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Italian Language and Communication

A.Y. 2020/2021
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
L-FIL-LET/12
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with solid scientific foundations relating to the forms and structures of the Italian language in its different varieties and uses, through the deepening of our linguistic history, the principles of textualization and some concrete (mostly modern) examples of public communication in Italian. The first two modules are of a more general, theoretical and institutional nature, followed by a third more monographic and practical model aimed at crystallizing and reframing critically what has been learned in previous lessons. The teaching is therefore fully consistent with the objectives of the Course of Studies, which aims to ensure the acquisition of adequate knowledge in the field of communication, building from a solid base of humanistic training of students.
Expected learning outcomes
Through what is illustrated during the lessons and through the study of the bibliography indicated for the preparation of the exam, the students will be able to have a much more solid awareness of the verbal communication code that they use daily and to analyze with scientific procedure through a wide variety of written, oral and transmitted texts in the Italian language, addressing them interpretively with a more developed critical sense and capable of analytical reflective. They will become as much users as more aware communication producers, able to act, choose and affect society, and at the professional level, work in a more autonomous, effective and conditioning-free way.

Lesson period: Second semester

Lessons timetable

Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi

Exams calendar

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Buroni Edoardo
Lesson period
Second semester
If the health and epidemiological situation does not allow for face-to-face teaching, the course will take place through videolessons and using a forum. Everything will be specified and made available on the Ariel page of the teaching.
Course syllabus
The first teaching unit will present the Italian language from its origins to the present day, describing its characteristics, evolution, structures and varieties. The second teaching unit will deal with questions of textual and communicative nature relating to the verbal code. Finally, the third teaching unit will propose an analysis of some contemporary and modern texts that allow to understand how, by a wise use of the language, public opinion can be modelled and influenced through institutional communication and the mass media.
Prerequisites for admission
A solid and reasoned knowledge of grammatical, logical and period analysis is required, as well as a strong propensity for reflection and deepening.
Teaching methods
Lessons take place mostly in frontal mode, using visual and multimedia material; however, the teacher always solicits comments, debates and questions from the students. In case of videolessons, interaction with students will mostly take place through the specific didactic forum.
Teaching Resources
Part A

Bibliography for attending students

Ilaria Bonomi, Andrea Masini, Silvia Morgana, Mario Piotti, "Elementi di linguistica italiana", Carocci, Roma, 2010 (nuova edizione).

Part B

Bibliography for attending students

1. Massimo Palermo, "Italiano scritto 2.0. Testi e ipertesti", Carocci, Roma, 2017;
2. Sabina Gola (a cura di), "L'italiano che parliamo e scriviamo", Cesati, Firenze, 2019.

Part C

Bibliography for attending students

Federico Faloppa, "#Odio. Manuale di resistenza alla violenza delle parole", Utet/DeA Planeta Libri, Milano, 2020.


Part A

Bibliography for non-attending students

1. Ilaria Bonomi, Andrea Masini, Silvia Morgana, Mario Piotti, "Elementi di linguistica italiana", Carocci, Roma, 2010 (nuova edizione);
2. Paolo D'Achille, "L'italiano contemporaneo", il Mulino, Bologna, 2019 (nuova edizione), Premessa e capitoli I-VI.

Part B

Bibliography for non-attending students

1. Massimo Palermo, "Italiano scritto 2.0. Testi e ipertesti", Carocci, Roma, 2017;
2. Sabina Gola (a cura di), "L'italiano che parliamo e scriviamo", Cesati, Firenze, 2019;
3. Paolo D'Achille, "L'italiano contemporaneo", il Mulino, Bologna, 2019 (nuova edizione), capitoli VII-XI + Conclusioni e Quadri.

Part C

Bibliography for non-attending students

1. Federico Faloppa, "#Odio. Manuale di resistenza alla violenza delle parole", Utet/DeA Planeta Libri, Milano, 2020;
2. Vera Gheno, "Social-linguistica. Italiano e italiani dei social network", Cesati, Firenze, 2017;
3. Michelangelo Coltelli e Noemi Urso, "Fake news. Cosa sono e come imparare a riconoscere le notizie false", Cesati, Firenze, 2019.
Assessment methods and Criteria
If health conditions allow it, the exam will consist of a non-compulsory written test (also open to non-attending students), that will be performed in the final part of the course, about the first two teaching units and of an oral test aimed at ascertaining the knowledge concerning the third teaching unit (in the case of a positive and accepted written test) or the entire course (in case of failure to perform the written test, or its non-passing or refusal of the grade obtained). For the third teaching unit, in addition to the bibliography, attending students will also be asked about the contents and texts illustrated in class, while non-attending students will be asked only for the volumes indicated in bibliography. In the event that it is not possible to hold the intermediate exam, the moment of the exam will be divided into two parts, according to the normal schedule of the exams: a written part with mostly multiple choice questions and an oral part.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/12 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/12 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/12 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
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