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Course title:
Germanic Philology 1A
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Teacher 1:
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Year of degree course:
Second
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Workload
| Attività frontale: Lectures: |
30.0 |
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| Esercitazioni: Applied activities: |
0.0 |
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| Studio individuale: Individual work: |
95.0 |
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| Attività didattica a piccoli gruppi: Group work: |
0.0 |
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| Seminari: Seminars: |
0.0 |
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| Laboratori: Laboratories: |
0.0 |
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| TOTALE (voci sopra-elencate): TOTAL: |
125.0 |
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| Ore di lezione settimanali: |
3.0 |
Prerequisites:
It's advisable, but not compulsory, that students pass the exam in Linguistics before attending this course.
Educational goals:
To learn the course contents; to understand the methodological problems related to the interpretation of the sources and the process of interaction between different traditions.
Course contents:
"Myth and heroes in the Germanic world and in Medieval England". Origins and development of Germanic languages. Culture in the Germanic world and the origins of English literature. Reading of some short prose and poetry from the ancient and middle periods in Italian translation. Analyses of simple passages in the original language.
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Teaching activities:
Classroom lessons with transparencies and photocopies.
Assessment:
written + oral
Students can choose whether to take the oral OR written exam
Teaching language:
Italian
Other information:
The 1 A module is a basic module which can be chosen as alternative to module 2 A. The course focuses on Medieval England. Non-attending students will be given a specific bibliography which will be available on the Internet and at the English Department from September (in any case, students are advised to get in touch with the professor).