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 there will be analysed three case studies respectively centred on 1. texts of high authorial feature  and with a tradition of over 50 manuscripts: Leonardo Bruni (attr.), La novella di Seleuco e Antioco; 2. authorial variants vs traditional variants: Luigi Pulci, La novella del picchio senese; 3. authorial redaction vs vulgata: Niccolò Machiavelli, Capitolo dell'ingratitudine.

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 materials (such as slides, lecture notes, tutorials) and specific communications of the teacher can be found within the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Classes, seminars, practical exercises

Attendance

Compulsory attendance for the 80% of the classes hours amount.

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 (or other impress.).

- NICOLETTA MARCELLI, La ‘Novella di Seleuco e Antioco’. Introduzione, testo e commento, in Eros, politica e religione nel Quattrocento fiorentino. Cinque studi tra poesia e novellistica, Manziana, Vecchiarelli, 2010, pp. 114-137 [available on Blended learning].

- NICOLETTA MARCELLI, La ‘Novella del picchio senese’ di Luigi Pulci. Studio ed edizione critica, in «Filologia Italiana», VIII 2011, pp. 77-102 [journal available at the Biblioteca di Filologia Moderna].

- FRANCESCO BAUSI, Machiavelli poeta, in ID., Machiavelli, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2005, pp. 127-162 [book available at the Biblioteca dell'Istituto di filosofia].

- NICCOLO' MACHIAVELLI, Capitoli, 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, 496-518 [available on Blended learning].

- STEFANO CARRAI, La novella di Luigi Pulci, in Id., Le muse dei Pulci. Studi su Luca e Luigi Pulci, Napoli, Guida, 1985, pp. 53-74 [available on 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.

Teaching

Self-directed learning

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.