The course aims to strengthen students' comprehension skills acquired during bachelor's degree and to promote their autonomy of judgment in essay writing as well as the possibility to work with stronger critical abilities in ecdotic. 

The course provides the necessary basis of Textual Criticism in Epic and Lyric Poetry. It also provides study skills as well as interdisciplinary and comparative analysis skills in Medieval Spanish, French and Italian Literature.

Contents:  Textual criticism from Lachmann to Bédier.  The positions of current critics.

The Epic and Lyric literature. "Otherness" in the Midle Ages in  French, Iberian and Italian areas.

DUBLIN DESCRIPTORS:

1- Knowledge and understanding;

2- Applying knowledge and understanding;

3- Making judgments;

4- Communication skills;

5- Learning skills.

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 material can be downloaded on Moodle - blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Frontal lectures 

Course books

Texts: attending students are expected to read and understand the recommended bibliography uploaded to Moodle by the Professor. Some topics such as magic and the Scool of Toledo will be covered from A. Negri, Personnages de l'Europe littérire: Maugis/Malagigi, Berlin, Peter Lang, 2022. 

To obtain a French, Spanish or English bibliography please contact the Professor during office hours. 

Assessment

Verbal examination in French, Spanish or English.

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

Non-attending students are expected to read and understand:  L. Leonardi, Filologia romanza, 1 Critica del testo, Milano, Le Monnier, 2022,  e P. Maninchedda, Filologia, amore e libertà, UNICA PRESS 2024 (you can find it at link   https://unicapress.unica.it/index.php/unicapress/catalog/book/978-88-3312-148-2 ). 

Assessment

Verbal examination in French, Spanish or English.

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.

Please be sure to check the syllabus before asking for any information.