The aim of the course is to deepen the theoretical aspects and practical solutions relating to the critical edition vulgar for which the stemmatic method (also called Lachmann's method) prove ineffective or unenforceable. The aim of this course is to make students aware that philological work does not coincide with the mere mechanical application of a method, but with the editor's ability to make choices motivated critically, varying from time to time depending on the text and the author at hand. At the end of the course the student has to achieve a proper knowledge of the main problems connected with texts that present complex traditions and not to be edited trhrough the Lachmann method. The argument, as indeed the discipline itself, is forming the basis for the curriculum of master of science in ancient and modern literatures (LM14-15) in order to gain a conscious approach to literary texts and to their correct exegesis.

In the first part of the course will be analysed and discussed the fundamentals of the stemmatic method, as a precondition to the topic of the course. Then the classes will be focused on the main alternatives to the stemmatic method editorial solutions through analysis of certain text genres such as the cantari, and other texts by authors of the 15th and 16th centuries, with particular reference to the Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. These will be the key-points:

1. the foundations of the stemmatic method

2. the concept of "error"

3. contamination

4. Diffraction and adiafora variant concept

5. the concept of "original"

6. the limits of the stemmatic method: theory and practice

7. The alternative to the stemmatic method: the method of Joseph Bédier and its limits

8. the limits of the stemmatic method in re:

  a. I cantari chivalric epic of the fifteenth century: the case of Spain in rhyme

  b. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Prince

9. In the footsteps of Michele Barbi: integral philology

Students are to show possession of mastery of basic knowledge about the genesis and the functioning of the stemmatic method, with particular reference to the stages of recensio, collatio, eliminatio codicum descriptorum and constitutio textus, including the creation of critical apparatus and eventually of the apparatus of sources.

-Students are to demonstrate understanding of concepts and theories laid the course or argue about the main limits shown by the stemmatic method and show knowledge of alternative methods of edition. He/she has to be able to parse the text proposed in class cases in relation to the problems faced by publishers in connection with the applicability of the stemmatic method.

- Students have to achieve the ability to use knowledge and concepts which allow to procede according to the logic of the discipline. In particular, they also have to become able to identify characteristics of a given textual tradition whether or not to apply the stemmatic method for the preparation of a critical edition.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Classes, seminars, practical exercises

Attendance

compulsory attendance

Course books

In addition to all materials and texts that will be distributed in class, for the examination will be required knowledge of:

PAOLO CHIESA, Elementi di critica testuale, Bologna, Pàtron, 2012, chapters 1 and 2;

ROSSELLA BESSI-MARIO MARTELLI, Guida alla filologia italiana, Firenze, Sansoni, 1984, pp. 25-54;

ALFREDO STUSSI, Cenni storici, Appendice II in Introduzione agli studi di filologia italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994, pp. 288-301.

Assessment

Oral exam: since Philology is a technical discipline that requires a specific vocabulary, this choice was made in order to enhance the capability of the individual student in relation to oral skills.

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.

Attendance

Students are required to contact the professor to receive general information and to agree on the program.

Assessment

Oral exam: since Philology is a technical discipline that requires a specific vocabulary, this choice was made in order to enhance the capability of the individual student in relation to oral skills.

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.