Course program
Recodification of a poetic language in a court environment: Catalan lyric poetry between the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th (Andreu Febrer, Gilabert de Pròixita, Jordi de sant Jordi). The texts will be approached using linguistic and literary-historical analysis tools, working from the perspective of the history of both lyrical expression and poetic language. The potential and limits of the available methods will be explored.
The course will require the active participation of students. Attendance will therefore be strictly compulsory; those who cannot attend but are nevertheless interested in the specific topic or intend to take the exam are invited to contact Prof. Asperti.
Prerequisites
Students should be able to approach the study of Catalan language and literature making use of tools of philological and linguistic literature starting from knowledge previously acquired about Catalan language and literature or Romance philology.
Books
1) TEXTS : booklet of texts by the teacher.
2) SPECIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY: booklet of texts by the teacher.
3) REFERENCE WORKS: J. Nadal - M.Prats, Història de la llengua catalana, vol. 1; L.Badia, Història de la literatura catalana, voll. 1-2; D. Recasens, Fonètica històrica del català; F. Zufferey, Recherches linguistiques sur les chansonniers provençaux.
Frequency
The course will have a seminar structure, with an important practical and application component under the direct guidance of the teacher. Attendance is strictly mandatory; those who could not attend but still wish to take this exam can ask the teacher for an alternative program.
Exam mode
Oral Exam: A linguistic, philological, and literary commentary on some of the texts taken during the course. During the year students will be required to prepare an oral public delivery on an assigned theme.
In particular, it will be evaluated the student's ability to take into account the texts and themes examined (for literary and historical-literary, philological and linguistic aspects), and to place them in a correct perspective also in relation to current trends in criticism and in literary historiography.
Lesson mode
The course will be held in the firs term and is conceived for graduate students of master's degree courses who already possess basic notions of Romance philology; it is essential to attend classes regularly, with active participation in the development of the course (it is otherwise preferable to refer to the program for non-attending students or to contact the teacher for an alternative). Reading the mss. requires the knowledge of elementary principles of paleography or the willingness to acquire them.
