PHILOLOGY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE

Knowledge of the methodologies of philological investigation and ability to orientate oneself in the problems especially of author philology.

Ability to reflect on the genesis of works and to identify the most significant elements for textual and philological analysis.

Ability to apply acquired knowledge and methodologies to the textual and philological analysis of other texts of Italian literature.

Acquisition of the ability to understand literary texts and to write short scientific texts.

A Elements of textual criticism. (2 CFU)

B Genesis and corrections of Leopardi’s Canti. A comparison between the main critical editions. (2 CFU)

C The composition of La casa in collina and Cesare Pavese’s short stories. (2 CFU)

A

A text to choose among the following:

- G. Inglese, Come si legge un’edizione critica. Elementi di filologia italiana, Roma, Carocci (“Aulamagna”), 2016 (except the section Postille) (pp. 11-112);

- P. Stoppelli, Filologia della letteratura italiana, Roma, Carocci, 2008 (and following editions), capp. 1-6 and Appendice 5 (pp. 17-115 e 175-183);

- A. Stussi, Introduzione agli studi di filologia italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007 (and following editions), capp. 1, 3, 4 e 5 (pp. 13-50 e 85-185);

- M. Zaccarello, L’edizione critica del testo letterario. Primo corso di Filologia italiana, Milano, Mondadori Education, 2017, pp. 1-162.

The text chosen must be completed with:

- B. Bentivogli – P. Vecchi Galli, Filologia italiana, Milano-Torino, Parson, pp. 253-265 e 285-294.

B

- An edition of Leopardi’s Canti (reading and comment of Ad Angelo Mai, L’infinito, La sera del dì di festa, Alla luna, Il sogno, La vita solitaria, Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell’Asia) (90 pp.);

- L. Blasucci, I titoli dei «Canti», in I titoli dei «Canti» e altri studi leopardiani, Venezia, Marsilio, 2011, pp. 146-157;

- L. Blasucci, I tempi dei «Canti», in I tempi dei «Canti». Nuovi studi leopardiani, Torino, Einaudi, 1996, pp. 177-218;

- A. Di Silvestro, La canzone del «caro immaginari». Genesi ed elaborazione di «Ad Angelo Mai», in Il disegno della poesia. Genesi, correzioni e varianti dei Canti leopardiani, Sassari, EDES, 2018, pp. 89-132;

G. Savoca, Dall’autografo (e dal Meyendorff) al finale del Canto notturno, in Leopardi. Profilo e studi, Firenze, Olschki, 2009, pp. 217-244.

C

- C. Pavese, La casa in collina, a cura di A. Sichera e A. Di Silvestro, Milano, Mondadori, 2021 (introduction, texts and appendix, pp. 244);

- Texts choosen from C. Pavese, Il mestiere di vivere (30 pp.);

The mid-course in itinere test will consist of reading and interpreting a diachronic apparatus (with reference to the texts in Module B) and answering some questions related to Module A. The assessment will take into account the candidate's ability to apply the acquired methodologies and to argue the choices made in writing the text.

Mastery of the content and skills acquired, linguistic accuracy and lexical property, as well as the argumentative ability demonstrated by the candidate will be taken into account in the assessment of the examination.

The transmission of texts.

Direct and indirect tradition.

Lachmann's method : stages and problems.

The genetic edition and the avant-text.

Diplomatic, interpretive and critical editions.

Genesis of Leopardi's Canti.

Characters of the Canti in the construction of the book.

Analysis of the texts indicated in Module B.

Thematic and diachronic evolution of the Canti.

Genesis of The House on the Hill and its relationship to the short stories.

Corrections to the novel found in the manuscript.

The short story workshop and Pavese's novels.