.
A pass (18-23/30) is
determined by the student’s possession of the basic
contents of the course; middle-range scores (24-27/30) corresponds to
good level of knowledge and to che ability in making links and
apply it to problem solving;
higher scores (from 28/30 to 30/30 cum laude) correspond to developed
abilities and competence in translating, making links among different languages and
literatures.
Other information
Those who never passed a Philology Romance exam in the first cycle are invited to contact the teacher
