Armando BISOGNO | LECTURES ON MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTES
Armando BISOGNO LECTURES ON MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTES
cod. 0312500288
LECTURES ON MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTES
| 0312500288 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE | |
| EQF6 | |
| PHILOSOPHY | |
| 2025/2026 |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-FIL/08 | 6 | 30 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN PHILOSOPHICAL LEXICON, WITH A PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOST SIMPLE ARGUMENTATIVE AND SYNTACTICAL STRUCTURES OF THE TEXT - KNOWLEDGE OF SOME PHILOSOPHICAL OCCURRENCES - KNOWLEDGE OF SOME RHETORICAL AND EXPRESSIVE FORMS - APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THE LATIN TEXT - BASIC ABILITY TO TRANSLATE THE TEXT - ABILITY TO IDENTIFY SYNTACTIC-GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATE: - THE KIND OF LATIN TEXT THEY ARE ANALYZING - THE COMMUNICATIVE REGISTER AND PURPOSE OF THE WORK COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO READ THE LATIN TEXT, IDENTIFY ITS BASIC FORMAL AND CONTENT-RELATED ASPECTS, AND DISCUSS THEM BY COMPARING DIFFERENT OR SIMILAR PASSAGES AND/OR LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| IT IS RECOMMENDED A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| CONSOLATIO PHILOSOPHIAE - BOETHIUS READING AND COMMENTARY OF BOETHIUS' 'CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY' HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION (4H) IN THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE, AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MEDIEVAL THOUGHT AND BOETHIUS' PLACE IN THIS CONTEXT WILL BE PROVIDED. INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT (4H) IN THE SECOND PART, WE WILL DISCUSS THE ROLE THAT THE CONSOLATION PLAYED IN BOETHIUS' THOUGHT AND THE FORTUNE OF THE TEXT IN SUBSEQUENT CENTURIES. READING AND COMMENTARY (22H) AFTER THE INTRODUCTORY PART, THE COURSE WILL PROCEED TO READ BOETHIUS' TEXT, TRANSLATING AND COMMENTING ON THE MOST IMPORTANT PASSAGES. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE INCLUDES LESSONS. IN EACH LESSON A PART OF THE TEXT WILL BE READ, TRANSLATED AND COMMENTED TO SHOW THE FORMAL, LEXICAL AND PHILOSOPHY STRUCTURES |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL TEST. THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO READ PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS WILL BE VERIFIED. DURING THE INTERVIEW, THROUGH THE READING AND COMMENTARY OF TEXTS ANALYZED IN CLASS, THE ABILITY TO CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY COMMUNICATE THE ACQUIRED CONTENT AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE WILL BE EVALUATED. THE MAXIMUM LEVEL (30) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE THEORETICAL CONTENTS OF THE COURSE, AND A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXTS DISCUSSED DURING THE LESSONS. HONORS (CUM LAUDE) ARE AWARDED WHEN THE CANDIDATE SHOWS FULL MASTERY OF THE LINGUISTIC TOOLS AND VOCABULARY SPECIFIC TO THE DISCIPLINE, AND AN AUTONOMOUS ABILITY TO CONNECT DIFFERENT THEMES AND CONCEPTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE INTERVIEW. |
| Texts | |
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| ANY EDITION WITH THE LATIN TEXT ON FACING PAGES ONLINE EDITION: WWW.AUGUSTINUS.IT |
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