Acquisition of fundamental notions of medieval and humanistic philology. Acquisition of stylistic and rhetorical tools useful for reading medieval and humanistic plays. Systematic reading and understanding of these texts in their historical and cultural context. We will also provide the methodological tools suitable for the correct historical and chronological contextualization of the texts addressed. The textual tradition of the writings in question will be identified.

The first part will be dedicated to the fundamental principles of the discipline. The second part, after an overview of the history of comic theatre in Latin language from the late Middle Ages to the Humanism, will be devoted to the reading, with commentary, of an anthology of extracts from Elegiac comedies written in the first half of the 13th century, as the anonymous De more medicorum and the De uxore cerdonis of Iacopo da Benevento. Interest will be also dedicated to selected passages from Latin comedies composed in the fifteenth century by humanists as Hermann Knuyt van Slyterhoven, Tito Livio Frulovisi and Antonio Cornazzano. Analysis will focus on manuscript tradition and on the main textual problems philologists have dealt with in order to publish these plays. Specific attention will be given to historical and literary perspectives, so as to highlight how playwrights reworked classical sources employed during the composition of their comedies.

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knowledge and understanding: a solid knowledge and understanding of the texts in the program in relation to historical cultural contexts and to philological and linguistic problems. Solid knowledge of the textual tradition

applied knowledge and understanding: reading and analyzing Latin texts in Italian translation.

autonomy of judgment: knowing how to critically reflect on the texts in question; knowing how to question commonplaces around their exegesis and determine whether or not they have scientific validity.

communication skills: mastery of the expressive means of literary disciplines and critical understanding of the indicated secondary literature

ability to learn: development of technical knowledge and formal reasoning skills necessary to (i) undertake the literary analysis of written texts in a critical and independent manner; (ii) develop the capacity for contextualization and chronology of the literary texts in question (iii )identify which themes will have lasting literary fortune

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

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Teaching

Frontal lessons and seminars.

Attendance

In order to take the exam as an attending student, attendance at lessons is compulsory for at least 2/3 of the total number of hours.

Course books

First part

Students are required to study this handbook:

• M. Berté-M. Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, Bologna 2017, pp. 11-165.

Second part

Students will have to analyze the texts presented and discussed in class. Selected passages will be taken from the following critical editions (parts of these materials will be made available on blended platform):

• De more medicorum, a cura di P. Gatti, Commedie latine del XII e XIII secolo, vol. VI, a cura di F. Bertini, Genova 1998, pp. 379-427.

• Iacopo da Benevento, De uxore cerdonis, a cura di F. Bertini, in Commedie latine del XII e XIII secolo, vol. VI, a cura di F. Bertini, Genova 1998, pp. 429-503.

• [Antonii Cornazani] Fraudiphila. Introduzione, testo critico e traduzione a cura di S. Pittaluga, Genova 1980.   

• Hermann Knuyt van Slyterhoven, Scornetta, a cura di L. Ruggio, Firenze 2016.

• Tito Livio Frulovisi, Corallaria, a cura di A. Bisanti, Firenze 2021.

They will also have to read these essays:

• F. Bertini, La commedia elegiaca, in Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo. I Il medioevo latino, vol. I, La produzione del testo, tomo II, Roma 1993, pp. 217-230.

• L. Ruggio, «Alla maniera dei comici». Aspetti del comico nella commedia umanistica, Bari 2015, pp. 105-122. 

Assessment

Oral exam. The attending student is required to report, during the interview, on the topics covered by the teacher during the course. He must also demonstrate that he has read and understood the study texts listed above. All students will be assessed through the following criteria: (1) knowledge of the subject. - (2) ability to reason adequately on the subject of the question. - (3) ability to expose matter with language properties

Those tests that demonstrate the student's possession of good critical and in-depth skills, the ability to navigate with mastery within the topics covered in class, establishing links between texts and themes and the ability to use precisely the specific lexicon of the discipline.

Those tests that demonstrate the possession of a mnemonic knowledge of the contents, a discreet critical capacity and connection between the main topics with the use of a language suitable for the discipline will be evaluated as 'fair'.

Those tests that demonstrate the achievement of a minimum level of knowledge relating to the fundamentals of the discipline, and the use of a language that is not entirely inadequate, will be evaluated as 'sufficient'.

Those tests that reveal difficulties in orientation with respect to the topics, serious training gaps with respect to the topics covered during the course, and the improper use of the lexicon of the discipline will be evaluated negatively.

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

Individual study.

Attendance

None.

Course books

First part

Students are required to study this handbook:

• M. Berté-M. Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, Bologna 2017, pp. 11-165.

 

Second part

Students will have to read these texts in Italian translation, and study their introductions:

• Iacopo da Benevento, De uxore cerdonis, a cura di F. Bertini, in Commedie latine del XII e XIII secolo, vol. VI, a cura di F. Bertini, Genova 1998, pp. 429-503.

• Tito Livio Frulovisi, Corallaria, a cura di A. Bisanti, Firenze 2021.

They will also have to read these essays:

• G. Chiarini-F. Mosetti Casaretto, Introduzione al teatro latino, Milano 2004, pp. 133-172.

• L. Ruggio, «Alla maniera dei comici». Aspetti del comico nella commedia umanistica, Bari 2015, pp. 11-46 e pp. 105-122.

Assessment

Oral exam. The non-attending student is required to report, during the interview, on the topics covered by the teacher during the course. He must also demonstrate that he has read and understood the study texts listed above. All students will be assessed through the following criteria: (1) knowledge of the subject. - (2) ability to reason adequately on the subject of the question. - (3) ability to expose matter with language properties.

Those tests that demonstrate the student's possession of good critical and in-depth skills, the ability to orient themselves within the topics under study, establishing links between texts and themes and the ability to use in a timely manner the specific lexicon of the discipline will be evaluated as 'excellent'

Those tests that demonstrate the possession of a mnemonic knowledge of the contents, a good critical capacity and a good capacity for connection between the main topics with the use of a language suitable for the discipline will be evaluated as 'fair'.

Those tests that demonstrate the achievement of a minimum level of knowledge relating to the fundamentals of the discipline, and the use of a language that is not entirely inadequate, will be evaluated as 'sufficient'. Those tests that reveal difficulties in orientation with respect to the teams in question, serious training gaps with respect to the topics covered during the course, and the improper use of the vocabulary of the discipline will be evaluated negatively.

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.