Italian Philology
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with the basic preparation on the philological method necessary for the study of the transmission of texts in the vernacular.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge
The fundamental concepts of the Lachmannian method.
The different types of errors (indicative errors, contamination, diffraction).
The different types of editions (diplomatic, interpretative, critical).
The forms of the critical apparatus (negative or positive).
Skills.
Addressing and managing the problems of Lachmannian philology and the author's philology.
Reading a critical edition with apparatus.
The fundamental concepts of the Lachmannian method.
The different types of errors (indicative errors, contamination, diffraction).
The different types of editions (diplomatic, interpretative, critical).
The forms of the critical apparatus (negative or positive).
Skills.
Addressing and managing the problems of Lachmannian philology and the author's philology.
Reading a critical edition with apparatus.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Part A (3 ECTS): Introduction to Italian Philology
Part B (3 ECTS): The edition of a text with multiple witnesses: the Vita nuova of Dante from the Barbi 1907 edition to the recent debate
Part C (3 ECTS): An example of authorial philology: Parini's Giorno
The 6 ECTS exam includes Part A (compulsory) and Part B or C, according to the student's choice.
The 6cfu exam includes Part A (mandatory) and Part B or C, the student's choice.
Part B (3 ECTS): The edition of a text with multiple witnesses: the Vita nuova of Dante from the Barbi 1907 edition to the recent debate
Part C (3 ECTS): An example of authorial philology: Parini's Giorno
The 6 ECTS exam includes Part A (compulsory) and Part B or C, according to the student's choice.
The 6cfu exam includes Part A (mandatory) and Part B or C, the student's choice.
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements different from those requested for the degree admission.
Teaching methods
In Parts B and C, the topics considered theoretically in Part A will be addressed through concrete cases, which will provide a better understanding of the methods and problems of the discipline.
Non-attending students should get in touch with the teacher.
Non-attending students should get in touch with the teacher.
Teaching Resources
ATTENDING STUDENTS
Part A
- Alfredo Stussi, Introduzione agli studi di filologia italiana, Bologna, il Mulino.
- Attending students are expected to be acquainted with the subjects explained in class; all materials shown in class will be made available on MyAriel.
Part B
Text and editions
- Dante Alighieri, La vita nuova, edited by Michele Barbi, Florence, Società dantesca italiana: the edition, available at https://archive.org/details/imgGI107MiscellaneaOpal, will need to be prepared for the parts that will be explained in class; it will be necessary to know its structure and methodological aspects.
- Other editions will be used during the course, and in particular those edited by Guglielmo Gorni, Turin, Einaudi, 1996; by Luca Carlo Rossi, Milan, Mondadori (Oscar Classici); and by Stefano Carrai, Milan, Rizzoli (Bur): students should have at least one of these editions available.
- Comparisons between manuscripts will be offered through the use of http://vitanova.unipv.it/ and digital reproductions.
Critical bibliography:
- Stefano Carrai, Quale lingua per la Vita nova? La restituzione formale di un testo paradigmatico, "Filologia italiana," 4, 2007, pp. 39-49.
- Giorgio Inglese, Appunti sulla biparticità stemmatica nella tradizione delle opere di Dante, in Studi sulle società e le culture del Medioevo per Girolamo Arnaldi, edited by Ludovico Gatto and Paola Supino Martini, Rome, All'insegna del Giglio, 2002, pp. 245-53.
- Daniele Piccini, A proposito di Vita nuova XXXVIII 1, "L'Alighieri," 46 (2015), pp. 87-102.
- Other bibliography will be indicated in class and made available on MyAriel.
- Attending students are expected to be acquainted with the subjects explained in class; all materials shown in class will be made available on MyAriel
PART C
Text and editions
- During the lectures reference will be made to Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno, vol. I, critical edition edited by Dante Isella, vol. II, commentary by Marco Tizi, Parma, Fondazione Pietro Bembo-Guanda, 1996; Giuseppe Parini, Il Mattino (1763). Il Mezzogiorno (1765), edited by Giovanni Biancardi, introduction by Edoardo Esposito, commentary by Stefano Ballerio, Pisa-Rome, Fabrizio Serra, 2013; Giuseppe Parini, Il Giorno. Il Mattino, Il Meriggio, Il Vespro, La Notte, edited by Roberto Leporatti, commentary by Edoardo Esposito and Antonio Di Silvestro, Pisa-Rome, Fabrizio Serra, 2020.
- Students should have and use Giuseppe Parini, Il Giorno. Le Odi, edited by Giuseppe Nicoletti, Milan, Rizzoli (Bur; New Edition-Italian Classics), 2011 (or later editions): the passages to be prepared will be indicated at the end of the course.
- Introduction to the above reference ed.: Giuseppe Nicoletti, Il laboratorio segreto del "primo pittor del signoril costume"; Vita e opere di Giuseppe Parini.
- Pietro Gibellini, Parini. L'officina del "Giorno," Brescia, Morcelliana, 2010: ch. 1, L'elaborazione del "Giorno," pp. 13-49; ch. 2, La voce del Parini e il precettor d'amabil rito, pp. 51-80.
- Attending students are expected to be acquainted with the subjects explained in class; all materials shown in class will be made available on MyAriel.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Part A
- Alfredo Stussi, Introduction to the studies of Italian philology, Bologna, il Mulino.
Part B
- Full reading of Dante's Vita nova in the edition edited by Luca Carlo Rossi, Milan, Mondadori (Oscar).
- Stefano Carrai, Quale lingua per la Vita nova? La restituzione formale di un testo paradigmatico, "Filologia italiana," 4, 2007, pp. 39-49.
- Donato Pirovano, Per una nuova edizione della Vita nuova, "Rivista di studi danteschi," XI (2012), pp. 248-325.
- Guglielmo Gorni, «Paragrafi» e titolo della "Vita nova", in G. Gorni, Dante prima della "Commedia", Florence, Cadmo, 2001, pp. 111-132.
Part C
- Full reading of Giuseppe Parini, Il Giorno. The Odes, edited by Giuseppe Nicoletti, Milan, Rizzoli (Bur; New Edition - Italian Classics), 2011 (or later editions).
- Introduction to the above reference ed.: Giuseppe Nicoletti, Il laboratorio segreto del "primo pittor del signoril costume"; Vita e opere di Giuseppe Parini.
- Roberto Leporatti, Per dar luogo a la notte. Sull'elaborazione del "Giorno" di Giuseppe Parini, Florence, Le Lettere, 1990.
Part A
- Alfredo Stussi, Introduzione agli studi di filologia italiana, Bologna, il Mulino.
- Attending students are expected to be acquainted with the subjects explained in class; all materials shown in class will be made available on MyAriel.
Part B
Text and editions
- Dante Alighieri, La vita nuova, edited by Michele Barbi, Florence, Società dantesca italiana: the edition, available at https://archive.org/details/imgGI107MiscellaneaOpal, will need to be prepared for the parts that will be explained in class; it will be necessary to know its structure and methodological aspects.
- Other editions will be used during the course, and in particular those edited by Guglielmo Gorni, Turin, Einaudi, 1996; by Luca Carlo Rossi, Milan, Mondadori (Oscar Classici); and by Stefano Carrai, Milan, Rizzoli (Bur): students should have at least one of these editions available.
- Comparisons between manuscripts will be offered through the use of http://vitanova.unipv.it/ and digital reproductions.
Critical bibliography:
- Stefano Carrai, Quale lingua per la Vita nova? La restituzione formale di un testo paradigmatico, "Filologia italiana," 4, 2007, pp. 39-49.
- Giorgio Inglese, Appunti sulla biparticità stemmatica nella tradizione delle opere di Dante, in Studi sulle società e le culture del Medioevo per Girolamo Arnaldi, edited by Ludovico Gatto and Paola Supino Martini, Rome, All'insegna del Giglio, 2002, pp. 245-53.
- Daniele Piccini, A proposito di Vita nuova XXXVIII 1, "L'Alighieri," 46 (2015), pp. 87-102.
- Other bibliography will be indicated in class and made available on MyAriel.
- Attending students are expected to be acquainted with the subjects explained in class; all materials shown in class will be made available on MyAriel
PART C
Text and editions
- During the lectures reference will be made to Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno, vol. I, critical edition edited by Dante Isella, vol. II, commentary by Marco Tizi, Parma, Fondazione Pietro Bembo-Guanda, 1996; Giuseppe Parini, Il Mattino (1763). Il Mezzogiorno (1765), edited by Giovanni Biancardi, introduction by Edoardo Esposito, commentary by Stefano Ballerio, Pisa-Rome, Fabrizio Serra, 2013; Giuseppe Parini, Il Giorno. Il Mattino, Il Meriggio, Il Vespro, La Notte, edited by Roberto Leporatti, commentary by Edoardo Esposito and Antonio Di Silvestro, Pisa-Rome, Fabrizio Serra, 2020.
- Students should have and use Giuseppe Parini, Il Giorno. Le Odi, edited by Giuseppe Nicoletti, Milan, Rizzoli (Bur; New Edition-Italian Classics), 2011 (or later editions): the passages to be prepared will be indicated at the end of the course.
- Introduction to the above reference ed.: Giuseppe Nicoletti, Il laboratorio segreto del "primo pittor del signoril costume"; Vita e opere di Giuseppe Parini.
- Pietro Gibellini, Parini. L'officina del "Giorno," Brescia, Morcelliana, 2010: ch. 1, L'elaborazione del "Giorno," pp. 13-49; ch. 2, La voce del Parini e il precettor d'amabil rito, pp. 51-80.
- Attending students are expected to be acquainted with the subjects explained in class; all materials shown in class will be made available on MyAriel.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Part A
- Alfredo Stussi, Introduction to the studies of Italian philology, Bologna, il Mulino.
Part B
- Full reading of Dante's Vita nova in the edition edited by Luca Carlo Rossi, Milan, Mondadori (Oscar).
- Stefano Carrai, Quale lingua per la Vita nova? La restituzione formale di un testo paradigmatico, "Filologia italiana," 4, 2007, pp. 39-49.
- Donato Pirovano, Per una nuova edizione della Vita nuova, "Rivista di studi danteschi," XI (2012), pp. 248-325.
- Guglielmo Gorni, «Paragrafi» e titolo della "Vita nova", in G. Gorni, Dante prima della "Commedia", Florence, Cadmo, 2001, pp. 111-132.
Part C
- Full reading of Giuseppe Parini, Il Giorno. The Odes, edited by Giuseppe Nicoletti, Milan, Rizzoli (Bur; New Edition - Italian Classics), 2011 (or later editions).
- Introduction to the above reference ed.: Giuseppe Nicoletti, Il laboratorio segreto del "primo pittor del signoril costume"; Vita e opere di Giuseppe Parini.
- Roberto Leporatti, Per dar luogo a la notte. Sull'elaborazione del "Giorno" di Giuseppe Parini, Florence, Le Lettere, 1990.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The examination is conducted orally, and the passing grade ranges from 18 to 30.
The ability to organize discourse and critically present the subject matter, accurate knowledge, and terminological competence in the use of specific vocabulary are taken into consideration.
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the professor in charge of the course in a timely manner.
The ability to organize discourse and critically present the subject matter, accurate knowledge, and terminological competence in the use of specific vocabulary are taken into consideration.
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the professor in charge of the course in a timely manner.
L-FIL-LET/13 - PHILOLOGY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Baldassari Gabriele
Professor(s)
Reception:
Wednesday 9.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m.
Department of Literary Studies, Philology and Linguistics, Unit of Modern Studies, first floor