Slavic Philology

Salvatore DEL GAUDIO Slavic Philology

4312200050
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
954LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO GENNAIO15/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GENNAIO30/01/2025 - 09:00
Objectives
THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- ACQUIRE BASIC NOTIONS OF LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE SLAVS;
- TO KNOW THE ESSENTIAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE LITERARY CIVILIZATION OF MEDIEVAL RUSSIA;
- ANALYZE WITH A PHILOLOGICAL APPROACH SOME TEXTS, EXEMPLIFYING THE MAIN LITERARY GENRES OF THE OLD SLAVIC ECCLESIASTICAL TRADITION.


KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS

THE STUDENT:
- WILL ACQUIRE WIDE-RANGING SKILLS ABOUT THE SLAVIC WORLD AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD;
- WILL KNOW THE MAIN LITERARY TYPES IN THE MEDIEVAL SLAVIC-ECCLESIASTICAL TRADITION;
- WILL KNOW THE BASIC TOOLS OF CRITICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF MEDIEVAL SLAVIC LITERARY TEXTS.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- DEVELOP ORIGINAL APPROACHES IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIFIC HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FEATURES OF THE SLAVIC WORLD;
- UNDERSTAND THE MAIN MOMENTS CONCERNING THE EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF THE SLAVIC WORLD, FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES;
- COMPETENTLY EXAMINE DOCUMENTARY AND LITERARY SOURCES RELATED TO THE ANCIENT SLAVIC-ECSCYTHIAN TRADITION.


AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CRITICALLY SELECT SOURCES, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY;
- FORMULATE HYPOTHESES, RECOGNIZE LOGICAL CONNECTIONS, ARGUE, COMPARE AND EVALUATE TEXTS RELATED TO THE PERIOD STUDIED;
- PLACE AND CONSIDER LITERARY PHENOMENA IN RELATION TO THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF REFERENCE AS WELL AS THEIR TEMPORAL EVOLUTION.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
SUSTAIN CONVERSATIONS ON MULTIPLE TOPICS SHOWING A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE LINGUISTIC, CULTURAL AND LITERARY HISTORY OF THE SLAVS;
- REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE THROUGH TEXTS THEIR ABILITY TO ANALYZE.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA STORAGE;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC OR LITERARY TEXTS;
- PROCEED TO THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING THE RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
THE STUDENT WILL:

- DEVELOP A BASIC LANGUAGE AWARENESS IN RECOGNISING THE LINGUISTIC AFFINITY - BOTH IN DIACHRONIC AND SYNCHRONIC DIMENSIONS - THAT SLAVIC LANGUAGES SHARE;
- GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE SALIENT FEATURES OF PROTO-SLAVONIC AND OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC (OLD SLAVONIC) AND THE FIRST WRITTEN ATTESTATIONS OF THE LATTER;
- ACQUIRE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTEMPORARY SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE EASTERN SLAVIC GROUP (UKRAINIAN, RUSSIAN AND BELARUSIAN).
Contents
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- IDENTIFY THE COMMON AND DIFFERENT LINGUISTIC FEATURES CHARACTERIZING CONTEMPORARY SLAVIC LANGUAGES, ALSO IN RELATION TO EARLIER AND RECONSTRUCTED HISTORICAL PHASES;
- EXAMINE REPRESENTATIVE TEXTS FROM THE OLD SLAVONIC TRADITION.
Teaching Methods
TEACHING TAKES PLACE IN SEMESTER II.
AFTER THE FIRST INTRODUCTORY LECTURE IN WHICH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE AND THE METHODS OF FINAL EXAMINATION/EXAMINATION ARE PRESENTED, THE INITIAL PART OF THE COURSE (ABOUT 1/3) WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY A SERIES OF FRONTAL THEORETICAL LECTURES.
IN THE MIDDLE PART, THEORETICAL LECTURES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS (1/3) DESIGNED TO STIMULATE REFLECTION ON THE TOPICS COVERED.
THE LAST PART OF THE COURSE ALTERNATES THEORETICAL LECTURES WITH PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS (ALSO IN THE FORM OF A TERM PAPER), AGREED IN ADVANCE WITH THE LEARNERS, ON SPECIFIC PHILOLOGICAL-LINGUISTIC BUT ALSO CULTURAL TOPICS OF THE SLAVIC WORLD (1/3).
FOR FREQUENT ATTENDEES (THOSE WHO WILL HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS) THE NOTES TAKEN DURING THE COURSE, RESPECTIVE PRESENTATIONS AND/OR TERM PAPERS ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC AND ONLY SOME PARTS OF THE REFERENCE TEXTS INDICATED DURING THE SEMESTER WILL BE SUFFICIENT.
FOR NON-ATTENDEES, IN ADDITION TO THE PARTS (THE CHAPTERS/PAGES) INDICATED TO FREQUENT ATTENDEES, THE TRANSLATION AND INDEPENDENT COMMENTARY OF SOME TEXTUAL EXCERPTS PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE, THE READING IN FULL OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE TEXTBOOKS (OF YOUR CHOICE) ON PHILOLOGY IS REQUIRED (SEE BIBLIOGRAPHY/REFERENCE TEXTS).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE SYLLABUS, PLEASE ARRANGE IN ADVANCE FOR A RECEPTION.

Verification of learning
THE ACQUISITION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER COVERED AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES FOR THE DISCIPLINE IS VERIFIED BY PASSING AN ORAL EXAMINATION WITH EVALUATION IN THIRTIETHS.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, AN OPPORTUNITY IS GIVEN TO ATTENDING STUDENTS, I.E., STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST 2/3 OF THE SCHEDULED NUMBER OF HOURS, TO WRITE, PRESENT AND DISCUSS A TERM PAPER (10-15 PAGES) AS A PARTIAL OR TOTAL REPLACEMENT FOR THE ORAL EXAMINATION.

FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS AND FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS WHO DO NOT INTEND TO PREPARE A WRITTEN PAPER OR WHO ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE FINAL OUTCOME OF SUCH A TEST, THE FINAL EXAMINATION IS ORAL, GRADED IN THIRTIETHS, AND INVOLVES THE READING, TRANSLATION AND LINGUISTIC COMMENTARY OF A PASSAGE IN OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC AS WELL AS THREE TOPICS/QUESTIONS - THE FIRST OF WHICH IS BY CHOICE, ON THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE. A SIMILAR EXAMINATION PROCEDURE IS ALSO ADOPTED FOR NON-ATTENDERS.
THE EXAMINATION IS PASSED IF THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A SUFFICIENTLY THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORICAL-LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY TOPICS ILLUSTRATED AND COVERED IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS.

IN EVALUATING THE WRITTEN AND/OR ORAL EXAMINATION, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT:
-KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER COVERED;
-ABILITY TO SYNTHESIZE, CRITIQUE AND THE MASTERY OF TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS;
-ABILITY TO ANALYZE TEXTS FROM A PHILOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW BY PLACING THEM IN A PRECISE HISTORICAL-LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY FRAMEWORK
Texts
REFERENCE MANUALS:
- DULIENKO, A. D. (2014). VVEDENIE V SLAVJANSKUJU FILOLOGIJU. MOSKVA: FLINTA.

- LUYK, V. V. (2008). VSTUP DO SLOV’'JANS'KOJI FLOLOHJI. KYJIV: AKADEMJA.

- MOSZYSKI, L. (2006). WSTP DO FILOLOGII SOWIASKIEJ. WARSZAWA.


- LEUTA, O. ., & HAVRYLJUK, O. R. (2018). STAROSLOV’'JANS'KA MOVA. KYJIV: DRAHOMANOVA.

- GARZANITI, M. (2019). GLI SLAVI. STORIA, CULTURE E LINGUE DALLE ORIGINI AI NOSTRI GIORNI. NUOVA EDIZIONE (PP. 1-491). ROMA: CAROCCI.

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED / INDICATED ACCORDING TO THE DIDACTIC NEEDS DURING THE COURSE.
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FURTHER INFORMATION WIL BE GIVEN DURING THE COURSE.
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