ROMANCE PHILOLOGY A - L

The student, will acquire, in the linguistic field, a good level of knowledge of the historical formation of the Romance languages, their geographical distribution, the major differences and similarities between them, the linguistic structures that develop in diachrony in the transition from Latin to derived varieties; in the literary field, will acquire knowledge related to the formation of literary genres in the Middle Ages, with particular focus of the novel, according to a comparative perspective.

The teaching will take place through lectures and practical exercises in class.

1. From Latin to Romance Languages

2. Elements of Textual Criticism

3. The Medieval Romance Literature

1. -Ch. Lee, Linguistica romanza, Carocci, Roma 2019, pp. 194.

2. -A. Varvaro, Prima lezione di Filologia, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012, pp. 154

-A. Stussi, Breve avviamento alla filologia italiana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010, pp. 155.

3. - Profilo delle letterature romanze medievali, Carocci, Roma 2019, pp. 498 (excluding chapter 5)

- Chrétien de Troyes, Il cavaliere del leone, Ed. Dell’Orso, Alessandria 2011.

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