28482 - Romance Philology (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will acquire knowledge of the romance languages and literatures of the Middle Ages and their formation, with particular regard to French and Provencal. The student will understand relations between poetry and music and he/she will acquire the skills for reading and translating from the original language.

Course contents

The course is divided into two modules for a total of 60 hours and of 12 credits.

• Classes will start on September 21, 2020.

* The first week of classes will certainly be held online on the Microsoft Teams platform.

• Course timetable: Monday, 11:00-13:00, via Zamboni 32, aula I; Tuesday, 11:00-13:00, via Zamboni 32, aula I; Wednesday, 11:00-13:00, via Zamboni 32, aula I.

Students who choose the 6 credits course and the students of LM in Filologia, letteratura e tradizione classica can attend the first part of the classes, Module 1 (September 21-October 21, 2020). The course will be like a seminar. • Syllabus and Course contents:

The course does not require prior knowledge of ancient Romance languages. The texts analysed in class will always be read also in Italian translation; the original French texts will be read with the tutor’s guide and introduced in such a way as to ensure everyone’s understanding. Frequency is strongly recommended.

Module 1.

A1. First introductory part: Classical philology and modern philology compared. Students will read and comment literary passages and critical passages, with particular attention to types of editions, types of apparatus, construction of stemmata, new edition methodologies in the field of Romance Philology

B1. Second part: Reading the classics in medieval romances. On an appropriate selection of literary texts, which will be read and commented philologically, the students will study the precise references of classical forms and texts in some medieval romances. The chosen perspective, that of the reception and transmission of the ancient tradition, will also entail the philological investigation of the genesis and survival of themes which will then come to the forms of modern and contemporary literature.

Module 2.

A2. First part: Dante’s library: classical texts and romances. Students will study the demonstrable textual sources in Dante’s work, with particular regard to the Romance literary art described in the De vulgari eloquentia.

B2. Second Part: Text transmission problems of medieval texts. Students will study current themes and methods of text criticism. In particular, they will study the autographed Italian and French texts of the Middle Ages. The specific object of this part will be the observation of how the literary text is formed on its author’s desk and the advantages that study of autographed documents brings to the understanding of the whole work (examples taken, for Italy, from texts by: s. Francesco d’Assisi, Giovanni Boccaccio, Michelangelo, Leopardi, Ungaretti; for France: fr. Angier, Matthew Paris, Jean Gerson; for modern authors: Stendhal, Proust).

It is possible to write and submit a paper on an agreed subject, also for groups of students, to replace a part of the oral exam (it is not mandatory for the examination). At the end of the course students can practice on manuscripts of University Library of Bologna.

Classes will start on September 21, 2020

Place and course timetable:

Monday, 11:00-13:00, Via Zamboni 32, aula I

Tuesday, 11:00-13:00, Via Zamboni 32, aula I

Wednesday 11:00-13:00, Via Zamboni 32, aula I

Readings/Bibliography

Module 1

Attending students

A1. For attending students, the notes of the lessons will be the essential basis for the preparation of the exam. In relation to the parts developed during the course, attending students will study:

A collection of handouts edited by the Professor available in hard copy and online on IOL platform [https://iol.unibo.it] and: A. Varvaro, Critica dei testi classica e romanza. Problemi comuni ed esperienze diverse, in Rendiconti dell’Accademia di Archeologia, Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, XLV (1970), pp. 73-117; G. Brunetti, L’edizione critica delle liriche medievali: considerazioni dall’Italia, in «Perspectives médiévales», 34 (2012), pp. 2-14.

B1. Il Medioevo degli antichi: i romanzi francesi della triade classica a cura di Alfonso D’Agostino, Milano, Mimesis, 2013; texts in ancient French will be read with the aid of A. Roncaglia, La lingua d’oïl. Profilo di grammatica storica, Edizioni dell’Ateneo, 1999; finally, an essay/book chapter chosen from those listed in the handouts.

Module 2.

Attending students

A2. A collection of handouts edited by the Professor available in hard copy and online on IOL platform [https://iol.unibo.it], with selected passages taken from Dante, De Vulgari Eloquentia, a cura di E. Fenzi, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2012 and Dante, Monarchia, a cura di P. Chiesa e A. Tabarroni, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2013.

B2. an essay/book chapter chosen from those listed:

• G. Brunetti-S. Gentili, Una biblioteca nella Firenze di Dante: i manoscritti di Santa Croce, in Testimoni del vero. Su alcuni libri in biblioteche di autore a cura di E. Russo, Roma, Bulzoni, 2000, pp. 21-55;

• G. Brunetti, Autografi francesi medievali, Roma, Salerno, 2014 (only one chapter);

• G. Brunetti, Gli autografi nella letteratura italiana delle Origini, in “Di mano propria”. Gli autografi dei letterati italiani, Atti del Convegno internazionale (Centro Pio Rajna - Forlì, Fondazione Garzanti, 24-26 novembre 2008) a cura di G. Baldassarri-M. Motolese-P. Procaccioli-E. Russo, Roma, Salerno Editrice 2010, pp. 61-92

• C. Segre, Critica genetica e studi sulle fonti, in Genesi, critica, edizione (1998), pp. 39-48.

Non-attending students

Non-attending students will prepare the final exam following the previous bibliography with the support of these additional readings:

• P. Beltrami, La filologia romanza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017 otherwise M. Barbato, Le lingue romanze. Profilo storico-comparativo, Bari, Laterza, 2017 otherwise L. Renzi-A. Andreose, Manuale di linguistica e filologia romanza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2015.

• P. G. Beltrami, A che serve un'edizione critica? Leggere i testi della letteratura romanza medievale, Bologna, il Mulino, 2010.

Teaching methods

- Lectures and seminars;

- Philological reading and commentary of texts, investigated in their historical genesis and transmission;

- Discussion of the methods, assumptions and different interpretations of the main critical lines;

- Students can apply for specific bibliographies and specially set up laboratories. There will be individual tutoring.

Assessment methods

• Oral examination.
• The student must demonstrate, with correctness and linguistic properties, that he has studied all parts of the program.
• In the interview, the Professor will assess the learning outcomes and the critical capacity of the student. The student has to be able to read, comment philologically and interpret literary texts in the program, with clarity and relevance. The student will be provided with at least two textual examples among those examined during classes.
• Along with the historical understanding of the text and in particular of the literary genre studied, the student will have to demonstrate competence in methods and problems of romance philology, comparative argumentation skills, and good command of the specific vocabulary of modern editorial practice.

Teaching tools

Facsimiles of manuscripts and their digital forms; Linguistic and textual databases in the sector; books and paper materials; etymological cocabulars, lexicons etc., libraries, powerpoints; filmed documents.

Office hours

See the website of Giuseppina Brunetti