Italian Philology
Sukurta: 04 January 2021
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Faculty Faculty of Philology |
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Scope of studies and length 240 ECTS credits, 4 years |
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Qualification awarded Bachelor in Humanities |
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Application deadline* 1 May / 1 July |
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Language English |
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Tuition fee per year EU/EFTA students can apply for a state-funded places |
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Start of studies
1 September
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City Vilnius |
鈥淎ll roads lead to Rome!" This ancient saying is still relevant today. The Italian language, literature, and culture can open up many diverse paths.
Students of Italian philology will learn the Italian language professionally, become familiar with the history of Italy, and the history of Italian literature and language. During their studies, they will develop skills to analyze and assess Italian language, culture, and literary phenomena in a broader context. Understanding the cultural and social specifics of the country, graduates will also gain competencies in translation and cultural mediation.
The program is tailored to individual student needs, as it offers the opportunity to choose a certain number of subjects from other fields of study.
Programme structure
| Subjects of study | Credits |
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| Semester 1 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 30.0 |
| European Classical Tradition | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to the Theory of Literature | 5.0 |
| Modern Italian Language (Phonetics and Phonology) I/V p. | 10.0 |
| Studies in Italian: Geography, Society, Culture | 5.0 |
| Semester 2 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Italian History and Culture I/II p. | 5.0 |
| Modern Italian Language II/V p. | 10.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 15.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 15.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 15.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 15.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 15.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| Semester 3 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| History of Ideas of Europe | 5.0 |
| Modern Italian Language (Morphology and Lexicology) III/V p. | 10.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| Comparative Stylistics of Italian and Lithuanian | 5.0 |
| Italian Dialectology | 5.0 |
| Latin Language and Authors (the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) | 5.0 |
| Lithuania and Italy: the History of Cultural Relationship | 5.0 |
| Professional Italian Language (Politics and Mass Media) | 5.0 |
| The Renaissance and the Baroque Visual Arts in Italy | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 4 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Analysis of Digital Texts | 5.0 |
| History of Italian Literature (from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century) I/II p. | 5.0 |
| Modern Italian Language IV/V p. | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| Canonical Italian Writers (the 19th century) | 5.0 |
| Canonical Italian Writers (the 20th century) | 5.0 |
| Canonical Italian Writers (14th century) | 5.0 |
| History of the Italian Language | 5.0 |
| Italian for Specific Purposes (Business and Legal Discourse) | 5.0 |
| Italian History and Culture II/II p. | 5.0 |
| Italian Literary Criticism (the 20th century) | 5.0 |
| Italian Syntax | 5.0 |
| Italian Theatre I/II p. | 5.0 |
| Latin Language and Authors (Science and Philosophy) | 5.0 |
| Theoretical Grammar of the Italian Language | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 5 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Modern Italian Language (Academic Writting) V/V p. | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
| Canonical Italian Writers (the 16th Century) | 5.0 |
| Comparative Stylistics of Italian and Lithuanian | 5.0 |
| Italian Dialectology | 5.0 |
| Italian for Specific Purposes (Business and Legal Discourse) | 5.0 |
| Italian Theatre II/II p. | 5.0 |
| Lithuania and Italy: the History of Cultural Relationship | 5.0 |
| Professional Italian Language (Politics and Mass Media) | 5.0 |
| The Renaissance and the Baroque Visual Arts in Italy | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 6 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| History of Italian Literature (20th鈥�21st c.) II/II p. | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
| Canonical Italian Writers (the 19th century) | 5.0 |
| Canonical Italian Writers (the 20th century) | 5.0 |
| History of the Italian Language | 5.0 |
| Italian Cinema | 5.0 |
| Italian for Specific Purposes (Business and Legal Discourse) | 5.0 |
| Italian History and Culture II/II p. | 5.0 |
| Italian Literary Criticism (the 20th century) | 5.0 |
| Italian Syntax | 5.0 |
| Italian Theatre I/II p. | 5.0 |
| Latin Language and Authors (Science and Philosophy) | 5.0 |
| Theoretical Grammar of the Italian Language | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 7 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Bachelor's Final Thesis Seminar | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 20.0 |
| Semester 8 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Bachelor Final Thesis (Study field: Philology by language) | 15.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group internship (for all the students) | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Corpus Linguistics | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Italian as a Foreign Language Teaching | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Translation | 15.0 |
Key Learning Outcomes
Graduates will be able to understand, create, and edit texts of various genres in Italian language, choose appropriate language tools and style, and communicate correctly and effectively in Italian (C1/C2) in various situations. They will be able to research a linguistic or literary problem, describe the results of the research in an academic text, present it publicly, and defend their opinion. They will be able to analyze Italy's sociocultural context, identify the most prominent features of Italian culture, and evaluate it within a broader context.
Programme Specific Requirements
Applicants might be invited for an interview.
Applicants have to fulfil the general admission requirements.
Why choose this programme?
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What comes after?
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"Studies in Italian philology bring the joy of discovery and open doors to an incredibly vibrant and diverse world. Knowing the Italian language allows the values of culture, thought, and art to become visible 'not through glass'鈥攖hey can be grasped, felt, and experienced in all their historical textures."
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"Italian language and culture specialists play a significant role in establishing and developing ties with Italian business, educational, and cultural institutions. Museum studies are no exception 鈥� collaboration with Italian institutions in this field has traditionally been very close."
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