IJ0B731 Research methods in Italian studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Alessandro Bitonti, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
IJIA010 Practical Italian III
The course is open to Bachelor students (from the second year onwards), Master and Ph.D. students.
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 students are introduced to a number of core concepts about the research methods and results in different fields of Italian studies: textual criticism, Italian linguistics, history of Italian literature, history of Italian language, Italian dialectology, etc. Every class focuses on peculiar topics. Students have to acquire basic knowledge in the field of Italian studies, but also to get in touch with first-hand research (as the lectures will be given by prominent researchers) and research methods. Since the topics dealt with change every semester, the students can follow this course repetitively. The topic of the course depends on the research programme of the teachers and the guest lecturers.
Syllabus
  • - textual criticism - Italian linguistics - history of Italian literature - Italian dialectology - history of Italian language
Literature
    required literature
  • • Cesare Segre, Ecdotica e comparatistica romanze, Milano-Napoli, Ricciardi, 1998.
  • • Cesare Segre - Clelia Martignoni, Leggere il mondo, 8 voll., Milano, Mondadori, 2000-2001.
  • • Claudio Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Profilo storico, Bologna, Il mulino, 2002.
  • • Luca Serianni - Giuseppe Antonelli, Manuale di linguistica italiana: storia, attualità, grammatica, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2011
  • DIONISOTTI, Carlo. Geografia e storia della letteratura italiana. Torino: Giulio Einaudi editore, 1967, 314 s. ISBN 8806153552. 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
Teaching methods
A combination of lecture and seminar (two hours per week); within the class a combination of teacher-led activities and student-centred learning activities will be carried out.
Assessment methods
Preparation of reading assigment. The students 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%, the students will be asked to write one further summary on another one of the topics dealt with in the classes (between 2000 and 3000 characters).
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Kurz je doporučen posluchačům od 2. ročníku.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017.
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