FILOLOGIA DIGITALE

After an overview of traditional criteria and methods of textual criticism, this course will provide students with knowledge and skills on the electronic text and digital scholarly editing. The main technologies for digital text processing will be introduced along with a brief overview of the main resources available on-line.

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate: 

1) knowledge and understanding in a post-secondary level field of study and knowing the fundamental themes in one's field of study;

2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding in order to demonstrate a professional approach and possess adequate skills both to conceive and support arguments and to solve problems in one's field of study

5) learning skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Attendance is not compulsory

A Introduction to philology (2 ECTS)

B Fundamentals notions of textual criticism (2 ECTS)

A Alberto Varvaro, Prima lezione di filologia, Laterza, Roma, 2012, pp. 144.

B Alfredo Stussi, Breve avviamento alla filologia italiana, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010, pp. 122.

C Paola Italia, Editing Duemila. Per una filologia dei testi digitali, Salerno Editrice, Roma, 2020, pp. 7-121.

Tiziana Mancinelli, Elena Pierazzo, Che cos’è un’edizione scientifica digitale, Roma, Carocci, 2020, pp. 108.

Optional readings:

-          Domenico Fiormonte, Per una critica del testo digitale. Letteratura, filologia e rete: Informatica e Discipline Umanistiche, Bulzoni, Roma, 2018, pp. 200.

-          Michelangelo Zaccarello, Teoria e forme del testo digitale, Carocci, Roma, 2019, pp. 232.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).