Arnaldo Soldani

Foto Soldani,  October 3, 2014
Position
Full Professor
Sections
Lettere
Academic sector
L-FIL-LET/12 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS
Research sector (ERC)
SH5_3 - Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics

SH4_9 - Theoretical linguistics; computational linguistics

Telephone
045 - 8028648
E-mail
arnaldo|soldani*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.
Curriculum

Arnaldo Soldani’s fields of expertise are mainly History of Italian Literary Language and the Forms of Poetry; in particular, he focuses on metrics, syntax, lexicon, the forms of argumentation and narration in verse, the subject's voice in lyric poetry. Furthermore, he researches on prosodic scanning criteria of Italian verse and on digital filing of metric phenomena (AMI - Archivio Metrico Italiano). His studies have focused on Dante, Petrarch and the tradition of the XIVth century, Sannazaro and Petrarchism of the XVth and XVIth centuries, the chivalric poems by Ariosto and Tasso, the Renaissance didactic poems, the poetic language of the XIXth and XXth centuries (Pascoli, Montale, etc.). He is Co-Editor of the journal “Stilistica e metrica italiana”.

Modules

Modules running in the period selected: 47.
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Course Name Total credits Online Teacher credits Modules offered by this teacher
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities History of the Italian Language (2023/2024)   12  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Italian Language for Communication (2023/2024)   12  eLearning 12 
Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts Italian Metrics and Stylistics (m) (2023/2024)   6  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities History of the Italian Language LT (i) (2022/2023)   6  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Italian Language for Communication (2022/2023)   12  eLearning 12 
Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts Italian Metrics and Stylistics (m) (2022/2023)   6  eLearning
Ph.D. in Philology, Literature, and Performance Studies Lezioni Dottorandi (2022/2023)   50   
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities History of the Italian Language LT (i) (2021/2022)   6  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Italian Language for Communication (2021/2022)   12  eLearning 12 
Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts Italian Metrics and Stylistics (m) (2021/2022)   6  eLearning
Ph.D. in Philology, Literature, and Performance Studies Come si commenta Pascoli: il Gelsomino notturno. (2021/2022)   1   
Master in Manoscritti e documenti dal tardo antico alla prima età moderna: studio, conservazione e diagnostica Linguistica italiana (2021/2022)   3     
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities History of the Italian Language LT (i) (2020/2021)   6  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Italian Language for Communication (2020/2021)   12  eLearning 12 
Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts Italian Metrics and Stylistics (m) (2020/2021)   6  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities Giornata mondiale della poesia (2020/2021)   1  eLearning
Ph.D. in Philology, Literature, and Performance Studies SEMINARI DANTESCHI IN OCCASIONE DEL VII CENTENARIO DELLA MORTE DI DANTE (1321 – 2021) (2020/2021)   1    0.5 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Italian Language for Communication (2019/2020)   12  eLearning 12 
Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts Italian Metrics and Stylistics (m) (2019/2020)   6  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2018/2019)   12  eLearning 12 
Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts Italian Metrics and Stylistics (m) (2018/2019)   6  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2017/2018)   12  eLearning 12 
Master’s degree in Tradition and Interpretation of Literary Texts Italian Metrics and Stylistics (m) (2017/2018)   6  eLearning
Ph.D. in Philology, Literature, and Performance Studies Lezioni Dottorandi (2017/2018)   10   
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2016/2017)   12  eLearning 12 
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities History of the Italian Language (p) (2016/2017)   6  eLearning
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2015/2016)   12    12 
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities History of the Italian Language (p) (2015/2016)   6   
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2014/2015)   12    12 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Textual analysis, contemporary literature and newspaper writing (m) (2014/2015)   12    ANALISI DEL TESTO E SCRITTURA GIORNALISTICA (M)
TFA A052 Latin, Greek and literary subjects in classics-oriented secondary schools (liceo classico) Didattica della lingua e letteratura italiana (2014/2015)   4    1.3 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2013/2014)   12    12 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Textual analysis, contemporary literature and newspaper writing (m) (2013/2014)   12    ANALISI DEL TESTO E SCRITTURA GIORNALISTICA (M)
PAS A052 Latin, Greek and literary subjects in 'classical' secondary schools (liceo classico) Didattica dell'italiano (2013/2014)   4    1.5  (Modulo 2)
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2012/2013)   12    12 
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities Stylistics and Italian Metrics (p) (2012/2013)   6   
TFA A052 Latin, Greek and literary subjects in classics-oriented secondary schools (liceo classico) Didattica dell'italiano (2012/2013)   4    (Modulo 2)
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2011/2012)   12    12 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce Italian Language [CInt M-Z] (2011/2012)   6    (Modulo 1)
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2010/2011)   12    12 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2009/2010)   12    10 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Grammar and history of Italian SC (i) (2008/2009)   12    10 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism History of the Italian Language (i) (2007/2008)   6   
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism Italian Grammar (i) (2007/2008)   3   
Masters in Publishing and Multimedia Communication (until 2007-2008) Textual analysis (s) (2007/2008)   6   
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism History of the Italian Language (i) (2006/2007)   6   
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism History of the Italian Language (i) (2005/2006)   6   

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Research interests
Topic Description Research area
Formal features of the works of Petrarch and Petrarchism Formal analysis of Petrarch’s vernacular works and their development in Petrarchism between 15th and 16th century (language, style, metrics, forms of the argumentation, organization of the songbooks) Medieval and Modern Philology and Literature
Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics
Formal features and narrative languages in the chivalric romance Narrative structures and discursive forms of italian chivalric romance, with particular attention to the works of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso. Medieval and Modern Philology and Literature
Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics
Functions of voice in lyrical texts Functions and position of the authorial voice in the Italian lyrical tradition, from the origins to the modern age, in reference to composition of songbooks and definition of internal temporality. Medieval and Modern Philology and Literature
Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics
Prosody of the Italian verse Definition of scansion criteria for the prosody of Italian verses, with particular attention to the hendecasyllable. Digital storage and analysis of rhythmical patterns of the Italian poetic tradition, from the origins to the modern age. Medieval and Modern Philology and Literature
Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics
History of italian metrical forms Origins and development of metrical forms in the Italian tradition, especially regarding sonnet, canzone, octave, and unrhymed hendecasyllable. Relation between metrical forms and syntactic and argumentative structures. Medieval and Modern Philology and Literature
Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics
Theory and history of italian metricology Study of the Italian metricological reflection, from Dante to our days, in reference to the theoric premises and the descriptive practice about verses and metrical forms. Medieval and Modern Philology and Literature
Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics
History of Italian poetic language Develompment of Italian poetic language as a separate code from the one of prose, and its subsequent dismantling in the modern age. Medieval and Modern Philology and Literature
Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics
Projects
Title Starting date
Le forme della poesia italiana: metrica, sintassi, argomentazione 1/1/13
Metrica e sintassi nella Commedia di Dante 1/1/07




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Department Cultures and Civilizations
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Arnaldo Soldani
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member Faculty Board of PhD in Philology, Literature, and Performance Studies - Department Cultures and Civilizations
Collegio didattico di Beni culturali, Lettere e Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - Department Cultures and Civilizations
Collegio Didattico di Scienze della comunicazione - Department Cultures and Civilizations
Comitato scientifico del corso di perfezionamento e aggiornamento professionale in Contemporary English Pronunciation: from theory to practice - Department Foreign Languages and Literatures
Comitato Scientifico del Corso di perfezionamento e di aggiornamento professionale in Dizione Italiana - Department Foreign Languages and Literatures
Scientific Committee for the Masters Degree in the Production of Video clips and Multimedia Communication
Comitato Scientifico del Master in Manoscritti e documenti dal tardo antico alla prima età moderna: studio, conservazione e diagnostica - Department Cultures and Civilizations
member Council for the Degree Course in Communication Science
department director Consiglio del Dipartimento Culture e Civiltà - Department Cultures and Civilizations
associate prof. Consiglio del Dipartimento di Filologia, Letteratura e Linguistica
PhD coordinator Consiglio della Scuola di Dottorato di Studi Umanistici
department director Academic Senate

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