Romance Philology

The learning objective of this course is to provide the students with a basic preparation in the historical-comparative study of Romance languages and literatures, starting from their medieval origins, through a direct review of medieval texts and their tradition.

Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student:
- will know the underlying principles of the discipline, especially regarding the linguistic and literary origins of medieval Romance world in his historical context;
- will learn to analyse in depth one or more literary texts, dealing with subjects as genres and critical methodologies for their interpretation;
- will learn the foundations of Romance languages' history and classification and learn to read literary texts in the context of their time and point out their linguistic features.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student:
- will become autonomous in translating the texts (if in a language different from Old Italian) or paraphrasing them (if in Old Italian);
- will be able to resource bibliographical information, critical essays and basic methodology of the teaching.
In their exam, the student will be asked to illustrate their competence in presenting clearly and correctly what they have learnt during the course.