Approche philologique de textes en ancien et moyen français

Reading and commentary of mediaeval works from a literary and linguistic perspective, with partiicular attention to lexical and stylistic aspects. An important portion of the course is devoted to mediaeval textuality (manuscript diffusion and "variance") and to modern theory and praxis of editing.

Following FRAN-B-215, this course seeks to consolidate and deepen students' knowledge of mediaeval French language and literature. At the end of the semester, students will be able to translate and analyze medieval works (linguistic, literary, stylistic analyses), as well as to explicate problems of the transmission and editing of mediaeval texts.

Lectures ex cathedra.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Moignet, Gérard, Grammaire de l'ancien français, 2^e éd., Paris, Klincksieck, 1984. – Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes, 10 vols, Paris, 1881-1902. – Tobler, A. et E. Lommatzsch, Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch, 11 vols, Wiesbaden, 1915-2002. – Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (DMF2010), en ligne : http://www.atilf.fr/dmf/. – Foulet, Alfred et Mary Blakely Speer, On Editing Old French Texts, Lawrence, 1979. – Conseils pour l'édition des textes médiévaux, 3 fasc., Paris, 2001-2002 ; fasc. 1 : Conseils généraux (2001) ; fasc. 3 : Textes littéraires (2002). – Pratiques philologiques en Europe, éd. par Frédéric Duval, Paris, 2006. – Reid, T. B. W., « The Right to Emend », Medieval French Textual Studies in Memory of T. B. W. Reid, éd. par Ian Short, Londres, 1984, p. 1-32.

Contacts

cbaker@ulb.ac.be

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

Written work, oral exam.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Written work (30%), oral exam (70%)

Language(s) of evaluation

• french