Unit MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE
- Course
- Humanities
- Study-unit Code
- 35999912
- Curriculum
- Moderno
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2025/26
- 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 | COURSE TITLE. Medieval Latin Literature from the 6th to the 14th century. CONTENTS. - Knowledge of the essential lines of the history of Medieval Latin Literature, focusing on its developments from the 6th century to the beginning of the 14th century (ca. 1321). - Knowledge of the most important literary genres of the Middle Ages and their diachronic development, with particular attention paid to the genre of odeporic literature (travel literatur). - Knowledge of the authors and literary works that founded the Latin Middle Ages. - Knowledge of latin narrative of the travel genre produced between the 13th and 14th Centuries by travelling friars of the Order of Friars Minor (“Distant Worlds: the Franciscans and the Orient”). COURSE STRUCTURE. The course is divided into 78 hours in total, 66 of which consist of lectures and 12 of a seminar (workshop). 1) The first part of the course (50 hours of lectures) will be dedicated to the study of "Medieval Latin Literature" in its diachronic and synchronic developments, from the 6th century to the late 14th century, as well as its most widespread literary genres and its major authors (including anepigraphic works). 2) The second part of the course (16 hours of lectures + 12 hours of laboratory) will have a monographic nature and will be reserved for the study of the latin travel narrative produced by the Friars Minor who between the 13th and 14th centuries traveled to Mongolia, Tibet, China, India and Ceylon for diplomatic, missionary or exploratory purposes. In this context, selected passages from the main Friars Minor travel narratives will be read in class and subjected to historical and literary-critical examination. |
| Reference texts | BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Edoardo D’Angelo, Storia della letteratura mediolatina, Montella, Accademia Vivarium Novum, 2004, pp. 15-73 (disponibile su Unistudium). - Edoardo D’Angelo, La letteratura latina medievale. Una storia per generi, Roma, Viella, 2009, pp. 17-74 (disponibile su Unistudium). - 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. Guglielmo Cavallo [et alii], Roma-Salerno 1993, pp. 535-600 (disponibile su Unistudium). - Giovanni da Pian di Carpine, Storia dei Mongoli, intr. E. Menestò, trad. M.C. Lungarotti, Spoleto, CISAM, 2017 (lettura integrale). - Giovanni de’ Marignolli, Relatio. Un frate francescano nella Cina e nell’India del XIV secolo, a cura di Paola Mocella - Irene Malfatto, Pisa, Pacini editore, 2022 (lettura integrale). Other bibliographic references will be done during the course, based on development of the program and its possible in-depth studies. These materials will be made available on the UNISTUDIUM platform. READINGS FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS. Non-attending students must consult the teacher during office hours at the beginning of the course and in any case before starting to study the program to agree on the details and the supplementary and replacement bibliography (see on the page http://www.unipg.it/pagina-personale?n=patrizia.stoppacci). |
| Educational objectives | The course introduces students to the history of the Medieval Latin Literature in the broadest sense. Since the topic is not taught in secondary schools, attending it will allow students to approach completely new authors and texts. The students are confronted with complex political, cultural and social phenomena in their interrelationships, and at the same time are called upon to understand phenomena, structures and dynamics in their cultural specificity. KNOWLEDGE. - Outlines of the history of medieval Latin literature in the historical reference framework (with periodization from the 6th century to the 14th century). - Understanding of the cultural characteristics of the Latin Middle Ages, in their local and temporal variety, with particular attention paid to their relationship with classical Antiquity, biblical-Christian and barbaric culture. - Review of the main literary genres, which will be examined in their historical evolution through the presentation of a selection of authors or anonymous works. - Review of the major authors of the high and late Middle Ages, who with their works contributed to shaping the culture of the Latin West. SKILLS.The course contributes to the development of communication skills, the application of one's knowledge and the refinement of learning practices: - Use of an appropriate vocabulary and concepts necessary to describe the phenomena of the Medieval latin literature. - Ability to understand and reflect on the complexity of the historical and cultural phenomena examined, with depth appropriate to the maturity of a university student and within the limits set by a general knowledge of them. - Ability to express - when necessary - the problematic and hypothetical nature of the proposed reconstructions. - Acquire sensitivity to authors and works that are an expression of historical thought and forms of narrative construction. - Introduction to the use of basic bibliographic tools, but also IT tools (“Medioevo Latino” and “Mirabile”), for the study of Medieval Latin Literature. |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge: "Latin language and literature" and "Medieval history". It is also recommended to attend the Latin Paleography course and especially the Paleography and Codicology Laboratory, taught at the Sacred Convent of Assisi by the reference teacher (12 hours). |
| Teaching methods | Lectures. Reading sources and documents in Italian translation. Seminar lectures (laboratory) with audiovisual material. 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) 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) |
| Other information | ATTENDANCE. Attendance checked by roll call. Supplementary readings are imposed to students who attend less than 60% of lessons. Attendance by working students is not checked. READINGS FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS. Non-attending students must consult the teacher during office hours at the beginning of the course and in any case before starting to study the program to agree on the details and the supplementary or replacement bibliography (see on the page http://www.unipg.it/pagina-personale?n=patrizia.stoppacci). WRITTEN ESSAY. To acquire 3 CFU in the area of ¿¿"Further knowledge" it is possible to write an essay (10-12 pages) on a topic covered in class, previously agreed with the teacher. For this purpose, a specific seminar will be organised, focusing on the following topics: choice of subject, bibliographical repertoires, bibliographic guidelines, writing methods, correct use of notes. THESIS REQUEST. The thesis must be requested at least six months before the discussion. Medieval history and Latin language and literature are required as basic knowledge. Writing the essay requires students to scrupulously respect the delivery calendar provided by the teacher. The thesis must be ready at least three weeks before uploading to the SOL to allow the supervisor to correct it in adequate time. |
| Learning verification modality | FINAL EXAMINATION. The course is not divided into modules, but will be held with thematic continuity for its entire duration. Therefore, no intermediate exams are planned: the examination will be taken in a single session. The final examination consists of an oral interview at the end of the course. The test typically takes 30-40 minutes. - Test of knowledge: the text conforms the syllabus and the specific requirements of the different courses, the CFUs that each student intends to obtain, and the relevant recommended reading. - Evidence of competence: ability to express oneself orally, in particular with regard to the concepts necessary for the description of social, political and cultural institutions and phenomena and of historical development; ability to express complex concepts and hypotheses and to organize information in a hierarchical, logical and synthetic manner. The assessment will take into account the breadth and depth of knowledge, the ability to express oneself at a conceptual and argumentative level, the logical rigor and personal character of the exposition, the knowledge of the Greek of the passages examined and the ability to contextualize and comment on them. Students with disabilities and/or DSA, who have been duly recognized by the SOL and have obtained access to the University's services, may, for the purpose of taking exams, make use of the compensatory aids, assistive devices and inclusive technologies provided for by the regulations, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the exams. For further information, please visit https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Officer for Disability and DSA (Prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). |
| Extended program | The course aims to provide students with an overview of the history of Medieval Latin Literature produced between the early and late Middle Ages (with periodization from the 6th to the beginning of the 14th century), a review of the main literary genres in their evolution and a selection of the most representative authors (Boethius, Cassiodorus, Gregorius Magnus, Isidorus Hispalensis, Gregorius Turonensis, Beda, Paulus Diaconus, Alcuinus, Einhardus, Walafridus Strabo, Roswita Gandeshemensis, Ratherius Veronensis, Liutprandus Cremonensis, Gerbertus Aureliacensis, Radulphus Glaber, Abelardus et Heloisa, Ildegardis Bingensis, Carmina Burana, Liber Sancti Iacobi, Salimbene de Adam. Regarding the travel literature, an anthological selection will be offered for reading: Petrus de Ruscia (“Quaestionarium”), Iohannes de Plano Carpinis (“Historia Mongalorum”), Guillemus de Rubruck (« Itinerarium »), Odericus de Portu Naonis (“Relatio de mirabilibus orientalium Tartarorum”), Iohannes de Montecorvino, Andreas de Perusio, Peregrinus de Castello, Iohannes de Marignollis (“Relatio”). |
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MEDIEVAL AND LATIN LITERATURE (MODULE B)
| Code | 35033703 |
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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) |