GERMAN PHILOLOGY (ADVANCED)

Verio SANTORO GERMAN PHILOLOGY (ADVANCED)

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2021/2022



YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GERMANIC PHILOLOGY ALREADY ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENT IN THE PREVIOUS COURSE OF STUDY. AT THE END OF THE LESSONS, STUDENTS WILL HAVE A GOOD ABILITY TO ANALYZE LITERARY DOCUMENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS FROM A PHILOLOGICAL AND HISTORICO-CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACQUIRED AN APPRECIABLE PREPARATION ON INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE: ECDOTIC OF MEDIEVAL GERMANIC TEXTS; DEEPENING OF THE PROBLEMS OF GERMANIC LINGUISTICS (PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, VOCABULARY) WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO ANGLO-SAXON AND OLD HIGH GERMAN; KNOWLEDGE AND MASTERY OF THE MAIN TOOLS FOR STUDYING MEDIEVAL GERMANIC LANGUAGES (LEXICONS, GRAMMARS, CRITICAL EDITIONS).

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL:
- ACQUIRE A GOOD COMMAND OF THE INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE (HISTORICAL, LINGUISTIC, LITERARY ONE) IN RELATION TO THE DIFFERENT DOMAINS OF THE GERMANIC AREA (GOTHIC, ENGLISH, GERMAN, NORDIC);
- ACQUIRE THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ECDOTICS OF MEDIEVAL TEXTS IN THE GERMANIC AREA.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- FIND IN THE PAST WHAT ALLOWS THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND DOMINATE TODAY’S ENGLISH AND GERMAN IN A MORE CONSCIOUS AND RATIONAL WAY;
- FULLY MASTER THE PHILOLOGICAL-LITERARY METHODS OF ANALYSIS.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- INDEPENDENTLY ANALYZE THE LITERARY DOCUMENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS FROM A PHILOLOGICAL AND A HISTORICO-CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW;
- SAFELY DOMINATE THE FUNDAMENTAL THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF THE DISCIPLINE.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CRITICALLY ILLUSTRATE THE MOST SPECIFIC THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF THE DISCIPLINE, PROVIDING THOROUGH EXAMPLES.


LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CRITICALLY AND AUTONOMOUSLY CONNECT THE PHILOLOGICAL SKILLS ACQUIRED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE LEARNT IN THE MOST SIMILAR COURSES OF STUDY (GENERAL LINGUISTICS, MEDIEVAL HISTORY, ROMANCE PHILOLOGY).
Prerequisites
STUDENTS MUST HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST EXAM IN GERMANIC PHILOLOGY. IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AND/OR GERMAN.
Contents
READING OF ANGLO-SAXON (BEOWULF) AND OLD SAXON AND OLD HIGH GERMAN TEXTES.
Teaching Methods
THE EXAM WILL BE AN ORAL EXAMINATION ON THE COURSE CONTENTS. STUDENTS MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO WRITE A SHORT RESEARCH PAPERS TO BE DISCUSSED AND ASSESSED DURING THE EXAMINATION. DURING THE EVALUATION BOTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT AND ABILITY TO EXPOSE THE TOPICS COVERED WITH APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND TERMINOLOGY WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM WILL BE AN ORAL EXAMINATION ON THE COURSE CONTENTS. STUDENTS MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO WRITE A SHORT RESEARCH PAPERS TO BE DISCUSSED AND ASSESSED DURING THE EXAMINATION. DURING THE EVALUATION BOTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT AND ABILITY TO EXPOSE THE TOPICS COVERED WITH APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND TERMINOLOGY WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
Texts
1) C. HÄNDL, LA LETTERATURA TEDESCA MEDIEVALE, VOL. I, DALLE ORIGINI ALL'ETA' PRECORTESE, PISA 2002.
2)MARIA GRAZIA SAIBENE, MARINA BUZZONI, MANUALE DI LINGUISTICA GERMANICA, CISALPINO 2006.

3) ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:
- S. B. GREENFIELD-D. G. CALDER, A NEW CRITICAL HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE, NEW YORK-LONDON: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS 1986.
- W. HAUBRICHS, DIE ANFÄNGE: VERSUCHE VOLKSSPRACHLICHER SCHRIFTLICHKEIT IM FRÜHEN MITTELALTER, TÜBINGEN: NIEMEYER 1995.
– H. DE BOOR, DIE DEUTSCHE LITERATUR. VOM KARLDEM GROSSEN BIS ZUM BEGINNDER HÖFISCHEN DICHTUNG 770-1170 (FINO A P. 126).
More Information
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.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO CONTACT THE TEACHER FOR HELP AND FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE.
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