Course contents
"Le mantel mautaillié", or "Lai du cort mantel": an Old French short tale of the late 12th century.
Analysis of the Language and Commentary.
Manuscripts, editions, textual criticism.
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Reccomended or required readings
Editions:
F.-A. Wulff, Le conte du «Mantel». Texte français des dernières années du XIIe siècle, édité d’après tous les mss., in «Romania», 14 (1885), pp. 343-80;
«Mantel» et «Cor». Deux lais du XIIe siècle. Textes établis et présentés par Ph. Bennett, Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 1975;
The Lay of Mantel, edited and translated by G.S. Burgess and L.C. Brook, Cambridge, D.S. Brewer, 2013;
Le Mantel mautaillié, edizione critica e commento di A. Conte, Modena, Mucchi, 2013;
Robert Biket, Il Corno Magico, a cura di M. Lecco, Alessandria, Edizioni dell’Orso, 2004.
About the Old French Language:
Au. Roncaglia, La lingua d’oïl, Roma, Edizioni dell’Ateneo, 1971.
About the short tale in the Middle Age:
M. Picone, Il racconto, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1985.
M. Picone, Il racconto nel Medioevo: Francia, Provenza, Spagna, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012.
Not attending students are expected to getting touchted with the teacher as soon as possible.
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