SLAVIC PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS

Salvatore DEL GAUDIO SLAVIC PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS

4322100143
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2024/2025



YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO GENNAIO15/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GENNAIO30/01/2025 - 09:00
Objectives
THE COURSE WILL FIRST OUTLINE THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES CHARACTERIZING THE EAST SLAVIC LANGUAGES (UKRAINIAN, RUSSIAN AND BELARUSIAN) ACCORDING TO A HISTORICAL-COMPARATIVE AND CONTRASTIVE APPROACH.

THE STUDENT
- WILL IMPROVE HIS/HER LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE OF SPECIFIC LINGUISTIC (AND CULTURAL) PHENOMENA OF THE EAST SLAVIC LANGUAGES ALONG THE DIACHRONIC AND SYNCHRONIC PERSPECTIVES;
- WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH SOME SALIENT FEATURES OF PROTO-SLAVIC AND OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC ALSO IN RELATION TO OTHER SLAVIC LANGUAGES;
- WILL GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE CRUCIAL PHASES MARKING THE HISTORY OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AND THE RELATIVE SOCIOLINGUISTIC CONTEXTS.
IF THE TIME ALLOWS IT, THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO GAIN FAMILIARITY WITH THE MAIN TYPOLOGICAL-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UKRAINIAN IN RELATION TO OTHER SLAVIC AND NON-SLAVIC LANGUAGES.

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- IDENTIFY THE FUNDAMENTAL LINGUISTIC FEATURES UNIFYING AND/OR DIFFERENTIATING THE EAST SLAVIC LANGUAGES;
- IDENTIFY THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF SOME REPRESENTATIVE OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC AND OLD EAST SLAVIC TEXTS;
- RECOGNIZE THE MAIN (SOCIO-)LINGUISTIC AND HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE, ALSO IN A BROADER (EAST) SLAVIC CONTEXT.

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- AUTONOMOUSLY SELECT THE LINGUISTIC AND HISTORICAL-LITERARY SOURCES;
- FORMULATE HYPOTHESES AND ARGUE ON THE MATERIALS PRESENTED IN THE CLASS HOURS.

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TOPICS BY EXHIBITING HIS/HER OWN CRITICAL CAPACITY AND UNDERSTANDING.
FINALLY, ON THE BASIS OF THE ACQUIRED SKILLS, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- CRITICALLY EXAMINE AND RE-ELABORATE THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE LESSONS;
- APPLY THE LEARNED FACTUAL MATERIAL BOTH FOR DIDACTIC AND RESEARCH PURPOSES.
Prerequisites
PREFERABLE BUT NOT ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
-HAVE ALREADY PASSED THE EXAM OF SLAVIC PHILOLOGY (3 YEAR).
- OR, ELSE:
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF LINGUISTICS AND ANY OTHER PHILOLOGY (E.G., ROMANCE, GERMANIC);
- SOME KNOWLEDGE OF ONE SLAVIC LANGUAGE
Contents
THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE (ABOUT 1/4) OUTLINES SOME HISTORICAL-COMPARATIVE AND TYPOLOGICAL-CONTRASTIVE ASPECTS OF EAST SLAVIC LANGUAGES (POSSIBLY, ALSO IN RELATION TO OTHER SLAVIC AND NON-SLAVIC LANGUAGES INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, ITALIAN).
HOWEVER, THE COURSE FOCUSES ON UKRAINIAN (FOR AT LEAST 2/4). THE SEMINAR INTENDS TO EXAMINE THE MAIN LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY PHASES IN THE HISTORY OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE (INTENDED HERE IN ITS BROAD SENSE) FROM THE RUS’ OF KYJIV UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. EVERY YEAR THE ATTENTION WILL SHIFT ON DIFFERENT PERIODS. MORE SPACE WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE PROCESS OF THE FORMATION OF MODERN UKRAINIAN (1798 - 1933), ALSO IN RELATION TO ITS DIALECTAL AND LITERARY VARIETIES.
THE LAST PART OF THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON BELARUSIAN. IN ORDER TO SUBSTANTIATE THE SEMINARS ON UKRAINIAN AND BELARUSIAN, FOREIGN SCHOLARS AND ITALIAN SPECIALISTS OF UKRAINIAN AND BELARUSIAN WILL BE INVITED.
[FOR THOSE STUDENTS WITHOUT A PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF SLAVIC PHILOLOGY, A FEW LESSONS ON THE OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC AND OLD EAST SLAVIC LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY TRADITION MAY BE PROVIDED AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE READING OF SOME TEXTUAL FRAGMENTS].
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES 45 HOURS OF CLASSROOM TEACHING (ATTENDANCE IS NOT MANDATORY BUT RECOMMENDED AT LEAST DURING THE SEMINAR ACTIVITIES).
FRONTAL LESSONS WILL ALTERNATE WITH PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF SEMINAR TYPE.
Verification of learning
STUDENTS WILL BE ASSESSED:
- WITH A FINAL PRE-EXAMINATION TEST AT THE END OF THE COURSE WHICH WILL CONSIST OF 3 WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND AN ORAL DISCUSSION, EACH ON EACH ASPECT COVERED;
- A TERM PAPER (10-15 PP. + BIBLIOGRAPHY) ON A TOPIC COVERED OR PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON;
- WITH AN ORAL EXAMINATION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE EXAMINATION DATES CALENDARED BY THE DEPARTMENT
(THE PREPARATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PAPER WILL INCLUDE A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE ORAL EXAMINATION (ABOUT 75%). THE SAME APPLIES TO THE FINAL EXAMINATION.

Texts
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
(REFERENCE BOOKS/ARTICLES AND TEXTUAL SOURCES) WILL BE INDICATED DURING THE COURSE.
More Information
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN DURING THE COURSE
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