EXEGESIS OF MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERARY TEXTS

Filologia, Letterature e Storia dell'Antichità EXEGESIS OF MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERARY TEXTS

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2018/2019

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE ON LATIN LANGUAGE CULTURE OF THE MEDIEVAL MILLENNIUM. THIS GOAL IS PURSUED BY READING AND COMMENTING ON THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TEXTS PRODUCED IN THE VARIOUS GENRES OF MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE.
THE COURSE WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIEVAL LATIN TEXTS, OF THEIR LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN CULTURE AS WELL AS TO THE PROCESSES OF TRANSMISSION OF WRITTEN TEXTS.
BY THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYSE LITERARY DOCUMENTS FROM A PHILOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW, USING APPROPRIATE AND CRITICAL METHODS AND TECHNIQUE.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY; AN ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN IS DESIDERABLE.
Contents
THE KING'S REPRESENTATION IN CAROLINGIAN PERIOD
THE KING'S REPRESENTATION IN THE PREVIOUS TRADITION
THE DEFINITION OF AN IDEAL MODEL OF THE KING IN THE SPECULA (SMARAGDUS, IONA OF ORLÉANS, SEDULIUS SCOTTUS; HINCMARUS)
THE ANNALES REGNI FRANCORUM
EINHARD, VITA KAROLI
THE LIVES OF LOUIS THE PIOUS
NOTKER BALBULUS.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 30 HOURS OF LECTURES; IT HAS SEMINARY CHARACTER AND PREVENTS THE READING AND COMMENTARY OF MEDIUM TEXTS. FREQUENCY IS LIVELY RECOMMENDED
Verification of learning
FINAL ORAL EXAM, CONSISTING IN THE PREPARATION AND DISCUSSION OF A REPORT ON A TOPIC CHOSEN AND AGREED WITH THE TEACHER.
Texts
COURSE MATERIAL WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER DURING CLASS.
More Information
FREQUENCY IS LIVELY RECOMMENDED
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