Course program
Main literary genres of medieval Latin literature with particular reference to individual authors and texts --- Current methodologies of philological, linguistic and critical-literary research --- At the end of the course the student will have acquired a capacity for orientation in the literary genres of medieval Latin literature and learned the linguistic and philological problems necessary for reading a medieval Latin text.
Prerequisites
Requirements: knowledge of Latin
Books
Basic course books:
D. NORBERG, Manuale di latino medievale, a cura di M. Oldoni, Cava de’ Tirreni 1999, pp. 7-121
P. CHIESA, La letteratura latina del medioevo. Un profilo storico, Roma, Carocci Editore, 2017
Reading chosen by the student of the following books:
-- EGINARDO, Vita di Carlo Magno (trad. consigliata: Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1980)
-- LIUTPRANDO da CREMONA, De Iohanne papa et Ottone imperatore. Crimini, deposizione e morte di un pontefice maledetto, a cura di P. Chiesa, Firenze, SISMEL-Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2018(Per verba. Testi mediolatini con traduzione, 33)
-- ABELARDO ed ELOISA. Epistolario. Testo latino a fronte, Torino, UTET, 2008 (collana Classici latini)
-- GIOVANNI di HILDESHEIM, Storia dei re Magi. Libro delle gesta e delle traslazioni dei Tre Re, a cura di M. Oldoni, Cassino, Francesco Ciolfi editore, 2009 (Collana di studi storici medioevali 15).
Students who have not attended class are advised to review the following texts
-- A. DE PRISCO, Il latino tardoantico e altomedievale, Roma, Jouvence, 1991
-- P. STOTZ, Il latino nel Medioevo. Guida allo studio di un'identità linguistica europea. Edizione italiana a cura di Luigi G. G. Ricci.
Traduzione di Serena Pirrotta e Luigi G. G. Ricci, Firenze, Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2013 (Galluzzo Paperbacks, 2), paragraphs 26-29 (pp. 93-139) e paragraphs 40-48 (pp. 141-154).
Frequency
Attendance at the course is not mandatory, although it is highly recommended since the lecturer presents the topics covered in an original and personal approach
Exam mode
Questions: on exam texts and topics discussed in class
Bibliography
-- D. NORBERG, Manuale di latino medievale, a cura di M. Oldoni, Cava de’ Tirreni 1999, pp. 7-121
-- P. CHIESA, La letteratura latina del medioevo. Un profilo storico, Roma, Carocci Editore, 2017
Lesson mode
The course aims to provide the following knowledge: (1) outlines of the history of medieval Latin (2) history of medieval Latin literature, 6th-15th centuries (3) literary genres of medieval Latin literature The course will focus on the following topics: - the development of medieval Latin literature from the 6th to the 15th centuries; - the main literary genres of medieval Latin literature; - the main literary figures of medieval Latin literature; - the main literary movements of medieval Latin literature; - the main literary themes of medieval Latin literature; - the main literary styles of medieval