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, the basics of the stemmatic method will be briefly recalled, as an essential premise to the topic of the course. Subsequently, the tradition of the text of the Decameron will be analyzed and the main editorial solutions adopted since the discovery of the autograph manuscript (Berlin, Hamilton 90) until the recent text review carried out by Maurizio Fiorilla as preliminary phase of a new critical edition of the whole text. The last part of the course will be focused on the Novella di Seleuco e Antioco, an interesting case-study both from the point of view of the tradition (63 manuscripts survived) and the controversial attribution to Leonardo Bruni. The students under the guide of the teacher will be invited to discuss the evidence of the manuscript tradition in order to propose appropriate philological solutions.

It is higly recommended 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 learnt during the course and discuss the main limits of the stemmatic method. They are supposed to know and use alternative methods to produce a critical edition. He/she has to be able to analyse the case-study proposed in class 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 interpret 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. Two or more hours could be mutuated by attending one session of the conference devoted to Federico di Montefeltro on the VIth centenary of his birth.

Students may be required to read during the course in order to attend some lessons with the proper preparation. Teaching materials (such as slides, lecture notes, tutorials) and specific communications of the teacher can be found within the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it. Students will be required to test (online by Moodle) their knowledge of the discipline during the first class.

Innovative teaching methods

Learning by problem solving

The second part of the course will have a seminar nature, in which teacher will provide a didactic strategy of problem solving on a voluntary basis. Students in small groups will be entrusted with philological analysis of texts and collation materials on which they will have to report orally in class.

Attendance

It is highly recomended the knowledge of the Latin language, though not compulsory.

Compulsory attendance for the 80% of the classes hours amount (29 hours).

Course books

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

1. PASQUALE STOPPELLI, Filologia della letteratura italiana. Nuova edizione, Roma, Carocci, 2019, only pp. 17-150 or other handbook in agreement with the teacher.

2. NICOLETTA MARCELLI, La novella di Seleuco e Antioco. Introduzione testo e commento, in "Interpres", XXIII, 2003, pp. 7-183, only pp. 7-42 [available at the University library].

3. ROSSELLA BESSI, Un dittico quattrocentesco: le novelle del Bianco Alfani e di madonna Lisetta Levaldini. Testo e commento, in «Interpres», XIV, 1994, pp. 7-106 extracts [available at Biblioteca di San Girolamo].

4. Boccaccio, a cura di M. Fiorilla e I. Iocca, Roma, Carocci, 2021, pp. 293-356 chapters by Monica Bertè, Luca Azzetta, Marco Petoletti.

Assessment

Oral examination and evaluation of seminarian works carried out during the classes (as indicated in the course programm).

Oral examination. This choice was made in order to enhance the oral argumentative skills of individual students in relation to a highly technical discipline and which requires the possession of a specific lexicon.

"Excellent" mark: the student must show possession of good critical and in-depth skills; the ability to orient with sure mastery of the subject within the main themes covered during the lesson, also establishing, if necessary, links between different fields and themes of the discipline; outstanding ability to use the technical lexicon of discipline.

"Good" mark: the student must demonstrate possession of a mnemonic knowledge of the main contents of the discipline; minimal critical and linking capacity between the main themes of the discipline with the use of the philological lexicon.

"Sufficient" mark: the student must demonstrate minimal knowledge of the fundamentals of the discipline, even if there are some educational gaps, as well as the use of language that is not entirely appropriate.

"Negative" mark: difficulty of orientation of the student with respect to the topics dealt with in the exam; training gaps; the use of inappropriate language and/or the inability to use the technical lexicon of the discipline.

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

The examination will require knowledge of:

1. PASQUALE STOPPELLI, Filologia della letteratura italiana. Nuova edizione, Roma, Carocci, 2019 other handbook in agreement with the teacher.

2. FRANCESCO BAUSI, Leggere il 'Decameron',  Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017 [available at the Biblioteca di Area Umanistica].

3. MAURIZIO FIORILLA, Per il testo del 'Decameron', in «L'Ellisse», V, 2010, pp. 9-38 [available on Moodle].

4. NICOLETTA MARCELLI, La novella di Seleuco e Antioco. Introduzione testo e commento, in "Interpres", XXIII, 2003, pp. 7-183, only pp. 7-42 [available at the University Library].

Assessment

Oral examination. This choice was made in order to enhance the oral argumentative skills of individual students in relation to a highly technical discipline and which requires the possession of a specific lexicon.

"Excellent" mark: the student must show possession of good critical and in-depth skills; the ability to orient with sure mastery of the subject within the main themes covered in the course books, also establishing, if necessary, links between different fields and themes of the discipline; outstanding ability to use the technical lexicon of discipline.

"Good" mark: the student must demonstrate possession of a mnemonic knowledge of the main contents of the discipline; minimal critical and linking capacity between the main themes of the discipline with the use of the philological lexicon.

"Sufficient" mark: the student must demonstrate minimal knowledge of the fundamentals of the discipline, even if there are some educational gaps, as well as the use of language that is not entirely appropriate.

"Negative" mark: difficulty of orientation of the student with respect to the topics dealt with in the exam; training gaps; the use of inappropriate language and/or the inability to use the technical lexicon of the discipline.

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.

SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (not mandatory)

- La critica del testo. Problemi di metodo ed esperienze di lavoro. Atti del Convegno di Lecce, 22-26 ottobre 1984, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1985.

- Storia della Letteratura Italiana diretta da E. Malato, vol. X: La tradizione dei testi, coordinato da C. Ciociola, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2001.

- P. ITALIA-G. RABONI, Che cos'è la filologia d'autore, Roma, Carocci, 2010.

- G. INGLESE, Ecdotica e commento ai testi letterari, in «La Cultura», XLIX, 2011, n. 2, pp. 277-283.

- La Tradizione dei Testi. Atti del Convegno, Cortona, 21-23 settembre 2017, a cura di C. Ciociola e C. Vela, Firenze, Società dei Filologi della Letteratura Italiana, 2018.

- Boccaccio, a cura di M: Fiorilla e I. Iocca, Roma, Carocci, 2021.

- F. BAUSI, La filologia italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino 2022.