Italian Literature (advanced)
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The course aims at improving the students' knowledge of Italian Modern Literature, as well as developing their critical awareness of the literary tradition: historical background, transmission of texts, thematic and stylistic aspects. In order to achieve these goals, the course focuses on some relevant authors and texts from the late XVIth to the XIXth century.
Furthermore, one of the teaching units deepens Dante's Commedia, studied with the help of the main tools of analysis and through the discussion of critical approaches useful to interpret literary texts (theory of styles and genres).
Furthermore, one of the teaching units deepens Dante's Commedia, studied with the help of the main tools of analysis and through the discussion of critical approaches useful to interpret literary texts (theory of styles and genres).
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students are expected to be aware of the most suitable tools for the analysis and interpretation of literary texts (thematical and formal aspects), and to have knowledge of their collocation within historical context, especially for ages and authors which are object of the course. They are also expected to be conscious of the different methodological perspectives; to be able to recognize the problematic aspects of the topics studied; to demonstrate a correct use of a scientific bibliography and the ability to clearly argue and properly use the specific lexicon of the discipline.
Lesson period: Activity scheduled over several sessions (see Course syllabus and organization section for more detailed information).
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
A-H
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The course, divided in three units of 20 hours each, provides a presentation and discussion of the the following topics: Dante's Comedy (reading and commentary on selected chapters; Dante's culture; language and style of the Comedy; morphology of the afterlife; critical problems about Dante); Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata: lecture and commentary on several selected passages; setting, sources, ideology, style, metrics, fortune of the poem; Tasso's Aminta and Torrismondo: setting, sources, style, metrics, fortune; Tasso's theory on epics.
Prerequisites for admission
In order to access the course the student must have already passed the basic Italian Literature exam.
Teaching methods
The course is offered in a lecture format. Attendance is not mandatory but still strongly recommended. Lectures are based on paper materials; students will nonetheless be able to read texts in electronic format when available. Traditional frontal teaching does not exclude "maieutical" moments aimed at enhancing critical attitudes in the students. A workshop focusing on "critical writing", addressed to majoring students, will be held beside the course.
Teaching Resources
DANTE, Inferno, 1, 5, 10, 13, 26 e 33; Purgatorio, 1, 2, 6, 11, 16 e 24; Paradiso, 1, 3, 11, 15, 17 e 33 (students are free to chose one of the following editions: Sapegno, La Nuova Italia; Bosco-Reggio, Le Monnier; Pasquini-Quaglio, Garzanti; Inglese, Carocci)
G. INGLESE, Dante: guida alla "Divina Commedia", Carocci
E. AUERBACH, Figura, in Studi su Dante, Feltrinelli
G. CONTINI, Dante come personaggio poeta della "Commedia", in Un'idea di Dante, Einaudi
In addition, for non-attending students:
DANTE, Inferno, 3, 4, 6, 32, 34; Purgatorio, 30, 31; Paradiso, 6, 12, 2
T. TASSO, Gerusalemme liberata, ed. L. Caretti, Einaudi (including the Introduction)
G. GETTO, Nel mondo della "Gerusalemme", Firenze, Vallecchi; or G. GETTO, Malinconia di Torquato Tasso, Roma, Liguori
In addition, for non-attending students:
F. FORTINI, Dialoghi col Tasso, Bollati Boringhieri
T. TASSO, Teatro, ed. M. Guglielminetti, Garzanti (including the Introduction)
In addition, for non-attending students:
T. TASSO, Il Re Torrismondo, ed. V. Martignone, Guanda - Fondazione Bembo (Introduzione, Nota al testo e Nota biografica)
G. INGLESE, Dante: guida alla "Divina Commedia", Carocci
E. AUERBACH, Figura, in Studi su Dante, Feltrinelli
G. CONTINI, Dante come personaggio poeta della "Commedia", in Un'idea di Dante, Einaudi
In addition, for non-attending students:
DANTE, Inferno, 3, 4, 6, 32, 34; Purgatorio, 30, 31; Paradiso, 6, 12, 2
T. TASSO, Gerusalemme liberata, ed. L. Caretti, Einaudi (including the Introduction)
G. GETTO, Nel mondo della "Gerusalemme", Firenze, Vallecchi; or G. GETTO, Malinconia di Torquato Tasso, Roma, Liguori
In addition, for non-attending students:
F. FORTINI, Dialoghi col Tasso, Bollati Boringhieri
T. TASSO, Teatro, ed. M. Guglielminetti, Garzanti (including the Introduction)
In addition, for non-attending students:
T. TASSO, Il Re Torrismondo, ed. V. Martignone, Guanda - Fondazione Bembo (Introduzione, Nota al testo e Nota biografica)
Assessment methods and Criteria
Learning results are ascertained by an individual oral exam with the aim to test knowledge acquired by students. Evaluation criteria include the ability to organise speech and present topics and problems with the appropriate language. Marks are out of 30. The result is communicated to the student at the end of the exam.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
I-Z
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The programme is divided into three teaching units, each of them dealing with autobiographic topics. The first will focus on Dante's Divine Comedy ("Nel mio bel San Giovanni". Motivi autobiografici nella "Commedia"); the second on Vittorio Alfieri's Vita; the third on other autobiographic works of eighteenth and nineteenth centuries' authors.
Prerequisites for admission
The prerequisite course is Italian Literature.
Teaching methods
The course will be based on formal lectures. Class attendance at lessons is strongly recommended.
Additional texts and documents will be uploaded on the e-learning platform Ariel.
A workshop focusing on "critical writing", addressed to majoring students, will be held beside the course. This workshop is not compulsory.
Additional texts and documents will be uploaded on the e-learning platform Ariel.
A workshop focusing on "critical writing", addressed to majoring students, will be held beside the course. This workshop is not compulsory.
Teaching Resources
Unit A: D. Alighieri, Commedia. Editions commented by Sapegno (La Nuova Italia), Bosco-Reggio (Le Monnier), Pasquini-Quaglio (Garzanti, Chiavacci Leonardi (Mondadori), Inglese (Carocci) are recommended.
Non-attending students will also read G. Ledda, Dante, Bologna, il Mulino (chapters III-IX).
Unit B (attending and non-attending students): Vittorio Alfieri, Vita, a cura di Marco Cerruti, Milano, BUR Classici or Vittorio Alfieri, Vita, a cura di Giulio Cattaneo, Milano, Garzanti.
Unit C (attending and non-attending students): all texts and materials will be uploaded to the e-learning platform Ariel during the course.
Non-attending students will also read G. Ledda, Dante, Bologna, il Mulino (chapters III-IX).
Unit B (attending and non-attending students): Vittorio Alfieri, Vita, a cura di Marco Cerruti, Milano, BUR Classici or Vittorio Alfieri, Vita, a cura di Giulio Cattaneo, Milano, Garzanti.
Unit C (attending and non-attending students): all texts and materials will be uploaded to the e-learning platform Ariel during the course.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral exam, based on the topics described in the course programme and directed to check the expected learning outcomes (in particular, students are expected to be well-prepared on the subject; to have achieved critical and analytical abilities with literary texts; to argue clearly and properly).
Assessments are marked out of thirty. Students are allowed to choose between earning 6 credits (2 didactic units) and earning 9 credits (3 didactic units).
Assessments are marked out of thirty. Students are allowed to choose between earning 6 credits (2 didactic units) and earning 9 credits (3 didactic units).
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
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