The aim of the course is to deepen the theoretical aspects and practical solutions relating to the critical edition vulgar for which the stemmatic method (also called Lachmann's method) prove ineffective or unenforceable. The aim of this course is to make students aware that philological work does not coincide with the mere mechanical application of a method, but with the editor's ability to make choices motivated critically, varying from time to time depending on the text and the author at hand. At the end of the course the student has to achieve a proper knowledge of the main problems connected with poetical texts by analysing some specific cases.

In the first part of the course will be analysed and discussed the fundamentals of the stemmatic method, as a precondition to the topic of the course. Then the classes will be focused on specific critical editions of political poetries of the XVth century Florence and on the poetical production of Niccolò Machiavelli.

It is required to have passed an exam of Italian philology during the BA curriculum.

Students are to show possession of mastery of basic knowledge about the genesis and the functioning of the stemmatic method, with particular reference to the stages of recensio, collatio, eliminatio codicum descriptorum and constitutio textus, including the creation of critical apparatus and eventually of the apparatus of sources.

-Students are to demonstrate understanding of concepts and theories laid the course or argue about the main limits shown by the stemmatic method and show knowledge of alternative methods of edition. He/she has to be able to parse the text proposed in class cases in relation to the problems faced by publishers in connection with the applicability of the stemmatic method.

- Students have to achieve the ability to use knowledge and concepts which allow to procede according to the logic of the discipline. In particular, they also have to become able to analyse and interpretate literary texts under philological basis, to read modern critical editions and be able to produce a new one. Students are also required to know and use the main bibliographical entries of the discipline.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Classes, seminars, practical exercises

Attendance

compulsory attendance

Course books

In addition to all materials and texts that will be distributed in class, for the examination will be required knowledge of:

- ALFREDO STUSSI, Introduzione agli studi di filologia italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994 (e succ. rist.).

-GIORGIO INGLESE, Ecdotica e commento ai testi letterari, in "La Cultura", XLIX, 2011, n. 2, pp. 277-283 [disponibile in dispensa e Blended learning].

- FRANCESCO BAUSI, Machiavelli poeta, in ID., Machiavelli, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2005, pp. 127-162 [disponibile nelle biblioteche di Ateneo].

- NICCOLO' MACHIAVELLI, Capitoli e Rime varie X, in ID., Scritti letterari in poesia e in prosa, a cura di A. Corsaro, P. Cosentino, E. Cutinelli-Rèndina, F. Grazzini, N. Marcelli, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2012, pp. 67-74, 91-105, 120-128, 197-219, 273-75, 495-518, 575-76 [disponibile in dispensa e Blended learning].

- MARIO MARTELLI, La canzone a Firenze di Francesco d'Altobianco Alberti, in "Interpres", VI, 1985-1986, pp. 7-50 [la rivista Interpres è disponibile presso la biblioteca dell'Istituto di Filologia Moderna].

- FRANCESCO D'ALTOBIANCO ALBERTI, Rime, edizione critica e commentata a cura di A. Decaria, Bologna, Commissione per i Testi di Lingua, 2008, pp. VII-XIV, 197-206 [disponibile in dispensa e Blended learning].

Assessment

Oral exam and written paper where the student will demonstrate to be able to produce a simple and short critical edition. This paper will be presented to the professor well in advance before the intended date of the exam. Since Philology is a technical discipline that requires a specific vocabulary, this choice of an oral exam was made in order to enhance the capability of the individual student in relation to oral skills.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Course books

Students are required to contact the professor to receive general information and to agree on the program.

Assessment

Oral exam: since Philology is a technical discipline that requires a specific vocabulary, this choice was made in order to enhance the capability of the individual student in relation to oral skills.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.