Modern Italian Literature
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course aims: 1) to provide student with advanced preparation on authors, themes and trends of Modern Italian Literature, through the reading and analysis of literary texts and critical essays; 2) to give the instruments and the critical methods for the interpretation of literary texts, and for the evaluation of the critical bibliography; 3) to improve the critical thinking skills.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledges: the main lines of evolution of modern Italian Literature, within the framework of historical-cultural context and of peculiarities of literary and linguistical history; the instruments and the critical methods useful to analyze and interpretate texts; the main lines of history of the critical literature referring to the studied period, according to the most recent tendencies of scientific studies.
Competencies: Comprehension and punctual analysis of the literary text, within the framework of the relevant historical-cultural contexts, using the critical literature and developing capability of selection; capability of autonomous confrontation and judgement; capability of define and discussing problems of interpretation, with awareness of the different methodological perspectives; capability of preparing a scientific bibliography and programming a research work; capability of expressing clairly and properly, using the appropriate specialized vocabulary of the discipline.
Competencies: Comprehension and punctual analysis of the literary text, within the framework of the relevant historical-cultural contexts, using the critical literature and developing capability of selection; capability of autonomous confrontation and judgement; capability of define and discussing problems of interpretation, with awareness of the different methodological perspectives; capability of preparing a scientific bibliography and programming a research work; capability of expressing clairly and properly, using the appropriate specialized vocabulary of the discipline.
Lesson period: Second semester
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
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Part A (20 hours, 3 CFU): Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»: genesis and composition [Stefania Baragetti]
Part B (20 hours, 3 CFU): Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»: analysis and commentary [Stefania Baragetti]
Part C (20 hours, 3 CFU): Literature and Politics in Foscolo's «Dei sepolcri» [Michele Comelli]
Exam 6 CFU: parts A and C
Exam 9 CFU: parts A, B, C
Parts A and B aim to illustrate an exemplary work in prose of the literary modernity: Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi».
Starting from the analysis of the spread of the novel in the first part of the Nineteenth century and from the reconnnaissance of the historical, literary and biographical context of the author, the part A will be dedicated to the reconstruction of the genesis and the complex composition of the novel (from «Fermo and Lucia» to the Quarantana edition); this study will allow us to focus on the main narrative strategies, linguistic and stylistic choices, models and textual changes between the different stages of composition (through the comparison of some known episodes). In the last lessons of the part A will start the critical and interpretative reading of the key chapters of the novel, which will continue in the part B, paying particular attention to the system of characters and the representation of the geographical space.
Part C aims to address the Foscolo's "carme" Dei Sepolcri, by placing it within the political and literary experience of the poet.
After a introduction to Foscolo biography and a framework of his historical, cultural and literary context (with particular attentions to the Saint Cloud edict, to the occasion of the poem and to the contemporary "sepulchral" literature) the course will focus on the composition phases of the poem in order to arrive to a critical-interpretative reading of it, with reference to the political and literary themes. The last classes will finally be dedicated to the critical fortune and the Nineteenth-Twentieth century interpretations of the poem.
Part B (20 hours, 3 CFU): Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»: analysis and commentary [Stefania Baragetti]
Part C (20 hours, 3 CFU): Literature and Politics in Foscolo's «Dei sepolcri» [Michele Comelli]
Exam 6 CFU: parts A and C
Exam 9 CFU: parts A, B, C
Parts A and B aim to illustrate an exemplary work in prose of the literary modernity: Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi».
Starting from the analysis of the spread of the novel in the first part of the Nineteenth century and from the reconnnaissance of the historical, literary and biographical context of the author, the part A will be dedicated to the reconstruction of the genesis and the complex composition of the novel (from «Fermo and Lucia» to the Quarantana edition); this study will allow us to focus on the main narrative strategies, linguistic and stylistic choices, models and textual changes between the different stages of composition (through the comparison of some known episodes). In the last lessons of the part A will start the critical and interpretative reading of the key chapters of the novel, which will continue in the part B, paying particular attention to the system of characters and the representation of the geographical space.
Part C aims to address the Foscolo's "carme" Dei Sepolcri, by placing it within the political and literary experience of the poet.
After a introduction to Foscolo biography and a framework of his historical, cultural and literary context (with particular attentions to the Saint Cloud edict, to the occasion of the poem and to the contemporary "sepulchral" literature) the course will focus on the composition phases of the poem in order to arrive to a critical-interpretative reading of it, with reference to the political and literary themes. The last classes will finally be dedicated to the critical fortune and the Nineteenth-Twentieth century interpretations of the poem.
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements for the admission. However, a good preparation in Italian literature, studied during the first three years of University, is recommended.
Teaching methods
Attendance to classes is strongly recommended although not compulsory. Frontal lectures aim primarily at the acquisition of knowledge through the discussion with the teacher, in order to promote the capacity to apply the acquired competence and knowledge. Therefore, will be encouraged the participation of students, who will intervene with requests for further information and with reflections on the analysis and critical discussion of the literary texts examined.
Volunteer students can do an individual exercise of commentary that will be presented in class or developed in a short essay (to be delivered at the end of the course), in order to test the skills learned, as well as to measure themselves with bibliographic resources and methodologies for interpreting the literary texts. Students will find an episode of the «Promessi sposi» to comment in a list that will be published on Ariel at the beginning of the course. For part C students can agree with the teacher on a topic related to the critical fortune of the Foscolian poem to be presented during the classes. Individual work will contribute to the final evaluation of the exam.
The slides projected during the lessons will be available on Ariel.
Non-attending students have to obtain the materials indicated in this program and to contact the teacher via email or during reception hours.
Volunteer students can do an individual exercise of commentary that will be presented in class or developed in a short essay (to be delivered at the end of the course), in order to test the skills learned, as well as to measure themselves with bibliographic resources and methodologies for interpreting the literary texts. Students will find an episode of the «Promessi sposi» to comment in a list that will be published on Ariel at the beginning of the course. For part C students can agree with the teacher on a topic related to the critical fortune of the Foscolian poem to be presented during the classes. Individual work will contribute to the final evaluation of the exam.
The slides projected during the lessons will be available on Ariel.
Non-attending students have to obtain the materials indicated in this program and to contact the teacher via email or during reception hours.
Teaching Resources
Attending students
Part A
Text
Students must read Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»; is suggested the edition by Francesco de Cristofaro, Giancarlo Alfano, Matteo Palumbo, Marco Viscardi, linguistic essay by Nicola De Blasi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2014 (or subsequent reprints).
Bibliography
Students must prepare the following essays:
- Mariarosa Bricchi, Manzoni prosatore. Un percorso linguistico, Roma, Carocci, 2021, pp. 87-171.
-Alberto Cadioli, "Storia vera" e "storia finta" secondo Manzoni, in Id., La storia finta. Il romanzo e i suoi lettori nei dibattiti di primo Ottocento, Milano, il Saggiatore, 2001, pp. 181-217.
-Giulia Raboni, Come lavorava Manzoni, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 71-124.
Part B
Text
Students must read Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»; is suggested the edition by Francesco de Cristofaro, Giancarlo Alfano, Matteo Palumbo, Marco Viscardi, linguistic essay by Nicola De Blasi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2014 (or subsequent reprints).
Bibliography
Students must prepare three essays between the following ones (apart from those that can be downloaded from the web and are available in the Library of Scienze dell'antichità e filologia moderna, the essays indicated by the asterisk will be available in Ariel, in the section "Materiali del corso", at the beginning of the lessons):
-Guglielmo Barucci, L'ingresso nella città stravolta: pane, idee e violenza in «Promessi sposi» XI-XII, in «Rivista di studi manzoniani», III (2019), pp. 71-92 (https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/635274/3/Articolo%20L%27ingresso%20nella%20citt%c3%a0%20stravolta%20OA.pdf).
-Valter Boggione, Natura e cultura nei «Promessi sposi», in «Rivista di studi manzoniani», II (2018), pp. 11-51.*
-Domenico De Robertis, La favola di Renzo («Promessi sposi», XVII) [1986], in Id., Gli studi manzoniani, ed. by Isabella Becherucci, Firenze, Cesati, 2014, pp. 175-197.
-Domenico De Robertis, Il personaggio e il suo autore [1985], in Id., Gli studi manzoniani, ed. by Isabella Becherucci, Firenze, Cesati, 2014, pp. 199-218.
-Pierantonio Frare, La «risposta» di Gertrude e la dissoluzione del tragico, in Studi sulla letteratura italiana della modernità. Per Angelo R. Pupino. Sette-Ottocento, ed. by Elena Candela, Napoli, Liguori, 2008, pp. 149-162 (available in academia.edu).
-Pierantonio Frare, La via stretta. Giustizia, vendetta e perdono nei «Promessi sposi», in Giustizia e letteratura, ed. by Gabrio Forti, Claudia Mazzucato, Arianna Visconti, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2014, vol. II, pp. 38-54 (available in academia.edu).
-Giuseppe Polimeni, «Proprio quelle sacrosante parole». Discorso e giustizia nello studio di Azzecca-garbugli, in Id., Il filo della voce. Indagini sul pensiero linguistico di Manzoni e sui «Promessi sposi», Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2020, 115-139.
- Stefano Prandi, Dalla vertigine alla parola: la conversione dell'Innominato, "Rivista di studi manzoniani", V, 2021, pp. 27-46.*
Further critical readings will be indicated at the beginning of the course.
Part C
Text:
Students have to read and learn about the commentary and paraphrase of the poem Dei Sepolcri. Suggested edition: Ugo Foscolo, Le poesie, a cura di M. Palumbo, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2010.
Bibliography:
Students have to study and know the following bibliographical references:
- Christian Del Vento, I "Sepolcri" e la «nuova poetica» foscoliana, in "Dei sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di Gennaro Barbarisi e William Spaggiari, 2 voll., Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, vol. I, pp. 477-494.
-Enzo Neppi, Ontologia dei Sepolcri, in "Dei sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di Gennaro Barbarisi e William Spaggiari, 2 voll., Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, vol. I, pp. 63-123.
-Francesco Bausi, Dall'"epistola" al "carme". Sul genere metrico-letterario dei "Sepolcri", in I "Sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo. La poesia e la fortuna, Atti del convegno di studi (Firenze, 28-29 marzo 2008), a cura di Arnaldo Bruni e Benedetta Rivalta, Bologna, Clueb, 2008, pp. 97-127.
Other useful materials will be available on the Ariel website.
Non-attending students
Part A
Text
Students must read Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»; is suggested the edition by Francesco de Cristofaro, Giancarlo Alfano, Matteo Palumbo, Marco Viscardi, linguistic essay by Nicola De Blasi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2014 (or subsequent reprints).
Bibliography
Students must prepare the following essays:
-Manzoni, ed. by Paola Italia, Roma, Carocci, 2020. Three essays between the following ones: "I promessi sposi (1840)", "Il romanzo e la storia", "La religione", "Il romanzo illustrato".
- Mariarosa Bricchi, Manzoni prosatore. Un percorso linguistico, Roma, Carocci, 2021, pp. 87-171.
-Alberto Cadioli, "Storia vera" e "storia finta" secondo Manzoni, in Id., La storia finta. Il romanzo e i suoi lettori nei dibattiti di primo Ottocento, Milano, il Saggiatore, 2001, pp. 181-217.
-Giulia Raboni, Come lavorava Manzoni, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 71-124.
Part B
Text
Students must read Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»; is suggested the edition by Francesco de Cristofaro, Giancarlo Alfano, Matteo Palumbo, Marco Viscardi, linguistic essay by Nicola De Blasi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2014 (or subsequent reprints).
Bibliography
Students must prepare five essays between the following ones (apart from those that can be downloaded from the web and are available in the Library of Scienze dell'antichità e filologia moderna, the essays indicated by the asterisk will be available in Ariel, in the section "Materiali del corso", at the beginning of the lessons):
-Guglielmo Barucci, L'ingresso nella città stravolta: pane, idee e violenza in «Promessi sposi» XI-XII, in «Rivista di studi manzoniani», III (2019), pp. 71-92 (https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/635274/3/Articolo%20L%27ingresso%20nella%20citt%c3%a0%20stravolta%20OA.pdf).
-Valter Boggione, Natura e cultura nei «Promessi sposi», in «Rivista di studi manzoniani», II (2018), pp. 11-51.*
-Domenico De Robertis, La favola di Renzo («Promessi sposi», XVII) [1986], in Id., Gli studi manzoniani, ed. by Isabella Becherucci, Firenze, Cesati, 2014, pp. 175-197.
-Domenico De Robertis, Il personaggio e il suo autore [1985], in Id., Gli studi manzoniani, ed. by Isabella Becherucci, Firenze, Cesati, 2014, pp. 199-218.
-Pierantonio Frare, La «risposta» di Gertrude e la dissoluzione del tragico, in Studi sulla letteratura italiana della modernità. Per Angelo R. Pupino. Sette-Ottocento, ed. by Elena Candela, Napoli, Liguori, 2008, pp. 149-162 (available in academia.edu).
-Pierantonio Frare, La via stretta. Giustizia, vendetta e perdono nei «Promessi sposi», in Giustizia e letteratura, ed. by Gabrio Forti, Claudia Mazzucato, Arianna Visconti, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2014, vol. II, pp. 38-54 (available in academia.edu).
-Giuseppe Polimeni, «Proprio quelle sacrosante parole». Discorso e giustizia nello studio di Azzecca-garbugli, in Id., Il filo della voce. Indagini sul pensiero linguistico di Manzoni e sui «Promessi sposi», Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2020, 115-139.
- Stefano Prandi, Dalla vertigine alla parola: la conversione dell'Innominato, "Rivista di studi manzoniani", V, 2021, pp. 27-46.*
Further critical readings will be indicated at the beginning of the course.
Part C
Text:
Students have to read and learn about the commentary and paraphrase of the poem Dei Sepolcri. Suggested edition: Ugo Foscolo, Le poesie, a cura di M. Palumbo, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2010.
Bibliography:
Students have to study and know the following bibliographical references:
-Matteo Palumbo, Foscolo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010.
- Giuseppe Nicoletti, Foscolo, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2006: exclusively the chapter VI. Un capolavoro di «sublime oscurità»: il carme Dei sepolcri, pp. 151-187.
- Christian Del Vento, I "Sepolcri" e la «nuova poetica» foscoliana, in "Dei sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di Gennaro Barbarisi e William Spaggiari, 2 voll., Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, vol. I, pp. 477-494.
-Enzo Neppi, Ontologia dei Sepolcri, in "Dei sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di Gennaro Barbarisi e William Spaggiari, 2 voll., Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, vol. I, pp. 63-123.
-Francesco Bausi, Dall'"epistola" al "carme". Sul genere metrico-letterario dei "Sepolcri", in I "Sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo. La poesia e la fortuna, Atti del convegno di studi (Firenze, 28-29 marzo 2008), a cura di Arnaldo Bruni e Benedetta Rivalta, Bologna, Clueb, 2008, pp. 97-127.
International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly get in touch with the professor in order to arrange a reading plan (available in English) for exam preparation.
Part A
Text
Students must read Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»; is suggested the edition by Francesco de Cristofaro, Giancarlo Alfano, Matteo Palumbo, Marco Viscardi, linguistic essay by Nicola De Blasi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2014 (or subsequent reprints).
Bibliography
Students must prepare the following essays:
- Mariarosa Bricchi, Manzoni prosatore. Un percorso linguistico, Roma, Carocci, 2021, pp. 87-171.
-Alberto Cadioli, "Storia vera" e "storia finta" secondo Manzoni, in Id., La storia finta. Il romanzo e i suoi lettori nei dibattiti di primo Ottocento, Milano, il Saggiatore, 2001, pp. 181-217.
-Giulia Raboni, Come lavorava Manzoni, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 71-124.
Part B
Text
Students must read Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»; is suggested the edition by Francesco de Cristofaro, Giancarlo Alfano, Matteo Palumbo, Marco Viscardi, linguistic essay by Nicola De Blasi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2014 (or subsequent reprints).
Bibliography
Students must prepare three essays between the following ones (apart from those that can be downloaded from the web and are available in the Library of Scienze dell'antichità e filologia moderna, the essays indicated by the asterisk will be available in Ariel, in the section "Materiali del corso", at the beginning of the lessons):
-Guglielmo Barucci, L'ingresso nella città stravolta: pane, idee e violenza in «Promessi sposi» XI-XII, in «Rivista di studi manzoniani», III (2019), pp. 71-92 (https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/635274/3/Articolo%20L%27ingresso%20nella%20citt%c3%a0%20stravolta%20OA.pdf).
-Valter Boggione, Natura e cultura nei «Promessi sposi», in «Rivista di studi manzoniani», II (2018), pp. 11-51.*
-Domenico De Robertis, La favola di Renzo («Promessi sposi», XVII) [1986], in Id., Gli studi manzoniani, ed. by Isabella Becherucci, Firenze, Cesati, 2014, pp. 175-197.
-Domenico De Robertis, Il personaggio e il suo autore [1985], in Id., Gli studi manzoniani, ed. by Isabella Becherucci, Firenze, Cesati, 2014, pp. 199-218.
-Pierantonio Frare, La «risposta» di Gertrude e la dissoluzione del tragico, in Studi sulla letteratura italiana della modernità. Per Angelo R. Pupino. Sette-Ottocento, ed. by Elena Candela, Napoli, Liguori, 2008, pp. 149-162 (available in academia.edu).
-Pierantonio Frare, La via stretta. Giustizia, vendetta e perdono nei «Promessi sposi», in Giustizia e letteratura, ed. by Gabrio Forti, Claudia Mazzucato, Arianna Visconti, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2014, vol. II, pp. 38-54 (available in academia.edu).
-Giuseppe Polimeni, «Proprio quelle sacrosante parole». Discorso e giustizia nello studio di Azzecca-garbugli, in Id., Il filo della voce. Indagini sul pensiero linguistico di Manzoni e sui «Promessi sposi», Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2020, 115-139.
- Stefano Prandi, Dalla vertigine alla parola: la conversione dell'Innominato, "Rivista di studi manzoniani", V, 2021, pp. 27-46.*
Further critical readings will be indicated at the beginning of the course.
Part C
Text:
Students have to read and learn about the commentary and paraphrase of the poem Dei Sepolcri. Suggested edition: Ugo Foscolo, Le poesie, a cura di M. Palumbo, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2010.
Bibliography:
Students have to study and know the following bibliographical references:
- Christian Del Vento, I "Sepolcri" e la «nuova poetica» foscoliana, in "Dei sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di Gennaro Barbarisi e William Spaggiari, 2 voll., Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, vol. I, pp. 477-494.
-Enzo Neppi, Ontologia dei Sepolcri, in "Dei sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di Gennaro Barbarisi e William Spaggiari, 2 voll., Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, vol. I, pp. 63-123.
-Francesco Bausi, Dall'"epistola" al "carme". Sul genere metrico-letterario dei "Sepolcri", in I "Sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo. La poesia e la fortuna, Atti del convegno di studi (Firenze, 28-29 marzo 2008), a cura di Arnaldo Bruni e Benedetta Rivalta, Bologna, Clueb, 2008, pp. 97-127.
Other useful materials will be available on the Ariel website.
Non-attending students
Part A
Text
Students must read Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»; is suggested the edition by Francesco de Cristofaro, Giancarlo Alfano, Matteo Palumbo, Marco Viscardi, linguistic essay by Nicola De Blasi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2014 (or subsequent reprints).
Bibliography
Students must prepare the following essays:
-Manzoni, ed. by Paola Italia, Roma, Carocci, 2020. Three essays between the following ones: "I promessi sposi (1840)", "Il romanzo e la storia", "La religione", "Il romanzo illustrato".
- Mariarosa Bricchi, Manzoni prosatore. Un percorso linguistico, Roma, Carocci, 2021, pp. 87-171.
-Alberto Cadioli, "Storia vera" e "storia finta" secondo Manzoni, in Id., La storia finta. Il romanzo e i suoi lettori nei dibattiti di primo Ottocento, Milano, il Saggiatore, 2001, pp. 181-217.
-Giulia Raboni, Come lavorava Manzoni, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 71-124.
Part B
Text
Students must read Alessandro Manzoni's «Promessi sposi»; is suggested the edition by Francesco de Cristofaro, Giancarlo Alfano, Matteo Palumbo, Marco Viscardi, linguistic essay by Nicola De Blasi, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2014 (or subsequent reprints).
Bibliography
Students must prepare five essays between the following ones (apart from those that can be downloaded from the web and are available in the Library of Scienze dell'antichità e filologia moderna, the essays indicated by the asterisk will be available in Ariel, in the section "Materiali del corso", at the beginning of the lessons):
-Guglielmo Barucci, L'ingresso nella città stravolta: pane, idee e violenza in «Promessi sposi» XI-XII, in «Rivista di studi manzoniani», III (2019), pp. 71-92 (https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/635274/3/Articolo%20L%27ingresso%20nella%20citt%c3%a0%20stravolta%20OA.pdf).
-Valter Boggione, Natura e cultura nei «Promessi sposi», in «Rivista di studi manzoniani», II (2018), pp. 11-51.*
-Domenico De Robertis, La favola di Renzo («Promessi sposi», XVII) [1986], in Id., Gli studi manzoniani, ed. by Isabella Becherucci, Firenze, Cesati, 2014, pp. 175-197.
-Domenico De Robertis, Il personaggio e il suo autore [1985], in Id., Gli studi manzoniani, ed. by Isabella Becherucci, Firenze, Cesati, 2014, pp. 199-218.
-Pierantonio Frare, La «risposta» di Gertrude e la dissoluzione del tragico, in Studi sulla letteratura italiana della modernità. Per Angelo R. Pupino. Sette-Ottocento, ed. by Elena Candela, Napoli, Liguori, 2008, pp. 149-162 (available in academia.edu).
-Pierantonio Frare, La via stretta. Giustizia, vendetta e perdono nei «Promessi sposi», in Giustizia e letteratura, ed. by Gabrio Forti, Claudia Mazzucato, Arianna Visconti, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2014, vol. II, pp. 38-54 (available in academia.edu).
-Giuseppe Polimeni, «Proprio quelle sacrosante parole». Discorso e giustizia nello studio di Azzecca-garbugli, in Id., Il filo della voce. Indagini sul pensiero linguistico di Manzoni e sui «Promessi sposi», Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2020, 115-139.
- Stefano Prandi, Dalla vertigine alla parola: la conversione dell'Innominato, "Rivista di studi manzoniani", V, 2021, pp. 27-46.*
Further critical readings will be indicated at the beginning of the course.
Part C
Text:
Students have to read and learn about the commentary and paraphrase of the poem Dei Sepolcri. Suggested edition: Ugo Foscolo, Le poesie, a cura di M. Palumbo, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 2010.
Bibliography:
Students have to study and know the following bibliographical references:
-Matteo Palumbo, Foscolo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010.
- Giuseppe Nicoletti, Foscolo, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2006: exclusively the chapter VI. Un capolavoro di «sublime oscurità»: il carme Dei sepolcri, pp. 151-187.
- Christian Del Vento, I "Sepolcri" e la «nuova poetica» foscoliana, in "Dei sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di Gennaro Barbarisi e William Spaggiari, 2 voll., Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, vol. I, pp. 477-494.
-Enzo Neppi, Ontologia dei Sepolcri, in "Dei sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di Gennaro Barbarisi e William Spaggiari, 2 voll., Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, vol. I, pp. 63-123.
-Francesco Bausi, Dall'"epistola" al "carme". Sul genere metrico-letterario dei "Sepolcri", in I "Sepolcri" di Ugo Foscolo. La poesia e la fortuna, Atti del convegno di studi (Firenze, 28-29 marzo 2008), a cura di Arnaldo Bruni e Benedetta Rivalta, Bologna, Clueb, 2008, pp. 97-127.
International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly get in touch with the professor in order to arrange a reading plan (available in English) for exam preparation.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an oral examination, intended to verify the knowledge of the contents on the programme. The reading of the text will highlight the most significant thematic and conceptual elements; the critical bibliography indicated in the programme will offer a useful support for the discussion of the contents.
The evaluation will take into account the ability to formulate an organic response, to adopt the right formal register and use the appropriate specialized vocabulary, to recognize and discuss interpretative issues, to analyze the various levels of a literary text (structure, themes, style, intertextuality) in relation to the historical-cultural context.
The final evaluation will be determined in 30s.
In defining the final evaluation, the commentary exercises carried out by volunteer students (short essay or class report) will be taken into account (see the section "Teaching methods").
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
The evaluation will take into account the ability to formulate an organic response, to adopt the right formal register and use the appropriate specialized vocabulary, to recognize and discuss interpretative issues, to analyze the various levels of a literary text (structure, themes, style, intertextuality) in relation to the historical-cultural context.
The final evaluation will be determined in 30s.
In defining the final evaluation, the commentary exercises carried out by volunteer students (short essay or class report) will be taken into account (see the section "Teaching methods").
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Baragetti Stefania, Comelli Michele Francesco Maria
Professor(s)
Reception:
wednesady 15:00-18:00, by appointment by e-mail
First floor of Dipartimento di Studi letterari, filologici e linguistici (via Festa del Perdono, 7)