HUMANISTIC LITERATURE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

MM5008

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

PHILOLOGY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BERTE' MONICA

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

A knowledge of Classical Latin is advised.

Objectives

- Educational targets:
the course is meant to contribute to reach the goals of the CdS "Filologia, Linguistica e Tradizioni letterarie". More specifically, it aims to supply skills of a literary-critical and philological type and to read the main authors between 14th and 15th centuries, offering the tools and methodologies necessary for ecdotic reconstruction and interpretation of their works.

- Expected learning results:
1) knowledge of the programme subjects;
2) to be able to critically discuss specific case-studies;
3) communications skills.

Contents

Title: Gli improvvisi: Latin Poetry "ex tempore" by Francesco Petrarca.  

Contents. After an introduction to biography, works, friendships and library of Petrarch the course will focus on the reading and commentary of a series of his early Latin poems (1337-52).

Extended Syllabus

The course is divided in two parts.

- Part I: will be illustrated biography, works, library and friendships of Petrarch.
- Part II: a number of Latin poems will be analyzed, with direct involvement of the students who will be encouraged to take an active part in lessons.

The programme and the bibliography will be made available to students at the beginning of the course.

Recommended Bibliography

- F. Petrarca, Improvvisi, edited by M. Berté, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2013. 
- E. H. Wilkins, Vita del Petrarca. Nuova edizione, ed. L. C. Rossi, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2003.
 - E. Carrara, Gli “improvvisi” del Petrarca, in Studi petrarcheschi e altri scritti, Torino, Bottega d’Erasmo, 1959 [but 1949], pp. 183-201. 
- M. Feo, Carmina latina varia, in Petrarca nel tempo. Tradizioni, lettori e immagini delle opere. Catalogo, Arezzo, Sottochiesa di San Francesco (22 November 2003-27 January 2004), ed. M. Feo, Pontedera, Bandecchi & Vivaldi, 2004, pp. 309-13. 
- F. Rico, Laura e altre amicizie (Carmina dispersa di Petrarca), in Estravaganti, disperse, apocrifi petrarcheschi, ed. C. Berra and P. Vecchi Galli, «Quaderni di Acme», XCVI (2007), pp. 463-92. 
- I. Ruiz Arzálluz, Sugli epigrammi latini del Petrarca, «Lettere Italiane», LXII (2010), pp. 307-15.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures will be given as classroom-taught lessons (42 hours). Students will be tested for assessment of learning.
Attendance in this course is highly recommended.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam.

Contacts/More Information

Students who cannot attend the course are kindly asked to take an appointment with the lecturer.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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