Unit MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE
- Course
- Humanities
- Study-unit Code
- 35999912
- Curriculum
- Moderno
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
MEDIEVAL AND LATIN LITERATURE (MODULE A)
| Code | 35033603 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Patrizia Stoppacci |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Filologia, linguistica e letteratura |
| Academic discipline | L-FIL-LET/08 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Module I. History of Medieval Latin literature from 6th to 13th Century. Module B: - Franciscans "in itinere": the Mongol Empire and the Far East |
| Reference texts | For the Module A: - Letteratura latina medievale (secoli VI-XV). Un manuale, a cura di Claudio Leonardi, Firenze, SISMEL, 2002. For the Module B: - Enrico Menestò, Relazioni di viaggi e di ambasciatori, in Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo. I: Il Medioevo latino. I/2: La produzione del testo, cur. G. Cavallo et alii, Roma-Salerno 1993, pp. 535-600. - Giovanni di Pian di Carpine, Storia dei Mongoli, intr. Enrico Menestò, trad. Maria Cristiana Lungarotti, Spoleto, CISAM, 2017 (edizione breve, senza testo latino). - Guglielmo di Rubruck, Viaggio in Mongolia, a cura di Paolo Chiesa, Mondadori 2011. - Odorico da Pordenone, Racconto delle cose meravigliose d'Oriente, introduzione di Luciano Bertazzo, Padova 2018. |
| Educational objectives | An adequate knowledge of the the Medieval Latin literature in its development (6th-14th). |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of Latin language and Medieval history. Useful: knowledge of Medieval history and Latin paleography. |
| Teaching methods | Frontal lessons on the subjects covered by the program. Some seminars will be held at the end of the course to discuss the most significant historiographic issues concerning the Medieval travel literature. |
| Other information | Non-attending students will have to consult the teacher at the beginning of the course and before starting the study of the program (see the reception hours in the web-page http://www.unipg.it/pagina-personale?n=patrizia.stoppacci). |
| Learning verification modality | Oral examination in annual sessions to verify the program on the topics of the two modules; expected average duration 20-30 minuts. The purpose of the test is to verify the knowledge gained during the course, evaluate the critical skills and the ability to expose the main topics discussed. |
| Extended program | The course aims to provide students with 1) an overview of the history of the Latin literature produced during the Centuries of the Middle Ages (with a periodization from the 6th to the 13th Centuries), 2) a review of the main literary genres caught in their critical-historical evolution and 3) a selection of the most representative authors (such as Boethius, Cassiodorus, Isidorus Hispalensis, Beda, Paulus Diaconus, Alcuinus, Einhardus, Walafridus Strabo, Hrotsvit, Gerbertus Aureliacensis, Abaelardus, Heloissa, Hildegardis Bngensis, Carmina Burana). Module II will be devoted to the discovery of Medieval odeporic literature, trough the examination of some specific authors; particular attention will be given to the texts produced by the Franciscan Friars, such as Iohannes de Plano Carpine, Iohannes de Monte Corvino, Peregrinus de Castello, Andreas Perusinus, Odoricus de Portu Naonis et cet. |
MEDIEVAL AND LATIN LITERATURE (MODULE B)
| Code | 35033703 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Patrizia Stoppacci |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Filologia, linguistica e letteratura |
| Academic discipline | L-FIL-LET/08 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | - Franciscan friars "in itinere": the Mongol Empire and the Far East |
| Reference texts | - Enrico Menestò, Relazioni di viaggi e di ambasciatori, in Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo. I: Il Medioevo latino. I/2: La produzione del testo, cur. G. Cavallo et alii, Roma-Salerno 1993, pp. 535-600. - Giovanni di Pian di Carpine, Storia dei Mongoli, intr. Enrico Menestò, trad. Maria Cristiana Lungarotti, Spoleto, CISAM, 2017 (edizione breve, senza testo latino). - Guglielmo di Rubruck, Viaggio in Mongolia, a cura di Paolo Chiesa, Mondadori 2011. - Odorico da Pordenone, Racconto delle cose meravigliose d'Oriente, introduzione di Luciano Bertazzo, Padova 2018. |
| Educational objectives | Knowledge of the major representatives of Franciscan odeporic literature (XIII-XIV centuries) and their travel reports. |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of Latin language and Medieval history. Useful Latin paleography. |
| Teaching methods | Frontal lessons on the subjects covered by the program. Some seminars will be held at the end of the course to discuss the most significant historiographic issues concerning the Franciscain travel literature. |
| Other information | Non-attending students will have to consult the teacher at the beginning of the course and before starting the study of the program (see the reception hours in the web-page http://www.unipg.it/pagina-personale?n=patrizia.stoppacci). |
| Learning verification modality | Oral examination in annual sessions to verify the program on the topics of the two modules; expected average duration 20-30 minuts. The purpose of the test is to verify the knowledge gained during the course, evaluate the critical skills and the ability to expose the main topics discussed. |
| Extended program | The course will be devoted to the discovery of Medieval odeporic literature, trough the examination of some specific authors; particular attention will be given to the Franciscan Friars, such as Iohannes de Plano Carpine, Iohannes de Monte Corvino, Peregrinus de Castello, Andreas Perusinus, Odoricus de Portu Naonis et cet. |