Learning outcomes
The course deals with the study of Church Slavonic and the main aspects of the Medieval literary tradition in Slavia Orthodoxa (concerning especially the East Slavic area). The course aims to provide linguistic, philological and literary knowledge required to analyze literary texts.
Reccomended or required readings
- Drevnie rossijskie stichotvorenija sobrannye Kirseju Danilovym, a cura di A.P. Evgen'eva e V.N. Putilov, Nauka, Moskva, 1977 (scelta di testi)
- Byliny, a cura di F.M. Selivanov, Sovetskaja Rossija, Moskva, 1988 (scelta di testi)
- Introduzione e Nota informativa, in Giganti, incantatori e draghi. Byline dell'antica Rus', a cura di E.T. Saronne e K.F. Danil'cenko, Luni Editrice, Milano, Trento, 1997, p. 9-90
- Introduzione e Novgorod nella storia, in L'epos dei mercanti. Byline russe del ciclo di Novgorod, a cura di E.T. Saronne e E. Moroni, Carocci, 2010
- R. Jakobson, M. Szeftel, The Vseslav Epos, in Russian Epic Studies, ed. by R. Jakobson and E.J. Simmons, Philadelphia 1949, pp. 13-86
- Course notes and materials handed out during the lectures.
Students who do not attend the lectures are requested to contact the lecturer.
Materials and books included in the bibliography are available in the Department of Humanistic Studies, Section of Foreign Languages and Literatures Department.