Verio SANTORO | German Philology
Verio SANTORO German Philology
cod. 4322100015
GERMAN PHILOLOGY
| 4322100015 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES | |
| 2015/2016 |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2009 | |
| PRIMO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-FIL-LET/15 | 9 | 54 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE MORE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF GERMANIC PHILOLOGY, BUILDING ON THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENT IN EARLIER COURSES ON THE SAME SUBJECT. BY THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYSE LITERARY DOCUMENTS FROM A PHILOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW. THE STUDENT WILL ALSO HAVE ACQUIRED APPRECIABLE EXPERIENCE IN INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE: TEXTUAL CRITICISM OF GERMANIC TEXTS, HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEMS OF GERMANIC LINGUISTICS (PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, LEXICON), WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO ANGLO-SAXON AND OLD HIGH GERMAN, KNOWLEDGE AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE MAIN STUDY TOOLS FOR MEDIEVAL GERMANIC LANGUAGES. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF GERMANIC PHILOLOGY; IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AND/OR GERMAN. |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE ROLE OF GERMANIC PEOPLE IN THE DISCOVERY OF NORTH EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| LECTURES; PRACTICAL EXERCISES. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| ORAL EXAM; SHORT WRITTEN ESSAY (OPTIONAL). |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| N., LUND, TWO VOYAGERS AT THE COURT OF KING ALFRED, YORK: WILLIAM SESSIONSLTD. 1984. MARIA GRAZIA SAIBENE-MARINA BUZZONI, MANUALE DI LINGUISTICA GERMANICA, MILANO: CISALPINO 2006. UN TESTO A SCELTA TRA: - S. B. GREENFIELD-D. G. CALDER, A NEW CRITICAL HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE, NEW YORK-LONDON: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS 1986. - M. GODDEN-M. LAPIDGE, THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE, CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1993. - W. HAUBRICHS, DIE ANFÄNGE: VERSUCHE VOLKSSPRACHLICHER SCHRIFTLICHKEIT IM FRÜHEN MITTELALTER (CA. 700-1060/70), TÜBINGEN: NIEMEYER 1995 |
| More Information | |
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| THE SOURCE MATERIALS FOR THE PRACTICE AND MORE DETAILED BIBLIOGRAPHIC INDICATIONS WILL BE GIVEN DURING THE COURSE. THE ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY AS THE PECULIARITY OF THE COURSE IS THE ACTIVE READING OF COMPLEX TEXTS AND THEIR ANALYSIS.THE COURSE IS SUITABLE FOR BOTH ANGLICISTS AND GERMANISTS. |
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