Ateneo - UPO

Edmondo DE AMICIS, Alfredo PANZINI and the “questione della lingua” after the political Unification of Italy. Reading of the essay “L’idioma gentile”. Lessons and digital philology exercises on the electronic edition of Panzini's DM.

1. E. DE AMICIS, L’idioma gentile, a cura di A. Giardina, Milano, Dalai Editore, 2006 (or any other edition). Students who cannot attend the course have to study the following program (they will NOT have to submit any exercises of digital philology and digital lexicography: their exam will be an oral exam on the texts listed below): 1. C. MARAZZINI, Da Dante alle lingue del Web. Otto secoli di dibattiti sull’italiano, nuova edizione, Roma, Carocci, 2013. 2. E. DE AMICIS, L’idioma gentile, a cura di A. Giardina, Milano, Dalai Editore, 2006 (or other edition).

1. Good knowledge on “questione della lingua” in Italy after the political Unification and in the first decades of the XX century. 2. Thorough knowledge of the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis. 3. Good knowledge of digital tools useful for studying Italian Linguistics, Italian Lexicography, History of the Italian language, Italian literature. 4. Being able to collaborate to the electronic critical edition of “Dizionario modern” by Panzini. Expected goals for NOT attending students: 1. Good knowledge on “questione della lingua” in Italy, from Dante to present days. 2. Have an in-depth knowledge of the debates that concerned Italian and its relations with dialects and with other languages in the years of the political Unification of our Country, in the XX century and in the new Millennium. 3. Thorough knowledge of the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis.

Students who have not achieved 12 cfu in History of the Italian language (sector L-FIL-LET/12) in their previous career are advised to study as well C. MARAZZINI, La lingua italiana. Storia, testi, strumenti, Bologna, il Mulino, 2015 (chapters 12-21).

In-class lectures and computer classroom lessons. PPT and video clips. During the lessons, students are actively involved through the submission of digital philology exercises.

Educational strategies used by Italian teachers in the late XIX century and in the beginning of the XX century will be presented and discussed, starting a useful comparison with today’s teaching of the Italian language. This comparison can let usefully recover strategies of the past that nowadays appear mostly abandoned, combining them with the use of new digital instruments. DSA/BES. Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Oral exam on the lessons topics and on the materials indicated in the bibliography. For attending students who will deliver the written exercise in digital philology, the exam has an average duration of 10 minutes. The oral exam will take place as follows: - Two questions on the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis (the oral presentation and the dialectic conversation with the teacher will be assessed). Value 50% (= basic level). - The teacher will comment on the written exercise delivered by the student at the end of the lessons: exercises in digital philology. Value 50% (= advanced level). For students who CANNOT attend the course, the exam lasts an average of 20 minutes. The oral exam will take place as follows: - Two questions on the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis (the oral presentation and the dialectic conversation with the teacher will be assessed). Value 40% (= basic level). - One question concerning the “questione della lingua” before the political Unification of Italy. Value 20% (= advanced level). - Three questions concerning the “questione della lingua” after the political Unification of Italy, in the XX century and in the present days. Value 40% (two correct answers are required to achive a basic level).

1. The “questione della lingua” after the political Unification of Italy: “manzoniani” and “antimanzoniani”. 2. Manzoni’s ideas to promote the linguistic unification of Italy. Teachers, grammarians and lexicographers who followed Manzoni’s ideas: dictionaries of use, dictionaries of synonyms, domestic dictionaries, grammars, reading books. 3. Full reading and commentary of the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis. 4. Alfredo Panzini. 5. The eight editions of DM by Panzini. 6. The project for an electronic edition of the DM started in UPO. 7. Digital philology exercises on some words listed in the DM. Students who CANNOT attend the course will follow the exam bibliography over mentioned.

In order to achieve a basic level, the student is asked to demonstrate: 1. Good knowledge on “questione della lingua” in Italy after the political Unification. 2. Thorough knowledge of the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis. 3. Panzini and the DM. In order to achieve an advanced level, the student is also asked to demonstrate: 4. to be able to collaborate to the electronic critical edition of “Dizionario modern” by Panzini. Expected results for NOT attending students: 1. Good knowledge on “questione della lingua” in Italy, from Dante to present days (= advanced level). 2. Have an in-depth knowledge of the debates that concerned Italian and its relations with dialects and with other languages in the years of the political Unification of our Country, in the XX century and in the new Millennium (= basic level). 3. Thorough knowledge of the essay “L’idioma gentile” by De Amicis (= basic level).