Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide basic knowledge of the origins of the Slavs, their division and their first written production from the historical and literary point of view. The course provides basic knowledge of Slavic linguistics and of Old Church Slavonic grammar.
Course contents
The course deals with the origin of the Slavs, their division, the Christianization and their first written production. The course provides basic knowledge of Slavic linguistics and Old Church Slavonic grammar.
Reccomended or required readings
Historical and literary part:
A.M. Schenker, The Dawn of Slavic, Yale UP 1995, pp. 1-60
M. Garzaniti, Gli slavi. Storia, culture e lingue dalle origini ai nostri giorni , a cura di F. Romoli, Carocci editore, Roma 2013, pp. 155-189
Course notes and materials handed out during the lectures
Part concerning Slavic linguistics and Old Church Slavonic grammar:
Course notes and materials handed out during the lectures
N. Marcialis, Introduzione alla lingua paleoslava, Firenze University Press, Firenze 2005, especially pp. 77-251 (only pages dealing with the subjects discussed during the lectures);
Reference handbooks:
A. Cantarini, Lineamenti di fonologia slava, Brescia 1979;
N. Radovich, Slavo ecclesiastico antico. Grammatica e bibliografia, Napoli 1965 (www.associazioneslavisti.com/risorse/piccolo-archivio-slavistico) or
A. Vaillant, Manuel du vieux slave, t. 1, Paris 1964 or
H.G. Lunt, Old Church Slavonic Grammar, Berlin, New York 2001 (http://ekislova.ru/sla/oldchurchslavonik) or
V.F. Krivcik, N.S. Mozejko, Staroslavjanskij jazyk, Minsk 1985 or
A.M. Schenker, The Dawn of Slavic, Yale UP 1995
Materials handed out during the lectures and books included in the bibliography are available in the Department of Humanistic Studies, Section of Foreign Languages and Literature
Students who do not attend the lectures are requested to contact the lecturer.