ROMANCE PHILOLOGY II

Academic year
2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
FILOLOGIA ROMANZA II
Course code
FT0471 (AF:334652 AR:177198)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6 out of 12 of ROMANCE PHILOLOGY
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-FIL-LET/09
Period
2nd Semester
Moodle
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Boccaccio and the French narrative Tradition.
Romance Philology is part of the characterizing teaching activities. The course (second part of Filologia romanza 12 CFU) proposes to analyze the relationships between Romance literature and Italian in the Middle Ages, through a specific case: Boccaccio's reuse of short texts written in ancient French and Provencal.
Knowledge:
- basic information on Romance narrative tradition;
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Skills:
- acquisition and refinement of coimparative method;
- reinforcement of skills in direct reading (translating) the Old French.
Language skills (ancient French) acquired in the course of "Romance Philology I".
Commented reading of novels from the "Decameron".
Original texts and essays, in digital format, will be provided by the Professor at the beginning of the course on the Moodle web platform.
The exam consists of two parts;
- verification of the ability to analyze a plot (see "Exercises of Romance Philology II");
- texts and topics covered during the lessons.
The course will consist of commented readings of novels of the "Decameron", conducted according to the traditional forms of textual analysis.
Italian
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 10/02/2021