The course aims to analyze in depth topics, issues and authors who, for various reasons, represent crucial turning points in the history of the Italian language.
The course will focus on literary Italian (ancient and modern), but will also examine other uses and registers of the language, such as jargons, technical languages and semiliterate production, taking into account the complex geolinguistic situation of the Italian territory, where dialects and minority languages play even today an important role.
With regard in particular to the earliest phases of the language, texts of outstanding interest, both in prose and in poetry, will be read and commented upon in detail.
The student will therefore acquire an in-depth knowledge of the historical development of the Italian language its earliest attestations to the present.
(S)He will furthermore acquire the ability to apply with confidence the methodology of linguistic analysis to literary and non-literary texts, also in a diachronic perspective.
The course will focus on literary Italian (ancient and modern), but will also examine other uses and registers of the language, such as jargons, technical languages and semiliterate production, taking into account the complex geolinguistic situation of the Italian territory, where dialects and minority languages play even today an important role.
With regard in particular to the earliest phases of the language, texts of outstanding interest, both in prose and in poetry, will be read and commented upon in detail.
The student will therefore acquire an in-depth knowledge of the historical development of the Italian language its earliest attestations to the present.
(S)He will furthermore acquire the ability to apply with confidence the methodology of linguistic analysis to literary and non-literary texts, also in a diachronic perspective.
scheda docente
materiale didattico
- Fabio Rossi, L'opera italiana: lingua e linguaggio, Roma, Carocci, 2018.
- Lettura e analisi di un libretto d’opera a scelta.
Programma
The course aims to present the language of melodrama, from its origins to the late 19th century, based on the concrete reading and analysis of excerpts from opera librettos.Testi Adottati
- Ilaria Bonomi, Edoardo Buroni, La lingua dell’opera lirica, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017.- Fabio Rossi, L'opera italiana: lingua e linguaggio, Roma, Carocci, 2018.
- Lettura e analisi di un libretto d’opera a scelta.
Bibliografia Di Riferimento
- L'italiano della musica nel mondo, a cura di Vittorio Coletti e Ilaria Bonomi, Firenze, goWare, 2015. - Vittorio Coletti, Introduzione all’opera italiana, 2. ed., Torino, Einaudi, 2017.Modalità Frequenza
Attendance is recommended. The syllabus is the same for all students, regardless of whether they attend. Attendees may substitute in the program the reading and analysis of an opera libretto with a paper also done in groups.Modalità Valutazione
An oral exam at the end of the course. The exam will focus on the material referred to under ‘Bibliography’ and on the topics dealt with during the course. The exam will assess: 1) the depth and breadth of the knowledge of the subject acquired; 2) command of the technical vocabulary; 3) the ability to bring together critically topics and issues dealt with during the course.