ROM2B106 Research Seminar - Guest Lecturers Series (B)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
doc. José Luis Bellón Aguilera, PhD. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ludovica Radif, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 16:00–17:40 G23
Prerequisites
The course is open to Master and PhD students. Lectures might be in different Romance languages (Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian) and English.

ES:
Las ponencias pueden ser en idiomas romanicos diferentes (español, francés, italiano, catalán) y a veces también en inglés.

FR:
Les conférences peuvent être en différentes langues romanes (français, espagnol, italien, catalan) et parfois en anglais aussi.

IT:
Il corso è aperto a studenti del corso di laurea specialistica e dottorato.

Le lezioni potranno svolgersi in diverse lingue romanze (italiano, spagnolo, catalano, francese) e in inglese.

CAT:
Las conferèncias poden ser en idiomes romànics diferents (català, francès, italià, castellà) i de vegades també en anglès.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
In this course you are introduced to the conceptual and technical tools used in the study of different fields of Romance studies: textual criticism, linguistics, history of literature, dialectology, history of language, etc. Every class focuses on peculiar topics. You will acquire basic knowledge in the field of Romance studies, but also get in touch with first-hand research and research methods. Since the topics dealt with change every semester, you can follow this course repetitively. The topic of the course depends on the research programme of the teachers and the guest lecturers. The lectures might be taught in any Romance language.

IT:
In questo corso vengono fornite le basi metodologiche per la ricerca e alucni risultati concreti di ricerche di prima mano in diversi campi della Romanistica: filologia romanza, storia delle letterature romanze, storia delle lingue romanze, dialettologia e altro. Ogni lezione/intervento si focalizzerà su un tema specifico. Gli studenti acquisiranno le conoscenze metodologiche di base nel campo della romanistica, ma entreranno in contatto anche con la ricerca scientifica e con i relativi metodi, attraverso le lezioni fornite da ospiti che occupano un posto di primo piano nel campo della ricerca. Siccome gli argomenti trattati cambiano da un semestre all'altro, gli studenti possono frequentare il corso per più semestri. Gli argomenti del corso dipenderanno dalle ricerche degli insegnanti e dei ricercatori ospiti.
Gli interventi degli ospiti, aperti anche a chi non è iscritto al corso, saranno annunciati sulla pagina Facebook del dipartimento: https://www.facebook.com/urjlffmu/events/ , e se rientrano nell'attività del Seminario permanente di Filologia Italiana e Romanza anche sulla pagina FB del Seminario: https://www.facebook.com/groups/308646225954894/events/ .
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course you will have a first hand idea of what doing research means, by attending to specialised lectures provided by highly qualified researchers in different fields of Romance studies; you will be able to deal with concrete problems and work with specialised bibliography and other scientific tools.
Syllabus
  • - textual criticism (Italian and Romance philology) - history of Romance literatures - history of Romance languages - Romance linguistics - dialectology
Literature
  • VÀRVARO, Alberto. Il latino e la formazione delle lingue romanze. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2014, 101 stran. ISBN 9788815251794. info
  • AVALLE, D'Arco Silvio. La doppia verità : fenomenologia ecdotica e lingua letteraria del Medioevo romanzo. Tavarnuzze: Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2002, xix, 755. ISBN 8884500788. info
  • MENEGHETTI, Maria Luisa. Le origini delle letterature medievali romanze. 3. ed. Roma: Laterza, 2001, 289 s. ISBN 8842053333. info
  • VÀRVARO, Alberto. Linguistica romanza : corso introduttivo. Seconda edizione. Napoli: Liguori, 2001, viii, 232. ISBN 9788820732714. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of:
lectures provided by external guest lecturers, in any Romance language (the calendar will be published each time during the semester);
lectures, in English, of the internal seminar (Wednesday afternoon).

Assessment methods
Preparation of reading assignment. You have to attend the 70% of the lectures at least and write one summary and/or essay (between 2000 and 3000 characters) within one of the topics that have been dealt with. In the case of an attendance to the lectures lower than 70% and anyway no lower than 60%, you will be asked to write one further summary on another one of the topics dealt with in the classes (between 2000 and 3000 characters).

IT:
Preparazione di letture assegnate. Frequenza minima del 70% delle lezioni. Scrittura di 1 relazione/saggio (tra 2000 e 3000 caratteri) nell'ambito di uno degli argomenti trattati. In caso di partecipazione alle lezioni inferiore al 70% e comunque non inferiore al 60%, si richiederà la scrittura di un'ulteriore relazione su un altro dei temi trattati (tra 2000 e 3000 caratteri).
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
This course, existing since 2016, offers the chance to both MA and PhD students to get in direct touch with the world of scientific research through the lectures provided by external guest lecturers and get acquainted in listening to talks in any Romance language.

At the same time, it offers the chance to guest lecturers to have a wider and multidisciplinar audience.
Colleagues of the Department of Romance studies who wish to offer the lectures of their guest lecturers to this course, are invited to contact Paolo Divizia (paolodivizia@mail.muni.cz) and communicate: name of the invited guest lecturer, university or research institute he/she comes from, title and short abstract of the lecture, time and venue of the scheduled lecture.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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