2018/2019

2018/2019

DM270

L-FIL-LET/15 (GERMANIC PHILOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

LITERATURES OF EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

1st semester (24/09/2018 - 09/01/2019)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

FRANCINI MARUSCA (titolare) - 12 ECTS

A knowledge of general linguistics is required

The course aims at the acquisition of a basic knowledge of Germanic linguistics and history and culture of the Germanic Middle Ages. In the second part of the course, Germanic literary texts will be analyzed, from a linguistic, philological and literary point of view. Students will gain therefore an understanding of the diachronic functioning of the modern languages and a knowledge of the medieval origins -regarding history, culture, literature- of european societies.

Part I (a)
The course aims at the acquisition of a basic knowledge of Germanic linguistics and medieval Germanic history and culture. As for linguistics, aspects of the phonetics of the Germanic languages will be studied; the student will be grounded in the historical and comparative study of these languages. As for morphology, the verb system and the classes of the strong verbs will be studied. As for the historical and cultural part, the various areas of the Germanic world will be introduced (Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Old German, Scandinavian).

Part II (b "female characters in medieval Germanic heroic poetry" ).The course will focus on the female characters in medieval Germanic heroic poetry. Following a historical, cultural and literary overview, passages from "Beowulf" (Old English), "Hildebrandslied", "Erste Merseburger Zauberspruch" (Old High German) and "Poetic Edda" (Old Norse) will be read, will be read, translated and analyzed using a philological approach.

Lectures in which, in interaction with the students, topics will be dealt with critically and medieval texts in the Germanic languages, using a philological approach, will be read, translated and commented.

I part (a)
-L- Lenaz (a c. di), "Tacito. La vita di Agricola. La Germania", Milano, Rizzoli, 1999, pp. 193-197; 207-225; 277-279 (Latin text excluded)
-M. V. Molinari, "La filologia germanica", Bologna, Zanichelli, 1987, pp. 5-48; 77-82; 87-108; 118-135; 151-160; 167-181.
-M. G. Saibene/M. Buzzoni, "Manuale di linguistica germanica", Bologna, Cisalpino-Monduzzi, 2006, pp. 3-27; 35-71; 75-100; 107-113; 115-122; 127-132;134-154;169-172;269-285.
In addition for students who cannot attend the lessons:
-M. Battagla, "Lineamenti di storia delle letterature germaniche medievali", Pisa, Il Campano, 2013.

II part (b)
- -M. Battaglia (a c. di) "Le civiltà letterarie del Medioevo germanico", Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 166-181; 345-348; 376-383; 388-398.
-M. Buzzoni, "I volti delle parole: le rappresentazioni cinematografiche di Beowulf", in M. G. Saibene, M. Francini (a c. di), "Eroi di carta e celluloide, Viareggio, Baroni, 2004, pp. 195-222 (Supplemento n. 42 a "Il confronto letterario")

Students who cannot attend the lessons must add the following:
-M. V. Molinari, "Sul Carme di Ildebrando: nuove prospettive critiche e interpretative", in U. Schwab. M. V. Molinari (a c. di), "Ildebrando. Quattro saggi e i testi", Torino, Dell'Orso, 2001, pp. 47-79.

There will be an oral examination aimed at ascertaining the acquisition of a knowledge of Germanic linguistics and Germanic history and culture of the Middle Ages and the ability of reading, translating and commenting the Germanic medieval texts analyzed during the course; for the part concerning Germanic linguistics there will be the possibility of a written test (for attenders only) or an oral examination, testing the knowledge of the operating systems of the languages and the ability of recognizing the changes from the mother tongues to Old English and Old High German.

There will be an oral examination aimed at ascertaining the acquisition of a knowledge of Germanic linguistics and Germanic history and culture of the Middle Ages and the ability of reading, translating and commenting the Germanic medieval texts analyzed during the course; for the part concerning Germanic linguistics there will be the possibility of a written test (for attenders only) or an oral examination, testing the knowledge of the operating systems of the languages and the ability of recognizing the changes from the mother tongues to Old English and Old High German.