MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LATIN PHILOLOGY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

FLT040

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

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

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:

108

Prerequisites:

No prerequisite is needed (but a basic knowledge of Classical Latin would be suggested).

Objectives

The course is meant to contribute to reaching the learning objectives of the MA programme in "Philology, Linguistics and Literary Traditions". More specifically, it aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of Mediaeval and Humanistic Latin.

- Expected learning results:
1) knowledge of the course subjects;
2) ability to critically discuss specific case-studies;
3) communication skills.

Contents

The Course will focus on 4 chapters concerning school, learning and teaching 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(full italian translations are provided in bibliography), in order to study both their lingustical features and their historical content.

Extended Syllabus

- G. PERUCCHI, Nuove prospettive sul De remediis utrius que Fortune (con l’edizione di Rem. I 80-81 e II 39-40), «Studi Medievali e Umanistici», 19 (2021), pp. 253-302*
- G. PERUCCHI, Il maestro di Cicerone. Per l’esegesi di Rem. I 80, «Studi Medievali e Umanistici», 19 (2021), pp. 245-253*
OPTIONAL READINGS FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS, BUT MANDATORY FOR NON ATTENDING:
- E.H. Wilkins, Vita del Petrarca, trad. di
R. Ceserani, nuova edizione a cura di
L.C. Rossi, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2003.

* Asterisked texts may be supplied in pdf format by the teacher

Recommended Bibliography

- G. PERUCCHI, Nuove prospettive sul De remediis utrius que Fortune (con l’edizione di Rem. I 80-81 e II 39-40), «Studi Medievali e Umanistici», 19 (2021), pp. 253-302*
- G. PERUCCHI, Il maestro di Cicerone. Per l’esegesi di Rem. I 80, «Studi Medievali e Umanistici», 19 (2021), pp. 245-253*
OPTIONAL READINGS FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS, BUT MANDATORY FOR NON ATTENDING:
- - E.H. Wilkins, Vita del Petrarca, trad. di
R. Ceserani, nuova edizione a cura di
L.C. Rossi, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2003.

* Asterisked texts may be supplied in pdf format by the teacher

Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures (42 hours). Students will be tested to assess their 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 in the reading list, 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 and must also study the following essays in addition to the program:

- E.H. Wilkins, Vita del Petrarca, trad. di
R. Ceserani, nuova edizione a cura di
L.C. Rossi, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2003.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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