B1652 - Autorial Philology (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will acquire knowledge of the history, methods and tools of authorial philology and will be able to read, study and produce critical editions of literary and non-literary texts. Special attention will be given to the study of variants, also from a critical perspective.

Course contents

The course aims to prepare master's students of LM14, who have already taken the institutional examinations of Italian Literature, Contemporary Italian Literature and possess basic notions of Italian Philology, for the study of Author's Philology, i.e. the philology that studies variants not due to transmission but to a different author's will on his own work. After an overview of the main theoretical concepts of the subject, the history of the discipline, its methods, and the main case studies, from Petrarch to contemporary times, will be analyzed. An in-depth study will also be devoted to digital author philology and the philology of digital native texts.

 

CONTENTS: 1. Introduction; 2. History. From Ubaldini to Moroncini; 3. History. Author philology, variant criticism and critique génétique; 4. History. Dante Isella's authorial philology; 5. Methods. The text; 6. Methods. The apparatus; 7. Methods. The postille and alternative variants; 8. Cases. Petrarch; 9. Cases. Bembo and Ariosto; 10. Cases. Leopardi; 11. Cases. Manzoni; 12. Cases. Gadda; 13. Casi. Pasolini; 14. PROSPECTS. Digital author philology; 15. Thesis presentation and Conclusions.

Readings/Bibliography

P. Italia-Giulia Raboni, Che cos'è la filologia d'autore, Rome, Carocci, 2023 (XI ed.).
P. Musitelli and C. Del Vento, Scartafacci, Rome, Carocci, 2023.


Students will choose one volume from the following in the series Filologia d'autore (https://www.carocci.it/serie/filologia_dautore):


- G. Raboni, Come lavorava Manzoni, Rome, Carocci, 2017.
- P. Italia, Come lavorava Gadda, Rome, Carocci, 2017.
- C. Montagnani and P. De Lorenzo, Come lavorava D'Annunzio, Rome, Carocci, 2018.
- P. Moreno, Come lavorava Guicciardini, Rome, Carocci, 2019.
- C. Caruso and F. Casari, Come lavorava Carducci, Rome, Carocci, 2020.


BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE INTEGRATED COURSE

Students who have never taken a course in Philology should prepare the following chapters of Pasquale Stoppelli's textbook, Filologia della Letteratura Italiana, new edition, Rome, Carocci, 2019 and take a written exam (Stoppelli's debt) before the oral exam.
Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5.
2. Manuscript Philology
3. The unitestimonial edition
4. The Lachmann method
5. Limitations of Lachmann's method
Chapter 7, on Author Philology, is optional.

Teaching methods

The course consists of lectures with slides and teaching materials shared VIRTUALLY, and exercises that students can also carry out digitally.

Assessment methods

At the end of the course, the student will have to produce a thesis consisting of a critical edition of a manuscript paper by an author of his/her choice, to be sent at least 15 days before the date on which he/she intends to sit the exam. The examination will consist of an oral discussion on the topics covered during the course. The assessment will be based on the following indications: inadequate grade (corresponding to a grade lower than 18/30): absence or serious deficiency of the basic notions, in every part of the programme; serious errors in transcribing and editing the text; sufficient grade (corresponding to 18-21): possession of the basic notions with some gaps in preparation; poor ability to connect the data, little autonomy in re-elaborating the contents; consistent errors in transcribing and editing the text; fair grade (corresponding to 22-24) possession of basic notions; fair ability to connect data, fair autonomy in reworking content; transcription and formalization errors in the apparatus; good grade (corresponding to 25-27): possession of knowledge at an intermediate level; accuracy and ability to connect data, good autonomy in reworking content; correct transcription and critical apparatus with few formalization errors; excellent grade (corresponding to 28-30) possession of knowledge at a medium-high level; excellent ability to connect data and critical and conscious reworking of content; correct transcription and edition of the text; praise implies the study and edition of extra-programme material. The final mark will be the average of the mark obtained in the essay and the mark obtained in the oral examination (in the case of an intermediate mark, the approximation will be by excess; e.g.: 26.5 > 27).

Teaching tools

Projection of images, sharing of teaching materials on the TEAMS platform, audio/video recording of lectures on STREAM.

Links to further information

http://www.filologiadautore.it/wp/

Office hours

See the website of Paola Maria Carmela Italia