Unit PHILOLOGY AND DANTE CRITICISM
- Course
- Humanities
- Study-unit Code
- GP000579
- Curriculum
- Moderno
- Teacher
- Silvia Chessa
- Teachers
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- Silvia Chessa
- Hours
- 36 ore - Silvia Chessa
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-FIL-LET/13
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian language
- Contents
- The program includes:
• an introduction to the Filologia e critica dantesca
• the life and works of Dante Alighieri, a specific insight into the Comedy
• a critical reading on texts. - Reference texts
- The reference texts will be indicated at the beginning of the course and made available on the UniStudium.
Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for the compensatory tools ensured by law (e.g. textbooks in digital format; teaching materials in accessible formats: presentations, handouts, workbooks, provided if necessary in advance of the lessons), for which consult https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa.
For the request, students are invited to ask the teacher, who will put them in contact with the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Educational objectives
- The teaching aims to convey to the student:
• the critical knowledge of the life and works of Dante Alighieri, especially the Comedy;
• Knowledge Dante’s Comedy, and philological analysis, linguistic, historical, cultural, intertextual;
• Knowledge of the main issues related to the exegesis;
• Knowledge of essential elements, the theory and practice of editing;
The main skills that allow to apply the acquired knowledge will be:
• Be able to understand and draw the outlines of Dante’s life and works, especially the Comedy;
• Be able to understand and define the main critical-textual and historical-literary issues related to the Comedy;
• Be able to identify the main issues related to the exegesis and the attribution;
• Know how to deal with a critical edition, reasoning on witnesses and issues;
• To achieve greater expertise in the description and read manuscripts. - Prerequisites
- In order to be able to understand and to know how to tackle the course, students must have a general knowledge about Dante Alighieri and the Origins of Italian Literature; these are notions that the student should have already acquired in his/her school curriculum. This precondition is valid both for attending and not attending students.
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:
- face-to-face lectures;
- seminar. - Other information
- Attendance is recommended. Students who can not attend the course must agree the exam program with the professor (silvia.chessa@unipg.it).
Students with disabilities and/or SLD: for any information on University services, consult the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Learning verification modality
- The exam includes the final oral test consisting of a discussion-interview, in which the final assessment is expressed by a vote of thirty. The duration of the test is about thirty minutes. The test aims at assuring the level of acquisition of specific content, methodology and bibliography of course. During the exam it is also appreciate the propriety of language and the ability of critical evaluation.
Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for compensatory tools, dispensatory measures and inclusive technologies ensured by law, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of tests and exams. For general information, consult the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or SLD Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it; https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa). - Extended program
- The program provides an introduction to the Filologia e critica dantesca, the life and works of Dante Alighieri, a specific insight into the Comedy (lessons) and a critical reading: a choice of texts (seminar) and full reading (exam).