Unit MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE

Course
Humanities
Study-unit Code
35999912
Curriculum
Classico
CFU
12
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2022/23
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

MEDIEVAL AND LATIN LITERATURE (MODULE A)

Code 35033603
CFU 6
Teacher Patrizia Stoppacci
Teachers
  • Patrizia Stoppacci
Hours
  • 36 ore - Patrizia Stoppacci
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline L-FIL-LET/08
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents History of Medieval Latin literature from 6th to 14th Century.
Reference texts - Paolo CHIESA, Letteratura latina del medioevo. Un profilo storico, Roma, Carocci, 2017 (e successive ristampe).
- Peter STOTZ, Le sorti del latino nel Medioevo, in Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo. I: Il Medioevo latino. 2: La circolazione del testo, cur. G. Cavallo – C. Leonardi – E. Menestò, Roma, Salerno, 1994, pp. 153-90.
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 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 15th Centuries), a review of the main literary genres caught in their critical-historical evolution and a selection of the most representative authors such as Boethius, Cassiodorus, Gregorius Magnus, Isidorus Hispalensis, Beda, Paulus Diaconus, Alcuinus, Einhardus, Hrotsvit, Gerbertus Aureliacensis, Liutprandus Cremonensis, Abaelardus, Heloissa, Hildegardis Bingensis, Carmina Burana, Salimbene de Adam. In addition, an introduction to philology and its problems will be offered, in particular those related to the textual criticism and its application in the field of the edition of medieval latin texts.

MEDIEVAL AND LATIN LITERATURE (MODULE B)

Code 35033703
CFU 6
Teacher Patrizia Stoppacci
Teachers
  • Patrizia Stoppacci
Hours
  • 36 ore - Patrizia Stoppacci
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline L-FIL-LET/08
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents The literature of the "visiones" between the early and late Middle Ages. History and fortune of a literary genre.
Reference texts - Maria Pia Ciccarese, Visioni dell'Aldilà in Occidente. Fonti, modelli e testi, Bologna 1987.
- Alison Morgan, Dante e l'Aldilà medievale, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2012.

Bibliographic informations will be provided in class on the basis of the individual topics covered.
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 Latin paleography and Codicology.
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 an overview of the history of the Latin literature produced during the Centuries of the Middle Ages. The lessons will be devoted to the discovery of Medieval literature of “visiones”, trough the examination of some specific authors; particular attention will be given to the texts produced by Gregorius Magnus (Dialogi), Gregorius Turonensis (Historia Francorum), Beda Venerabillis (Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), “Visio Baronti”, “Navigatio sancti Brendani”, Heito Augiensis and Walafridus Strabo (Visio Wettini), H. de saltrey (Tractatus de purgatorio sancti Patriciii), “Visio Alberici”, Iacobus de Veronas Bonvesinus de Riva.
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