Unit GERMANIC PHILOLOGY II
- Course
- Languages, comparative literatures and intercultural translation
- Study-unit Code
- A000979
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Carla Falluomini
- Teachers
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- Carla Falluomini
- Hours
- 54 ore - Carla Falluomini
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Metodologie linguistiche, filologiche, comparatistiche e della traduzione letteraria
- Academic discipline
- L-FIL-LET/15
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course will be dedicated to illustrating the language, texts, and culture of the Goths. It will discuss historical and archaeological sources, the ethnogenesis of the Goths, and their migrations, during which they came into contact with Greek and Latin cultures. The creation of the Gothic alphabet and the manuscript tradition will be specifically analyzed. Some Gothic texts will be translated and linguistically commented on, highlighting the differences between Gothic, the earliest attested Germanic language, and modern Germanic languages (especially English) from a morphological and lexical perspective.
- Reference texts
- For all students (attending, non-attending, and working students):
Vittoria Dolcetti Corazza-Carla Falluomini,
I Goti. Percorsi storici, letterari e linguistici, Spoleto: Fondazione CISAM, 2020.
Additional bibliographic material will be provided during the course and uploaded to the corresponding page on - Educational objectives
- The course aims to present the culture and language of the Goths, a Germanic people who had a significant impact on the history of medieval European culture and the formation of the Romance languages.
The course aims to provide the following knowledge and skills:
Knowledge:
• Knowledge of the history of the Goths and their migrations, as provided by historical and archaeological sources. •Knowledge of the sequence of events, different historical phases, and the geographical context in which Gothic events took place between the 1st and 8th centuries.
• Knowledge of the work of Wulfila, the Gothic alphabet, and the technique of the Bible translation.
• Knowledge of the Gothic manuscript tradition, including new discoveries and techniques for reading palimpsests.
• Knowledge of Gothic texts and their tradition.
• Knowledge of the morphological and lexical features that differentiate modern Germanic languages, especially English, from Gothic.
• Knowledge of the reception of the Gothic cultural heritage in modern times.
Skills:
The course will contribute to the enhancement of communicative abilities and the application of knowledge.
Attending students, in particular, will develop the ability to reflect on a specific topic, which will be presented and discussed during the course in a clear and appropriate way.
More in general, students will develop:
• Ability to use an appropriate vocabulary, necessary to describe historical and linguistic phenomena.
• Ability to understand and reflect on the complexity of medieval textual tradition, with a depth appropriate to the maturity of a university student and within the limits posed by general knowledge of the same.
• Ability to express, when necessary, the problematic and hypothetical nature of the proposed reconstructions
• Ability to read the Gothic alphabet and translate short texts. - Prerequisites
- This is an advanced course, for students who have passed the exam in Germanic Philology I. Knowledge of linguistic, historical, and geographical notions is desirable. If not, guidance on how to approach the course will be provided.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, seminars, and exercises; active participation by the students is required.
Students with disabilities and/or DSA may request, in consultation with the lecturer, any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, workbooks), provided if necessary in advance of the lectures, as well as the use of other technological tools to facilitate study. For general information, please consult the University Services at https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Contact Person (Prof. A. Di Pilla).
For the 2023/2024 academic year, the University of Perugia has admitted 11 categories of students to distance learning. Students who may be interested are invited to check the possibility of attending lectures in DAD on the website Procedura DAD - Università degli Studi di Perugia (unipg.it). - Other information
- Learning verification modality
- For attending students: there will be no final exam. Each student must prepare at least four presentations on the topics discussed during the course, based on the provided bibliography. Each presentation will be graded on a scale of thirty; the average of the grades obtained will determine the final grade, which could be increased through an additional oral examination.
For non-attending and working students: 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, demonstrating the ability to reflect on and connect the themes discussed. - Extended program
- The course aims to present the language and culture of the Goths through their texts. In particular, Gothic manuscripts and texts will be analyzed from linguistic and textual-critical perspectives.
Specifically, the program will focus on the following topics:
• History of the Goths (Gothi minores, Visigoths, and Ostrogoths) and their migrations, as documented by history and archaeology. The difficulty in distinguishing Gothic culture from that of other Germanic peoples. The role of the Goths in the Roman army and their linguistic legacy.
• Gothic runic inscriptions.
• The work of Wulfila: the creation of the Gothic alphabet and the technique of translating the Bible.
• Analysis of the Gothic manuscript tradition, including new discoveries and recent techniques used for reading palimpsests.
• Reading of selected Gothic texts, analyzing the forms and comparing them with those of modern Germanic languages, especially English.
• Understanding the reception of the Gothic cultural heritage in modern times. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
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