Unit GERMANIC PHILOLOGY I

Course
Foreign languages and cultures
Study-unit Code
A001062
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teachers
  • Carla Falluomini (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 66 ore (Codocenza) - Carla Falluomini
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline filologiche
Academic discipline
L-FIL-LET/15
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
Synthetic program: Analysis of 1. linguistic changes that have occurred in the old and medieval Germanic languages; 2. of the principal texts written in these languages; 3. of aspects of the Germanic culture (pre-Christian religion, runes, Christianisation, literacy); 4. of the relationship between Germanic and other cultures (in particular the Greek and Latin ones).
Reference texts
1. Nicoletta Francovich Onesti. Filologia germanica. Lingue e culture dei germani antichi, Roma: Carocci, 2015. 2. Beowulf, a cura di Giuseppe Brunetti, Roma: Carocci, 2003. 3. Maria Giovanna Arcamone, “L’elemento germanico antico medievale e moderno (con esclusione dell’inglese)”, in Storia della lingua italiana, a cura di L. Serianni e P.Trifone, III. Le altre lingue, Torino: Einaudi, 1994, pp. 751-790. 4. Anna Maria Guerrieri, “Lettura del Heliand: dottrina in poesia, il nuovo nell'antico”, in Lettura di Heliand, a cura di V. Dolcetti Corazza e R. Gendre, Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso, 2011, pp. 49-94.
Educational objectives
Knowledge of the program and specific bibliography. In particular, s/he should know 1. the linguistic changes that have occurred in the old and medieval Germanic languages; 2. the principal texts written in these languages; 3. aspects of the Germanic culture (pre-Christian religion, runes, Christianisation, literacy); 4. relationship between Germanic and other cultures (in particular the Greek and Latin ones).
Prerequisites
Prerequisites are not necessary. A basic knowledge of linguistics, history and geography is desirable.
Teaching methods
Teaching hours in classroom, with help of slides.
Other information
Attendance at the course is highly recommended.
Learning verification modality
The final exam will be oral (at least three questions on the program). The student should be able to answer the questions confidently and knowledgeably.
Extended program
Main topics of the course: description of the principal features of the old and medieval Germanic languages; examination of their principal changes in respect to other Indo-European languages; analysis of parts of the most important Old Germanic texts: the Gothic Bible, the Old English Beowulf, the Old Saxon Heliand, the Old German Hildebrandslied and the Old Norse sagas; old Germanic religion, runes, Christianisation of the Germanic peoples; literacy; relationship between Germanic and classical cultures.
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