72455 - Italian Linguistics and Philology (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - knows the methodological bases of the philology and the linguistic history, with particular reference to the literature; - knows the historical development of the Italian language, of his proposals of regulation and the relapses on the literary language; - possesses the use of the principals useful tools to the evaluation of a literary text; -  knows how to approach to the literary document connecting him/it to the cultural and linguistic context in which has been produced, then to the ways of his transmission and receipt, in an interdisciplinary perspective.

Course contents

The program it articulates:1. in an institutional section 2. in a monographic section or "of research"
-1. Preliminary it will be a guide to the use of the linguistic tools (dictionaries, grammars, histories of the language, other benefits); will follow a short description of the structures of Italian in the actuality and in the historical development. This section will have value of address, and it will be care of the student to complete it with the manuals under recommended. It will follow a first start to the analysis of the language of texts, above all literary, that remains a fundamental exercise for reaching a full understanding of the message. Readings will be proposed therefore, potentially in chronological sequence, starting from the medieval productions that document the formation of the Italian language.

2. The approach to the authors will be mediate from the philological problem list that are at the base of the text, handed down or from the editions of the ancient times, or from the modern critical editions. Particularly problems, methods and connected results to the works of Lodovico Antonio Muratori will be studied (and this will constitute the section more properly monographic, for which it is recommended the attendance).

Readings/Bibliography

The student can operate his/her choices, also according to the greatest or smaller frequency to the lessons; in general line, who has attended in insufficient way (and, particularly, not presents to the examination the monographic section), must study a book more in comparison to the attending students (three books - the not attendings, four).
For a first approach to the Italian linguistics they are suggested F. Marri, R. Lugaresi, S. Rizzardi, Riflessioni sull'italiano, Bologna, Dupress, 2008; or I. Bonomi et alii, Elementi di linguistica italiana, Roma, Carocci, 2003. Historic grammar: P. D'Achille, Breve grammatica storica dell'italiano, Roma, Carocci, 2001.
Histories of the italian language: B. Migliorini, Storia della lingua italiana, Firenze, Sansoni, 1960 & ss.; M. Durante, Dal latino all'italiano moderno, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1981; V. Coletti, Storia dell'italiano letterario, Torino, Einaudi, 1993; C. Marazzini, La storia della lingua italiana attraverso i testi, Bologna, il Mulino, 2006; R. Tesi, Storia dell'italiano, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2005-2007.
A famous example of "verbal criticism", or happy 'joint-venture' between philology and linguistics: G. Contini, Varianti e altra linguistica, Torino, Einaudi, 1970; or G. Nencioni, Tra grammatica e retorica. Da Dante a Pirandello, ibidem 1983.
Models of commented literary texts: F. Marri, P. Franceschini, R. Terreni, Prove di lettura, Bologna, Archetipolibri/Clueb, 2011; P. V. Mengaldo, Attraverso la prosa italiana, Roma, Carocci, 2008; G. Greco, F. Marri, L. Tinti, Miserabili nella prosa italiana, Bologna, Clueb, 2007; F. Bruni, L'italiano nelle regioni. Testi e documenti, Torino, Utet, 1994; F. Bruni, Storia della lingua italiana, di autori vari, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1989-2003.
Per la sezione di ricerca su Muratori, il punto di partenza è l'antologia curata da G. Falco e F. Forti, Opere di L. A. Muratori, Milano-Napoli, Ricciardi, 1964. Altri materiali si possono ricavare dal sito www.centrostudimuratoriani.it. Sull'epistolario muratoriano, spunti si possono trarre da F. Marri e M. Lieber, La corrispondenza di L.A. Muratori col mondo germanofono. Carteggi inediti, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2010.

Teaching methods

- Frontal lessons, with the possibility for the attending students to collaborate; - Reading, analysis, comment of pages, above all literary; - Elaboration of connected hypothesis to the edition and interpretation of the texts.

Assessment methods

A written optional examination, mainly recommended for the attending students and consistent in the analysis of a literary text,  will be proposed at the end of the lessons, and it will compete in decisive way to the evaluation of the student. The criterions of evaluation are: 1 - possession of the disciplinary competence; 2 - ability to face, to analyze and to resolve new problems; 3 - correctness and effectiveness of the style of the exposition. Subsequently, in the days that will be published, follow the regular oral sessions .

Teaching tools

Everything is useful which helps reading and comprehension. Written documents, overhead projector, computer projector, LIM, blackboard and chalk. Audiovisual documents: video CDs.
For study at home, on-line material on the “Alma DL” site (amscampus).
The fundamental linguistic study consists of the analysis of written texts consulting large dictionaries which can mainly take place in libraries in students' home towns or at the university.

Links to further information

http://www.internetculturale.it, www.griseldaonline.it, www.centrostudimuratoriani.it

Office hours

See the website of Fabio Marri