LET016 - MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LATIN PHILOLOGY

courses
ID:
LET016
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
LETTERATURA LATINA MEDIEVALE E UMANISTICA
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
HUMANITIES/STORIA Year: 2
Year:
2026
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2026?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2026 - 31/01/2027)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The Course is meant to contribute to reaching the learning and professional objectives of the programme.
In particular, it aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of Mediaeval and Humanistic Latin. Students will achieve skills in reading written sources produced during the Middle Ages and Humanism. - Expected learning results: 1) knowledge of the Course subjects (text analysis, commentary); 2) ability to critically discuss specific case-studies; autonomy in analysing texts; 3) communication skills (ability in using specifical language of each discipline; clarity in communicating contents).

Course Prerequisites


No mandatory prerequisites required.

Teaching Methods


The Course consists of lectures (6 CFU = 42 hours; 9 CFU = 63 hours, divided into 3 lessons per week; each lesson will take 2 hours). Students will be tested to assess their learning. Slides will be shown in order to support learning.

NB Login to Moodle is needed to check materials and advices given by the teacher

Assessment Methods

The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understanding of the issues discussed during the Course, their knowledge of the bibliography in the reading list, the correct command of the specific language as well as of critical and methodological abilities.
The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.
Students with disabilities, specific learning difficulties (SLD) or other special educational needs may benefit from individualised arrangements during examinations, in accordance with the relevant legislation and the provisions of the University’s Service Charter (https://www.unich.it/sites/default/files/2024-02/carta_dei_servizi_0.pdf), subject to agreement with the course lecturer. To request compensatory or dispensatory measures, students must contact the CON_TE_STO Service by following the procedure set out in the Service Charter.
Students are encouraged to contact the lecturer during the course, or in any case well in advance of the examination date, to find out about the examination procedures and the measures that are permitted.
For guidance and referral to the various services offered by the University, please contact the Departmental Liaison Lecturer: Prof. [indicate the first name and surname of the Departmental Liaison Lecturer and their email address].

Texts

6 CFU

M. Berté, M. Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, nuova ed., Bologna, Il Mulino, 2025 (without the selection of texts)
F. Stella, Il testo dell’immagine, Fonti letterarie per lo studio dell’arte medievale, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2021

OPTIONAL READINGS FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS, BUT MANDATORY FOR NON ATTENDING:

M. Ferrari, Il rilancio dei classici e dei Padri, in Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo: 1. Il medioevo latino, vol.III: La ricezione del testo, a cura di G. Cavallo, C. Leonardi, E. Menestò, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1995, pp. 429- 455
M. Feo, Tradizione latina, in Letteratura Italiana, dir. A. A. Rosa, V. Le questioni, Torino, Einaudi, 1996, pp. 311-378



9 CFU
In addition to everything outlined for the 6 CFU curriculum, those enrolled for the full 9 CFU must also study:



Petrarca, De remediis II 89 (Moodle)
G. Perucchi, Da un cantiere petrarchesco: aporie esegetiche e note di commento a De remediis II 89, in La tela di Morgana. A Vincenzo Fera dagli allievi del dottorato di Messina, a cura di P. DE CAPUA, D. GIONTA, C. MALTA, A. ROLLO, Firenze, Le Lettere, pp. 541-548 (Moodle)

Texts edited in M. Berté, M. Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, nuova ed., Bologna, Il Mulino, 2025

NON ATTENDING STUDENTS WILL SUBSTITUTE PETRARCA WITH:

D. Norberg, Manuale di latino medievale, Roma, Avagliano, 1999

Contents


6 CFU
The course aims to provide an introduction to the methodology of Medieval and Humanistic Philology and to Medieval Latin literature. It will address theoretical issues and practical aspects of the textual criticism of medieval Latin works, alongside the analysis of a selection of texts—provided by the instructor—which will be read in the original Latin and accompanied by Italian translations.
9 CFU
In addition to everything outlined for the 6 CFU curriculum, those enrolled for the full 9 CFU must also study the chapter in Petrarch’s De remediis concerning the conception of love (Rem. I 69), whose text and translation will be analysed by the teacher.

Course Language

Italian

More information


Attendance to this Course is highly recommended.
Students who cannot attend the Course are requested to make an appointment with the teacher; they must also study the following essays in addition to the program:

Degrees

Degrees

HUMANITIES 
Bachelor’s Degree
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