B5231 - 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 Italian Studies who have already passed the institutional exams in Italian Literature and Contemporary Italian Literature and have a basic knowledge of Italian Philology for the study of authorial philology, i.e. the philology that studies variants not due to transmission but to a different intention of the author regarding their work. After a general overview, the lessons will take place in both traditional and seminar form, covering the main theoretical concepts of the subject, methods for producing a critical edition, the history of the discipline and the main case studies, from Petrarch to Gadda. An extra in-depth study, through the MOOC platform, will also be dedicated to digital philology. Since part of the lessons will take place in seminar form, attendance and active participation in the lessons will be are encouraged, and an integral part of the assessment.

CONTENTS. Introduction and assignment of Exercises and Lessons; 2. METHODS. Learning how to produce a critical edition. The text; 3. METHODS. Apparatus 1; 4. METHODS. Apparatus 2; 5. METHODS. Notes and alternative variants; 6. HISTORY. From Ubaldini to Moroncini; 7. HISTORY. Author philology, variant criticism and critique génétique; 8. CASE STUDIES\: Petrarch; 9. CASE STUDIES. Bembo, Ariosto, Tasso; 10. CASE STUDIES. Leopardi; 11. CASE STUDIES. Manzoni; 12. CASES. Gadda; 13. PHILOLOGY AND CRITICISM: Lanfranco Caretti; 14. PHILOLOGY AND CRITICISM. Gianfranco Contini, Dante Isella; 15 PHILOLOGY AND CRITICISM Claudio Giunta + MOOC expansion Digital philology.

Readings/Bibliography

P. Italia-Giulia Raboni, Che cos'è la filologia d'autore, Rome, Carocci, 2023 (XI ed.).

P. Musitelli e C. Del Vento, Scartafacci, Rome, Carocci, 2023 (only chapter Part I and, for Part II, Chapters on Petrarca, Ariosto, Tasso, Leopardi, Manzoni)

and essays by CARETTI, CONTINI, ISELLA, GIUNTA, ITALIA (available in VIRTUAL PDF):

Lanfranco Caretti, Filologia e critica, in Antichi e moderni, Torino, Einaudi, 1978, pp. 471-488.

Contini, La critica degli scartafacci, in La critica degli scartafacci e altre pagine sparse, Pisa, Edizioni della Normale, 1992, pp. 1-32.

D. Isella, Le varianti d’autore (critica e filologia), in La carte mescolate, esperienze di filologia d’autore, Torino, Einaudi, 2009, pp. 1-17.

Claudio Giunta, La filologia d’autore non andrebbe incoraggiata, in “Ecdotica”, 2011, pp. 104-119.

P. Italia, Per una critica digitale delle varianti, in Moving Texts. Filologie e digitale, a cura di M. De Blasi, pp. 41-57.

 

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 THOSE WHO DIDN'T ATTEND A COURSE IN PHILOLOGY

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.

 

NON ATTENDING STUDENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY

P. Musitelli e C. Del Vento, Scartafacci, Roma, Carocci, 2023 (ALL THE VOLUME)

A. Pancheri, Filologia d'autore, in Filologia della letteratura italiana, a cura di Gino Ruozzi e Gino Tellini, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2024, pp. 129-83.

P. Stoppelli, Filologia della letteratura italiana, Roma, Carocci, 2019, Chapter  VII on Authorial Philology.

Two optional essays to be discussed with the Professor.

 

Teaching methods

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

Female and male students with DSA or temporary or permanent disabilities are advised to contact the responsible University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it) in good time and, 15 days in advance, the lecturer, who will propose possible adjustments to the program.

Assessment methods

The examination consists of two parts: an oral discussion and a thesis.

The oral discussion is aimed at testing the knowledge acquired during the course and the study of the bibliography,

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 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.

During the course we will organize a guided tour of the Gabinetto G.P. Vieusseux in Florence.

Links to further information

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

Office hours

See the website of Paola Maria Carmela Italia