2012/2013

2014/2015

DM270

M-FIL/08 (HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL PHILOSOPHY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

LINGUISTICO-FILOLOGICO-LETTERARIO

3°

2nd semester (23/02/2015 - 30/05/2015)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

CASAGRANDE CARLA (titolare) - 12 ECTS

Although translated texts from Latin into Italian will be selected, a basic knowledge of Latin is helpful

To obtain:
a deep knowledge of the main features of the medieval philosophical thought; an extensive information on the current historiographical debate related to the topic; the capacity to appropriately use the philosophical terminology and the argumentative features, the developing of a reflective approach to texts (especially those regarding the monastic and scholastic thought – IV-XIV centuries); a suitable use of the Italian language in the presentation of the acquired knowledge. The understanding of a critical bibliography of texts written in the main European languages will also be fostered by appropriate reading

Goal of the course is the depiction of the medieval thought considered through its institutional structures and its main doctrinal traditions (philosophical-scientific and theological). Major attention will be given to the cultural turns that mark the wide chronological period analysed (IV-XIV centuries). The course always proposes the reading and comment of sections and chapters of the most significant texts studied.

Notice:
-the separation of the course in didactic modules A and B applies only to the students of Letters.
-the students of Letters (to whom the course gives 6 cfu) which are willing to add this course to their study plan will attend a three-month term according to their own academic interests (thus choosing among the first or the second period of the Middle Ages, that is between the patristic and monastic age – IV-XI centuries – and the scholastic thought – XII-XV centuries).
-The students unable to attend classes on a regular basis must agree with the professor about a specific exam programme.

Lectures

Some historical synthesis of the medieval thought will be proposed and illustrated among which the student can choose – for example:

-M. Pereira, La filosofia nel Medioevo. Secoli VI-XV, Carocci editori, Roma 2008.
-S. Perfetti, Storia della filosofia medievale, in M. Vegetti-L. Fonnesu-F. Ferrari-S. Perfetti-E. Spinelli, Le ragioni della filosofia, I. Filosofia antica e medievale, Le Monnier, Firenze 2008, pp. 471-690.

In addition, the professor will constitute a wide anthology of sections or chapters of Latin medieval texts translated into Italian (explained and commented during the course).

Oral examination and any written papers

Oral examination and any written papers