Classics

The Italian Philology course will provide the student with a fundamental knowledge in the field of textual criticism, with special reference to the transmission of texts and to the operations required in order to prepare a critical edition. During the lessons students will learn to face concrete case studies, in order to put into practice the knowledge received. At the end of the course students should have acquired the capacity to read and to interpret a critical edition, with special attention to the scientific problems connected to the methodology of the reconstruction of the text. Through frontal lessons, practical exercises and the study of scientific essays and articles concerning important themes of the discipline, students will develop knowledge and understanding abilities in the field of Italian philology and also the ability to communicate the information received, to illustrate the related problems and possible solutions, so that they can eventually be understood in a non-specialistic field.