B5599 - Stemmatology (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to arrive at an advanced philological knowledge, with particular regard to Lachmannian ecdotics. He/she will also be able to reach a correct understanding of the Italian philological tradition in the ancient field. Connections with criticism and literary history of the works considered will not be missing, aimed at emphasizing the combination, proper to the Italian tradition, between philology and criticism in the interpretation of texts.

Course contents

The Course includes two sections:

the first section (Section a) will provide a deepening of italian Philological method (10 hours);

the second section (Section b) will focus on Petrarch's Trionfi, tradition and reception (20 hours).

 

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

Readings/Bibliography

Section a: Philological method.

Bruno Bentivogli, Francesca Florimbii, Paola Vecchi Galli, Filologia italiana. Seconda edizione, Milano, Pearson, 2021 (excluding the Section of Esempi, pp. 140-294, except for Il Canzoniere di Francesco Petrarca: filologie di un libro esemplare, pp. 163-170).

 

Section b: Petrarch and the Trionfi: for a new critical edition.

Francesco Petrarca, Trionfi, Rime estravaganti, Codice degli abbozzi, ed. by Vinicio Pacca and Laura Paolino, Milano, Mondadori, 1996 (only TC III, TM Ia, TM I, TM II, TF Ia, TF I, TF II). The text is available on POL-PETRARCA ONLINE (www.petrarcaonline.it/opera/931/triumphi).

Francesca Florimbii, Dante Antonelli, Triumphi, in POL-PETRARCA ONLINE (www.petrarcaonline.it/opera/931/triumphi).

Claudio Giunta, Restauri minimi al testo dei "Trionfi", «Studi di Filologia italiana», LII (1994), pp. 5-36.

Emilio Pasquini, Il testo: fra l'autografo e i testimoni di collazione, in I Triumphi di Francesco Petrarca, a cura di Claudia Berra, Milano, Cisalpino, 1999, pp. 11-45.

Francesca Florimbii, Petrarca con e senza Dante: su Triumphus Cupidinis III, «Studi e Problemi di critica testuale», 110, 1 (2025), pp. 11-28.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS

Non-attending students will have to complete the program with the study of Carlo Dionisotti, Fortuna del Petrarca nel Quattrocento, «Italia medioevale umanistica», XVII, 1974, pp. 61-113.

 

Teaching methods

The Course is organized into fifteen frontal lessons of two hours that will be held during the first semester of the Academic Year 2025-2026 (first period). It primarily concerns the deepening of theoretical and methodological elements of the critical edition. In the second part of the Course, the methodological knowledge will be applied to the study of Petrarch's Trionfi.

Assessment methods

Oral examination for all students.

The examination involves the knowledge of the Philological methodology applied to Italian Literature (starting from the manual of Filologia italiana, in Section a, Readings/Bibliography). The editorial and critical skills will also be evaluated through the analysis of Petrarch's Trionfi (in Section b, Readings/Bibliography).

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Frontal lessons, including oral and written applications.

The teacher is to disposition, in the hours of reception and after the lessons, to furnish papers or further elucidations on the examination and on the program.

Office hours

See the website of Francesca Florimbii