Romance philology (2018/2019)

Learning outcomes

Prof. Chiara Concina
From October 1st to November 5th 2018
The course has in aim to give an overview on a specific feature of medieval romance literature.
The course will consider the Anglo-Norman «Roman de Brut» by Wace and its literary and historical context, giving particular attention to the narrative concerning the 'roi Leïr', that will inspire Shakespeare's «King Lear».

Prof. Anna Maria Babbi
From November, 8th 2018 to January 12th 2019
The course will consider the Anglo-Norman romance «Gui de Warevic» (XIIIth century) and the first section of the Catalan prose romance «Tirant lo Blanc» by Joanot Martorell.
The last week of November Professor Vicent Escarti (University of Valencia), editor of the Catalan text, will give a series of lessons on this subject.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1) Prof. Chiara Concina
Edition:
- Wace, Le Roman de Brut, par I. Arnold, Paris, SATF, 1938, vol. 1, vv. 1627-2066.
(The student will be asked to study only the passages analysed during the class. Photocopies of the passages will be given during the class and made available on the e-learning platform).

Essays (Bibliography listed below will be available on the e-learning platform):
- A. Varvaro, Le corti anglo-normanne e francesi, in Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo, ed. P. Boitani, M. Mancini, o A. Varvaro, Roma, Salerno, 2001, vol. 1, t. 2, pp. 253-284.
- S. M. Cingolani, "Pour remenbrer des ancessurs", ovvero: Goffredo di Monmouth e Wace fra historiae e aventures, in Storiografia e poesia nella cultura medioevale, Atti del Colloquio, Roma 21-23 febbraio 1990, Roma, Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo, 1999, pp. 81-95.
- M. L. Meneghetti, Ideologia cavalleresca e politica culturale nel Roman de Brut, "Studi di letteratura francese", III, 1974, pp. 26-48.


2) Prof.ssa Anna Maria Babbi

- Gui de Warewic. Roman du XIIIe siècle édité par A. Ewert, Champion, Paris 1933
- Joanot Martorell, Tirante il Bianco, a cura di Paolo Cherchi, Torino, Einaudi, 2013.
- Italo Calvino, Perché leggere i classici. Milano, Mondadori, 1995.
- Anna Maria Babbi, Alle soglie del Tirant: «Gui de Warewic» in Le Forme e la Storia n.s. VIII, 2015, 1, pp. 89-99.
Photocopies of the text will be given during the course.

Final oral examination.
The oral examination aims at evaluating the student's knowledge, with special reference to the texts read during the lectures; general knowledge of the companions in use will be checked, as well.

Erasmus students and students that will not attend the course must ask for a specific program.

STUDENT MODULE EVALUATION - 2017/2018