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32603 - Romance Philology 2 (2nd cycle)

Academic Year 2025/2026

                
                        Docente:
                        Luciano Formisano
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-FIL-LET/09
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Modern, Post-Colonial and Comparative  Literatures (cod. 0981)

                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Mar 30, 2026 to May 13, 2026

Learning outcomes

The course is about medieval languages and literatures belonging to the Iberian Romance domain (Galician-Portuguese, Castilian, Catalan). It is aimed at deepening linguistic skills (history of the language and historical grammar) and at acquiring more competence in the principles of ecdotics (history of tradition and textual criticism). Both the linguistic and textual aspects are framed within the history of literature. As for the skills to be acquired, the course intends to develop methods in technical analysis (metrical, stylistic, rhetorical, etc.) of texts.

Course contents

1. Introduction to the langue d’oïl.

2. The Roman de la Rose and the Medieval romance.

3. The Roman de la Rose by Jean de Meun: language, themes, reception.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Au. Roncaglia, La lingua d’oïl. Avviamento allo studio del francese antico, Roma, Edizioni dell’Ateneo, 1971 (and new impressions).

2. M. L. Meneghetti, Il romanzo nel Medioevo, Bologna, il Mulino, 2010.

3. Jean de Meun, Ragione, Amore, Fortuna (Roman de la Rose, vv. 4059-7230), a cura di P. G. Beltrami, Alessandria, dell’Orso, 2014 (Gli Orsatti, n. 38). A full reading in Italian translation of the anthologized text is required, accompanied by the reading, translation, and linguistic-philological commentary of lines 4059–4420 of the original text.

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

Teaching tools

Some study materials (reproductions of illuminated manuscripts, modern translations, ancient and modern Italian reworkings) will be uploaded to the Virtual platform.

Students with Specific Learning disorders or temporary/permanent disabilities are encouraged to promptly contact the University support office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it) and the instructor to jointly identify the most effective strategies for attending lectures and/or preparing for the exam.

Office hours

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