LATIN AND MEDIEVAL AND HUMANISTIC LITERATURE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

S1282

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE

Disciplinary Sector:

MEDIEVAL AND HUMANISTIC LATIN LITERATURE

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PERUCCHI Giulia

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

No mandatory prerequisites required.

Objectives

The Course is meant to contribute to reaching both learning and professional objectives of the programme in "Cultural Heritage".
In particular, it aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of Mediaeval and Humanistic Latin. Students will achieve skills in reading and interpreting written sources produced during the Middle Ages and Humanism.

- Expected learning results:
1) knowledge of the Course subjects (text analysis, commentary);
2) ability to critically discuss specific case-studies; autonomy in analysing texts;
3) communication skills (ability in using specifical language of the discipline; clarity in communicating contents).

Contents

The Course will focus on six chapters concerning figurative arts included by Petrarch (1304-74) in his Latin treatise ‘De remediis utriusque Fortune’, a masterpiece written at the crossroads between Middle Ages and Humanism. We will read and analyse the texts (full italian translations are provided in bibliography), in order to study both their lingustical features and their historical content. Cultural relations between Literature and Arts in the 14th Cent. will be deeply investigated.

Extended Syllabus

The Course will focus on six chapters concerning figurative arts included by Petrarch (1304-74) in his Latin treatise ‘De remediis utriusque Fortune’, a masterpiece written between Middle Ages and Humanism. We will read and analyse the texts (full italian translations are provided in bibliography), in order to study both their lingustical features and their historical content. Cultural relations between Literature and Arts in the 14th Cent. will be deeply investigated.

STUDY THE FOLLOWING PAGES:
- G. PERUCCHI, Petrarca e le arti figurative. De remediis utriusque Fortune I 37-42, Firenze 2014, pp. 23-71 (Introduction), 150-287 (Text and Commentary)
- M. ARIANI, Petrarca, Francesco, in Enciclopedia dell’Arte Medievale, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, Roma 1991-2002, IX, pp. 335-343 (online at https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-petrarca_%28Enciclopedia-...)
OPTIONAL READINGS FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS, BUT MANDATORY FOR NON ATTENDING:
- M. M. DONATO, «Veteres» e «novi», «externi» e «nostri». Gli artisti di Petrarca: per una rilettura, in Medioevo: immagine e racconto. Atti del convegno internazionale (Parma 2000), a cura di A. C. Quintavalle, Milano 2003, pp. 433-455*
- G. PERUCCHI, Petrarca e le arti figurative. De remediis utriusque Fortune I 37-42, Firenze 2014, pp. 71-83

* Asterisked texts will be supplied in pdf format by the teacher.

Recommended Bibliography

STUDY THE FOLLOWING PAGES:
- G. PERUCCHI, Petrarca e le arti figurative. De remediis utriusque Fortune I 37-42, Firenze 2014, pp. 23-71 (introduction), 150-287 (text and commentary)
- M. ARIANI, Petrarca, Francesco, in Enciclopedia dell’Arte Medievale, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, Roma 1991-2002, IX, pp. 335-343 (free online access at https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-petrarca_%28Enciclopedia-...)

OPTIONAL READINGS FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS, BUT MANDATORY FOR NON ATTENDING:
- M. M. DONATO, «Veteres» e «novi», «externi» e «nostri». Gli artisti di Petrarca: per una rilettura, in Medioevo: immagine e racconto. Atti del convegno internazionale (Parma 2000), a cura di A. C. Quintavalle, Milano 2003, pp. 433-455*

- G. PERUCCHI, Petrarca e le arti figurative. De remediis utriusque Fortune I 37-42, Firenze 2014, pp. 71-83

* Asterisked texts will be supplied in pdf format by the teacher.

Teaching Methods

The Course consists of lectures (42 hours, divided into 3 lessons per week; each lesson will take 2 hours). Students will be tested to assess their learning. Slides will be shown in order to support learning.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understanding of the issues discussed during the Course, their knowledge of the bibliography, the correct command of the specific language as well as of critical and methodological abilities. The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Contacts/More Information

Attendance to this Course is highly recommended.
Students who cannot attend the Course are requested to make an appointment with the teacher. They must also study the following essays in addition to the program:

- M. M. DONATO, «Veteres» e «novi», «externi» e «nostri». Gli artisti di Petrarca: per una rilettura, in Medioevo: immagine e racconto. Atti del convegno internazionale (Parma 2000), a cura di A. C. Quintavalle, Milano 2003, pp. 433-455*
- G. PERUCCHI, Petrarca e le arti figurative. De remediis utriusque Fortune I 37-42, Firenze 2014, pp. 71-83

* Asterisked texts will be supplied in pdf format by the teacher.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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