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Germanic Philology

Verio SANTORO Germanic Philology

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2014/2015

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2009
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
954LESSONS
VERIO SANTORO T Curriculum
Objectives
THROUGH A DISCUSSION OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PHONOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC AND LEXICAL FEATURES OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES, THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE A SYNCHRONIC DESCRIPTION OF ‘COMMON GERMAN’ (I.E., THE STARTING POINT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL GERMANIC LANGUAGES), AND INTRODUCE THE FIRST LITERARY EXPRESSIONS OF ANCIENT GERMANIC LANGUAGES, PAYING SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO THE ENGLISH AND GERMAN AREAS. THE COURSE ALSO AIMS TO FAMILIARIZE STUDENTS WITH THE MAIN TOOLS (LEXICA, GRAMMARS, CRITICAL EDITIONS) FOR THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF LINGUISTICS AND KNOWLEDGE AT LEAST OF ONE GERMANIC LANGUAGE.
Contents
AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL GERMANIC CULTURE AND THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES; AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL GERMANIC LITERATURE AND THE TEXTUAL CRITICISM OF MEDIEVAL GERMANIC TEXTS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, EXERCISES
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM.
Texts
S. LEONARDI-E. MORLICCHIO, LA FILOLOGIA GERMANICA E LE LINGUE MODERNE, BOLOGNA: IL MULINO 2009.
M. BATTAGLIA, I GERMANI. GENESI DI UNA CULTURA EUROPEA, ROMA: CAROCCI 2013.
More Information
PROGRAMME FOR NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND CLASSES HAVE TO PREPARE AUTONOMOUSLY THE SAME PROGRAMME AS THE ATTENDING STUDENTS ADDING THE READING OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:
I NIBELUNGHI, A CURA DI L. MANCINELLI, TORINO, EINAUDI TASCABILI, 1972.
BEOWULF, A CURA DI L. KOCH, TORINO: EINAUDI TASCABILI, 1987.
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