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Syllabus
“Corso di perfezionamento linguistico generale per
la preparazione alla lettura di manoscritti medioevali”
September
2004 – July 2005
(30 weeks, 15 hours per week) Instructor:
Dr. Antonella Valentini
Accademia Italiana
Ascoli Piceno, Italy Course
description: This course is designed to prepare advanced students of
Italian for archival research in Italy.
Each week includes 10 hours of classroom instruction and 5 hours of
laboratory sessions, in which students will apply the skills they have
learned. The course will also
provide students with opportunities to work with manuscripts contained in
state archives (Ascoli Piceno and Fermo) and national libraries (Firenze
and Roma). Excursions to the
libraries and other sites will be substituted for classroom study at
various times during the academic year.
Minimum
requirements:
Advanced
level of Italian language skills
Previous
study of Latin
Bachelor’s
degree in Italian studies, history, medieval studies, classics
(competencies
in other fields will be evaluated)
Required
texts:
Franchi, A. Ascoli
Imperiale Istituto
superiore di studi medioevali “Cecco d’Ascoli”
Ascoli Piceno 1995 (referred to as AI in syllabus)
Franchi, A. Ascoli
Pontificia Istituto
superiore di studi medioevali “Cecco d’Ascoli”
Ascoli Piceno 1999 (referred to as AP in syllabus)
Salvi, A. Iscrizioni
medievali di Ascoli Ascoli
Piceno 1999
Program:
Week
1: Introduction, methodology,
course overview
Comparative linguistic analysis: medieval Latin and modern Italian
Lab: Practicum/ paleography
Week
2: Medieval Inscriptions I
Salvi 7-71
Excursion – Ascoli Piceno, Museo Diocesano
Week
3: Medieval Inscriptions II
Salvi 77-155
Excursion – Ascoli Piceno, ecclesiastical buildings
Week
4: Medieval Inscriptions III
Salvi 157-244
Excursion – Ascoli Piceno, civic buildings
Week
5: Orientation to Italian manuscript collections
Franchi AP 7-31
Lab: Practicum – translation exercise
Week
6: Linguistics I
Medieval syntax
Lab: Comparative analysis of selected texts
Week
7: Linguistics II
Medieval lexis
Lab: Practicum – translation exercise
Week
8: Linguistics III
Dialectal variations
Lab: Practicum – comparative analysis
Week
9: Research Methods I
Use of archival catalogues
Excursion – Archivio di Stato, Ascoli Piceno
Week
10: Research Methods II
Use of on-line sources
Lab: Practicum – Internet searches
Week
11: Research Methods III
Use of published works
Lab: Annotated bibliography
Week
12: Manuscript Studies I
Franchi AP 32-63
Lab: Practicum – translation exercise
Week
13: Manuscript Studies II
Franchi AP 65-144
Lab: Practicum – short research paper
Week
14: Manuscript Studies III
Franchi AP 145-174
Excursion – Archivio di Stato, Fermo
Week
15: Conclusion first semester
Review, consultation about research project
Exam
Winter Break
Week
16: Exam results – evaluation of strengths, weaknesses
Practicum: work in progress on research project
Week
17: Manuscripts in Historic Contexts
Franchi AP 175-259
Practicum: summary in English and Italian
Week
18: Manuscripts in Historic Contexts II
Franchi AP 261-279
Practicum: translation exercise
Week 19: Orientation – National libraries
Presentation of bibliography
Excursion – Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale
Week
20: Civic Manuscripts I
Franchi AI 7-44
Practicum: linguistic analysis
Week
21: Civic Manuscripts II
Franchi AI 45-92
Practicum: historic analysis
Week
22: Civic Manuscripts III
Franchi AI 93-144
Practicum: short research paper
Week
23: Orientation – Rome
libraries
Consultation – bibliography
Excursion – Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale
Week
24: Manuscript Interpretation I
Franchi AI 146-198
Practicum: research results
Week
25: Manuscript Interpretation II
Franchi AI 200-243
Practicum: translation exercise
Week
26: Manuscript Interpretation III
Franchi AI 246-290
Practicum: synthesis of research
Week
27: Orientation – Vatican libraries
Consultation -
bibliography
Excursion: Rome, Vaticano
Week
28: Final Project I
Consultation - preparation
of thesis
Practicum – research results (Vatican)
Week
29: Final Project II
Consultation – publishing venues in Italy
Practicum: translation and final proofread
Week
30: Final Project III
Submission of Italian and English versions of thesis
Conclusion of course, evaluations |