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MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE

Vera FRAVVENTURA MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
HUMANITIES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
VERA FRAVVENTURA T Curriculum
Objectives
THIS CLASS SURVEYS THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FROM VITH TO XIVTH CENTURY. CLASS SESSIONS ARE MAINLY DEVOTED TO CLOSE READING, TRANSLATION, AND DISCUSSION OF SELECTED TEXTS (BOTH IN LATIN AND ITALIAN TRANSLATION) FROM THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD. STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED TO TEXTUAL CRITICISM AS APPLIED TO DYNAMIC TEXTUAL TRADITIONS OF MEDIEVAL LATIN WORKS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENTS:

- WILL BE INTRODUCED TO MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE (VITH-XIVTH CENTURY) IN ITS HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS
- WILL EXPERIENCE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF MEDIEVAL LATIN TEXTS, BOTH IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND ITALIAN TRANSLATION. TO THIS PURPOSE, READINGS REPRESENTATIVE OF A VARIETY OF GENRES (LITERARY AND SUBLITERARY) WILL BE SELECTED.
- WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHONOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC, SEMANTIC AND STYLISTIC FEATURES OF MEDIEVAL LATIN LANGUAGE IN RELATION TO BOTH CLASSICAL LATIN AND THE VERNACULARS
-WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE AS A MOMENT OF TRANSITION FROM LATIN AND CHRISTIAN CULTURE TO THAT OF MODERN EUROPE
-WILL UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORAL AND WRITTEN CULTURE AND THE PROCESSES OF TRANSMISSION OF THE WRITTEN HERITAGE IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD
-WILL ACQUIRE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS AND METHODS OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM AS APPLIED TO MEDIEVAL LATIN TEXTS

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- TRANSLATE AND CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE TEXTS PRESENTED IN CLASS
- COLLECT, PROCESS AND INTERPRET LIGUISTIC, LITERARY, AND PHILOLOGICAL DATA
- USE THE COMMON BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND DIGITAL TOOLS FOR THE DISCIPLINE

MAKING JUDGEMENTS

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CRITICALLY SELECT THE INFORMATION AND MAKE CONSCIOUS USE OF SOURCES
- RELY LITERARY WORKS TO THEIR HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS


COMMUNICATION SKILLS

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- COMMUNICATE TO NON-SPECIALIST AUDIENCES INFORMATION, IDEAS, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN THE SPECIFIC DISCIPLINARY FIELD WITH PROPERTY OF LANGUAGE AND GOOD ARTICULATION OF THOUGHT

LEARNING SKILLS

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET RELATIVELY COMPLEX TEXTS
- TRANSFER THE AQUIRED SKILLES TO OTHER COURSES OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM
Prerequisites
THE COURSE IS OPEN TO STUDENTS WITH A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN LANGUAGE.

SOME KNOWLEDGE OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY IS DESIDERABLE, BUT NOT NECESSARY
Contents
AFTER SOME INTRODUCTORY LESSONS, ATTENTION WILL BE ADDRESSED TO THE MAIN AUTHORS, TEXTS AND LITERARY GENRES OF THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD (6TH-10TH CENTURIES)
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS (45 HOURS), INCLUDING CLOSE-READING OF SELECTED LITERARY TEXTS.

ALL COURSE MATERIALS, INCLUDING IMAGES AND OTHER VISUAL RESOURCES (MAPS, DIAGRAMS, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC.) WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL, DOWNLOADABLE AND PRINTABLE FORMAT.
Verification of learning
FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION, COVERING THE CONTENTS OF THE WHOLE COURSEWORK.

THE STUDENT MUST DEMOSTRATE:
1) ABILITY TO ARTICULATE A COMPLEX SPEECH.
2) ABILITY TO HOLD AN ACCURATE DISCUSSION IN THE APPROPRIATE REGISTER.
3) ABILITY TO RELATE LITERARY WORKS TO THEIR HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS
Texts
FOR BOTH ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: PAOLO CHIESA, "LA LETTERATURA LATINA DEL MEDIOEVO. UN PROFILO STORICO", ROMA, CAROCCI, 2017.

ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO INTEGRATE THE ABOVE MATERIAL WITH THE CONTENT OF THE LECTURES.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO CONTACT AND MEET THE INSTRUCTOR IN DUE TIME IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO ARRANGE AN ALTERNATIVE EXAM PROGRAM.
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ATTENDANCE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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