Learning objectives
The specialised teaching of Italian Philology will provide students with an understanding of the critical methods of philology and variant criticism.
Applied knowledge and understanding
Students will be able to apply the knowledge and understanding skills necessary to use critical editions in the context of authorial philology. During the lessons students will learn to confront themselves with concrete cases in order to put into practice the notions received.
Autonomy of judgement
students will develop skills in the interpretation of data useful to determine autonomous judgments within the critical debate on the discipline, and to evaluate the different reconstructive and representative proposals of the critical editions dealt with.
Communication skills:
Thanks to the analysis and comparison of different critical-interpretive proposals, students will be able to organise information, ideas, problems and solutions necessary to face and communicate philological-critical problems in the field of author philology and variant criticism.
Ability to learn
Thanks to the general structure of the course, which provides the basics of the discipline, students will develop the learning skills necessary to independently complete further philological studies.
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of the methods of philology and of the History of the Italian language and of the Italian literature is required. Furthermore, students are required to know the Promessi sposi.
Course unit content
After an introduction to the methods and aims of author philology, the course will be devoted to the philological study of Manzoni's Stoia della colonna infame.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Paola Italia, Giulia Raboni, Che cos'è la filologia d'autore, Roma, Carocci, 2010; Alessandro Manzoni, Storia della colonna infame, ed by Carla Riccardi, Milano, Mondadori, 1992. Other essays (of which at least four are mandatory) will be provided at the beginning of the course and uploaded to the Elly platform
Teaching methods
The activities will take place in presence. During the live lessons moments of lectures will alternate with moments of analysis in which the participation of the students will be requested.
Assessment methods and criteria
The exam consists of an oral proof in which the student will demonstrate his knowledge of the main problems of the making of a critical edition and his competence on philological terminology. The questions will deal as much with the more technical and methodogical aspects as with the competence to place the texts in their historical and literary context. A fail in the exam is determined by the lack of an understanding of the minimum content of the course, the inability to express oneself adequately, by a lack of autonomous preparation, the inability to solve problems related to information retrieval and the decoding of complex texts, as well as an inability to make independent judgments. Will be considered: sufficient (18-21) the student able to manage properly the basical concepts and terms of the discipline, quite good or good (22-26) the student who demonstrates an autonomous ability of reflection, very good (27-30 with laude) the student who will have improved his knowledge for instance through the study and analysis of critical editions.
Other information
Exam dates: as published calendar
