Questions approfondies de philologie

The course offers a practical workshop in editing mediaeval texts : presentation of ressources and basic principles of editing ; introduction to reading and analyzing mediaeval manuscripts ; critique of variants presented by the various manuscripts and elaboration of an editorial strategy ; linguistic and literary analysis of works.

Introduction to the different aspects of editing mediaeval texts based on a concrete example. At semester end, students edit short texts or extracts as a final project.

Ex cathedra lectures and group discussion.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

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.

Busby, Keith, Codex and Context. Reading Old French Verse Narrative in Manuscript, 2 vols, Amsterdam-New York, 2002. – Lemaire, Jacques-Charles, Introduction à la codicologie, Louvain-la-Neuve, UCL, 1989

Contacts

cbaker@ulb.ac.be

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

Written work : the critical edition of a short text or extract.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Written work (100%)

Language(s) of evaluation

• french