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Italian Linguistics
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Reading and analyzing texts.
Knowledge of the formulations of cultural periods and areas (from the Origins to the 16th century).
Enable students to use linguistic and grammatical processes appropriately.
The course aims to achieve the following learning objectives, defined according to the Dublin Descriptors:
1. (knowledge and understanding) advanced knowledge and understanding of the main literary constructs and innovative perspectives on teaching, necessary to develop original ideas, including for research purposes.
2. (applying knowledge and understanding) ability to apply knowledge in the design and implementation of educational and teaching interventions in the school context and to solve problems in interdisciplinary contexts.
3. (making judgments) ability to gather and integrate knowledge within the complexity of literary work (poetic and prose); formulate independent judgments and understand their ethical and social implications; critical-reflective skills necessary to identify the strengths and weaknesses of projects and hermaneutic examination; ability to evaluate the quality of educational strategies to be applied in the school context; and critically examine one's own work.
4. (communication skills) the ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences (families); communication and interpersonal skills that can be applied throughout the teaching-learning process.
5. (learning skills) the ability to learn in order to manage complex professional activities and projects that require taking responsibility for decisions in unpredictable work contexts; the ability to learn in order to build one's identity and professional development; and the development of independent learning skills (“learning to learn”).
Course Prerequisites
Basic knowledge learned at school of Italian grammar and the history of the Italian language.
Teaching Methods
Reading and analysis of texts. Lectures. Study of language and normative grammar. Knowledge of the formulations of cultural periods and areas (from the Origins to the 16th century).
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination.
Proficiency will be assessed through ongoing discussions with students throughout the course and, at the end of the course, through an oral exam. The evaluation criteria used to assess learning outcomes through the oral exam include: the completeness and relevance of the knowledge acquired; the ability to create interrelationships between content and text-contexts with reference to practical classroom situations—such as future teachers and scholars; and the ability to hermeneutically analyze the problem posed. The aforementioned oral exam will assess both content knowledge and the ability to develop a personal exegesis of the text-context using scientific language. The grade will be expressed in thirtieths and will range from 18/30 to 30/30 with honors depending on the achievement of the skills demonstrated during the oral exam. An oral exam will be considered excellent (30-30 with honors) if it demonstrates a complete knowledge of the contents, conveyed using scientifically appropriate language, and an excellent mastery not only of the subject but also the ability to critically transfer, with high cognitive qualification, multiple knowledge, connecting them to the specific study, which is the object of the oral exam. An exam will be considered excellent (28-29) if it demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the proposed contents, excellent mastery of scientific language and excellent ability to relate different areas of knowledge. An oral exam will be considered good (25-27) if it demonstrates an overall adequate knowledge of the proposed contents and the appropriate use of scientific language. An oral exam will be considered fair (22-24) if it demonstrates a knowledge of the proposed contents and the use of scientific language in an acceptable manner, as well as a fair ability to create interdisciplinary connections. A test that demonstrates a superficial, liminal knowledge expressed through adequate critical-analytical language will be assessed as sufficient (18-21). A test that demonstrates difficulty in orienting oneself among the course contents and a lack of specific scientific language will be assessed as insufficient: the use of a linguistic expression that is the result solely of a non-critical, but mnemonic, process and, therefore, indicates insufficient acquisition of the subject matter.
Texts
DANTE ALIGHIERI, La Divina Commedia (any edition as long as it is complete and annotated): canti I Inf.; V Inf.; XXXIII Par.: grammatical-logical-linguistic-content analysis.
B. MIGLIORINI, Storia della lingua italiana, introduzione di G. Ghinassi, Milano, Bompiani, 1994, (to be studied from the Origins to the sixteenth century).
L. SERIANNII, Lezioni di grammatica storica italiana, nuova edizione, Roma, Bulzoni Editore, 2001: to study: Premessa, and in addition the chapters: I, II, III, IV.
C. ANDORNO, La grammatica italiana, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2003: to be studied from the Introduction on p. 89.
Citar Dante. Espressioni dantesche per l'italiano di oggim. Chirico, P. Dainotti, Marco Galdi, ETPbooks, 2021: from this text, students will choose to study, in addition to the mandatory Preface, three essays contained between pages 9 and 99.
Students will use a normative Italian grammar textbook with exercises (any school edition).
For non-attending students
DANTE ALIGHIERI, La Divina Commedia (any edition as long as it is complete and annotated): canti I Inf. e XXXIII Par.: grammatical-logical-linguistic-content analysis.
B. MIGLIORINI, Storia della lingua italiana, introduction by G. Ghinassi, Milano, Bompiani, 1994, (to be studied from the Origins to the sixteenth century).
L. SERIANNIi, Lezioni di grammatica storica italiana, nuova edizione, Roma, Bulzoni Editore, 2001: to study: Premessa, and in addition the chapters: I, II, III, IV.
V. DELLA VALLE – G. PATOTA, L’italiano. Biografia di una lingua, dalle Origini al Rinascimento, Milano, Sperling & Kupfer Editori, 2006 (to be studied from the Origins to the sixteenth century);
C. ANDORNO, La grammatica italiana, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2003: to be studied from the Introduction on p. 89.
Citar Dante. Espressioni dantesche per l'italiano di oggi, a cura di I. Chirico, P. Dainotti, Marco Galdi, ETPbooks, 2021: from this text, students will choose to study, in addition to the mandatory Preface, three essays contained between pages 9 and 99.
Students will use a normative Italian grammar textbook with exercises (any school edition).
Contents
The course aims to present a broad historical-linguistic and grammatical mapping from the Origins to the Italian literary sixteenth century, attempting to illustrate the foundational axes of the various eras and the endogenous characteristics of the authors and works that will be analysed. It will focus specifically on Dante's works and on the grammatical and linguistic structure of the various period-works under examination.