Italian Literature
A.Y. 2026/2027
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with a critical knowledge of the main elements of the Italian literary system, from the Origins to the Seventeenth century, following the tradition and development of models, themes, forms.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student must know the fundamental aspects and issues of Italian literature from the Origins to the Seventeenth century, with a proper historic contextualization and specific reference to genres, themes and poetics, authors and works, methods of transmission of texts and their philological problems. Furthermore, the student will have to know the tools (metric elements, rhetoric, style theory and narratology) and the critical methodologies necessary to analyse and interpret the texts.
The student will then have to demonstrate the ability to understand and analyse literary texts (in their thematic and formal aspects), framing them in their respective contexts. Likewise, the student must demonstrate competence in the comprehension and use of literary essays, ability to identify the bibliography and to make use of the main tools of bibliographic resources, as well as the ability to communicate clearly and correctly, both in oral and written presentation, with appropriate use of scientific terminology.
The student will then have to demonstrate the ability to understand and analyse literary texts (in their thematic and formal aspects), framing them in their respective contexts. Likewise, the student must demonstrate competence in the comprehension and use of literary essays, ability to identify the bibliography and to make use of the main tools of bibliographic resources, as well as the ability to communicate clearly and correctly, both in oral and written presentation, with appropriate use of scientific terminology.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Surname A-H
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Course title: Tools and Texts of Italian Literature (60 hours, 9 ECTS credits)
Teaching Unit A (20 hours, 3 ECTS): Italian Literature from the 13th Century to the Early 16th Century
Teaching Unit B (20 hours, 3 ECTS): Italian Literature from the Late 16th Century to the 19th Century
Teaching Unit C (20 hours, 3 ECTS): Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
This course is intended for students enrolled in the Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Heritage whose surnames begin with the letters A-H.
The course covers the following topics: in the first two teaching units (A and B), students will study the history of Italian literature from its origins through Leopardi and Manzoni. Teaching Unit C is devoted to Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
Teaching Unit A (20 hours, 3 ECTS): Italian Literature from the 13th Century to the Early 16th Century
Teaching Unit B (20 hours, 3 ECTS): Italian Literature from the Late 16th Century to the 19th Century
Teaching Unit C (20 hours, 3 ECTS): Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
This course is intended for students enrolled in the Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Heritage whose surnames begin with the letters A-H.
The course covers the following topics: in the first two teaching units (A and B), students will study the history of Italian literature from its origins through Leopardi and Manzoni. Teaching Unit C is devoted to Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites for admission.
Teaching methods
The course will be in Italian, through frontal lessons; attendance is not mandatory, though strongly recommended.
Units A and B will be taught on texts included in the lecture notes. During the lessons, thanks to slide projection, the focus will be on movements, authors and works and their cultural context; on the main critical problems of every topic, through quotations from critical essays and comparisons between different positions; on tradition and reception of works and texts; on their most interesting formal aspects. All the materials will be available on MyAriel.
Non-attending students must use the materials expressly indicated in this program and on MyAriel.
Units A and B will be taught on texts included in the lecture notes. During the lessons, thanks to slide projection, the focus will be on movements, authors and works and their cultural context; on the main critical problems of every topic, through quotations from critical essays and comparisons between different positions; on tradition and reception of works and texts; on their most interesting formal aspects. All the materials will be available on MyAriel.
Non-attending students must use the materials expressly indicated in this program and on MyAriel.
Teaching Resources
PARTS A and B
Required textbook:
- Anthology of Italian Literature: From the Sicilian School of Poetry to Alessandro Manzoni, a cura di Gabriele Baldassari e Guglielmo Barucci, Milano, Cortina, 2021.
The anthology includes both historical overviews of Italian literature and selected literary texts. Both components are an integral part of the examination, together with the course notes and any additional materials uploaded to the Ariel platform.
Students wishing to deepen their knowledge may consult:
- Gianfranco Alfano, Paola Italia, Emilio Russo, Franco Tomasi, Letteratura italiana. Manuale per studi universitari, 2 vols., Milano, Mondadori Università, 2018 (vol. I: Dalle Origini a metà Cinquecento; vol. II: Da Tasso a fine Ottocento)
Students interested in further study of Italian metrics (versification) may consult:
- Pietro G. Beltrami, Gli strumenti della poesia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012 (1st ed. 1996),
or:
- Giuseppe Sangirardi and Francesco De Rosa, Breve guida alla metrica italiana, Milano, Sansoni, 2002.
Students wishing to deepen their understanding of rhetoric may consult:
- Bice Mortara Garavelli, Prima lezione di retorica, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2011.
Examination Programme
Attending students
The examination covers all topics included in the prescribed anthology, together with the materials made available on the Ariel platform.
Non-attending students
The examination covers all topics included in the prescribed anthology, together with the materials made available on the Ariel platform.
PART C
Examination Programme
Attending students
Recommended editions of Ariosto's poem:
- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, commento di Emilio Bigi, a cura di Cristina Zampese, BUR, Milano, 2012.
- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso e cinque canti, a cura di Remo Ceserani e Sergio Zatti, 2 voll., UTET, Torino, 2015.
Students are expected to acquire a general knowledge of the entire poem, including its composition, structure, themes, and style.
The specific cantos and passages that will constitute the focus of the examination will be announced before the end of the course on the instructor's MyAriel website.
Additional texts discussed during lectures will be made available online through the MyAriel platform.
Students are also required to prepare the following critical readings:
- Sergio Zatti, Il Furioso fra epos e romanzo (1990), Premessa di Michele Comelli, Milan: Ledizioni, Chapter VI, pp. 127-171.
- Corrado Confalonieri, "Che cosa c'è di 'ariostesco' in Ariosto. Considerazioni su ironia e soprannaturale nel Furioso (e sul modo di parlarne)", in AOQU, II, 1,1 (2021), Epica e meraviglioso, pp. 63-88 (available online at: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/aoqu/article/view/16045).
- One of the following entries from Lessico critico dell'"Orlando furioso", a cura di Annalisa Izzo, Rome: Carocci, 2016:
o Franco Tomasi, "Entrelacement", pp. 61-80
o Francesco Ferretti, "Generi" (Genres), pp. 99-128
o Maria Cristina Cabani, "Intertestualità" (Intertextuality), pp. 153-176
o Stefano Jossa, "Ironia" (Irony), pp. 177-197
o Sergio Zatti, "Oggetti" (Objects), pp. 283-300
o Albert Russell Ascoli, "Proemi" (Proems/Introductions), pp. 341-365
Examination programme
Non-attending students
In addition to the requirements for attending students, non-attending students must also prepare the following monograph:
- Stefano Jossa, Ariosto, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009.
Required textbook:
- Anthology of Italian Literature: From the Sicilian School of Poetry to Alessandro Manzoni, a cura di Gabriele Baldassari e Guglielmo Barucci, Milano, Cortina, 2021.
The anthology includes both historical overviews of Italian literature and selected literary texts. Both components are an integral part of the examination, together with the course notes and any additional materials uploaded to the Ariel platform.
Students wishing to deepen their knowledge may consult:
- Gianfranco Alfano, Paola Italia, Emilio Russo, Franco Tomasi, Letteratura italiana. Manuale per studi universitari, 2 vols., Milano, Mondadori Università, 2018 (vol. I: Dalle Origini a metà Cinquecento; vol. II: Da Tasso a fine Ottocento)
Students interested in further study of Italian metrics (versification) may consult:
- Pietro G. Beltrami, Gli strumenti della poesia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012 (1st ed. 1996),
or:
- Giuseppe Sangirardi and Francesco De Rosa, Breve guida alla metrica italiana, Milano, Sansoni, 2002.
Students wishing to deepen their understanding of rhetoric may consult:
- Bice Mortara Garavelli, Prima lezione di retorica, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2011.
Examination Programme
Attending students
The examination covers all topics included in the prescribed anthology, together with the materials made available on the Ariel platform.
Non-attending students
The examination covers all topics included in the prescribed anthology, together with the materials made available on the Ariel platform.
PART C
Examination Programme
Attending students
Recommended editions of Ariosto's poem:
- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, commento di Emilio Bigi, a cura di Cristina Zampese, BUR, Milano, 2012.
- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso e cinque canti, a cura di Remo Ceserani e Sergio Zatti, 2 voll., UTET, Torino, 2015.
Students are expected to acquire a general knowledge of the entire poem, including its composition, structure, themes, and style.
The specific cantos and passages that will constitute the focus of the examination will be announced before the end of the course on the instructor's MyAriel website.
Additional texts discussed during lectures will be made available online through the MyAriel platform.
Students are also required to prepare the following critical readings:
- Sergio Zatti, Il Furioso fra epos e romanzo (1990), Premessa di Michele Comelli, Milan: Ledizioni, Chapter VI, pp. 127-171.
- Corrado Confalonieri, "Che cosa c'è di 'ariostesco' in Ariosto. Considerazioni su ironia e soprannaturale nel Furioso (e sul modo di parlarne)", in AOQU, II, 1,1 (2021), Epica e meraviglioso, pp. 63-88 (available online at: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/aoqu/article/view/16045).
- One of the following entries from Lessico critico dell'"Orlando furioso", a cura di Annalisa Izzo, Rome: Carocci, 2016:
o Franco Tomasi, "Entrelacement", pp. 61-80
o Francesco Ferretti, "Generi" (Genres), pp. 99-128
o Maria Cristina Cabani, "Intertestualità" (Intertextuality), pp. 153-176
o Stefano Jossa, "Ironia" (Irony), pp. 177-197
o Sergio Zatti, "Oggetti" (Objects), pp. 283-300
o Albert Russell Ascoli, "Proemi" (Proems/Introductions), pp. 341-365
Examination programme
Non-attending students
In addition to the requirements for attending students, non-attending students must also prepare the following monograph:
- Stefano Jossa, Ariosto, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of a preliminary written test on the teaching units A and B and an oral test on the teaching unit C; both are aimed at ascertaining students' knowledge of the bibliography.
The written test will be held three times a year (on May, on September, on November/December 2027); passing the written test is prerequisite for the oral examination. Written tests will be graded sufficient, discreet, good, excellent and will be considered in the final overall grade. Grades of the written test will be published in MyAriel in the dedicated section.
The written test (90 minutes) counts of two sections: 6 closed-ended questions on technical aspects (chronology, works, metre, rhetoric) and 4 short open questions (max 10 lines) on authors, themes, and works. A fifth question is the analysis of a text: the student will be required to define author, work, genre, metrics, rhyme scheme, and to provide a paraphrasis and a short cultural and stylistical framework.
The analysis will concerne one of the following texts (or part of texts), provided in the Anthology:
- Jacopo da Lentini, Amor è uno desio che ven da core
- Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore (stanzas I e IV)
- Guido Cavalcanti, Chi è questa che vèn, ch'ogn'om la mira
- Cino da Pistoia, Poscia che saziar non posso li occhi miei
- Dante Alighieri, Guido, i' vorrei che tu e Lapo ed io
- Dante Alighieri, Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro (stanzas I e V)
- Dante Alighieri, Vita nova, XIX Donne ch'avete intelletto d'amore (stanzas I e II)
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 1, Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 90, Erano i capei d'oro a l'aura sparsi
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 272, La vita fugge e non s'arresta una hora
- Luigi Pulci, Morgante, XVIII 115-120
- Pietro Bembo, Crin d'oro crespo
- Giovanni della Casa, Questa vita mortal
- Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, I 1-5
- Giambattista Marino, Adone, III 156-158
- Ugo Foscolo, Né più mai toccherò le sacre sponde
- Ugo Foscolo, Dei sepolcri, vv. 137-150
- Giacomo Leopardi, A se stesso
- Giacomo Leopardi, Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell'Asia, vv. 133-143
Passing the written test on teaching units A and B is a necessary condition for completing the examination.
The oral test consists of a critical discussion on the main issues studied in Unit C. The student will have, at request, to prove his ability to paraphrase the text. The student will be required to prove his ability to develop a critical and organized exposition of the informations and competences acquired through the classes and the bibliography, using proper terminology
The final grade will be expressed on a 30-point scale and will take into consideration the grade of the written test.
Erasmus students are invited to contact the professor via email during office hours for further information about the exam.
Examination methods for students with disabilities or SLD must be defined with the teacher in agreement with the University Disability and SLD Services. It is recommended to follow the guidelines of the "Documento personalizzato".
Master's degree students wishing to take the exam must contact the teacher to agree on a specific program.
The written test will be held three times a year (on May, on September, on November/December 2027); passing the written test is prerequisite for the oral examination. Written tests will be graded sufficient, discreet, good, excellent and will be considered in the final overall grade. Grades of the written test will be published in MyAriel in the dedicated section.
The written test (90 minutes) counts of two sections: 6 closed-ended questions on technical aspects (chronology, works, metre, rhetoric) and 4 short open questions (max 10 lines) on authors, themes, and works. A fifth question is the analysis of a text: the student will be required to define author, work, genre, metrics, rhyme scheme, and to provide a paraphrasis and a short cultural and stylistical framework.
The analysis will concerne one of the following texts (or part of texts), provided in the Anthology:
- Jacopo da Lentini, Amor è uno desio che ven da core
- Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore (stanzas I e IV)
- Guido Cavalcanti, Chi è questa che vèn, ch'ogn'om la mira
- Cino da Pistoia, Poscia che saziar non posso li occhi miei
- Dante Alighieri, Guido, i' vorrei che tu e Lapo ed io
- Dante Alighieri, Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro (stanzas I e V)
- Dante Alighieri, Vita nova, XIX Donne ch'avete intelletto d'amore (stanzas I e II)
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 1, Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 90, Erano i capei d'oro a l'aura sparsi
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 272, La vita fugge e non s'arresta una hora
- Luigi Pulci, Morgante, XVIII 115-120
- Pietro Bembo, Crin d'oro crespo
- Giovanni della Casa, Questa vita mortal
- Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, I 1-5
- Giambattista Marino, Adone, III 156-158
- Ugo Foscolo, Né più mai toccherò le sacre sponde
- Ugo Foscolo, Dei sepolcri, vv. 137-150
- Giacomo Leopardi, A se stesso
- Giacomo Leopardi, Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell'Asia, vv. 133-143
Passing the written test on teaching units A and B is a necessary condition for completing the examination.
The oral test consists of a critical discussion on the main issues studied in Unit C. The student will have, at request, to prove his ability to paraphrase the text. The student will be required to prove his ability to develop a critical and organized exposition of the informations and competences acquired through the classes and the bibliography, using proper terminology
The final grade will be expressed on a 30-point scale and will take into consideration the grade of the written test.
Erasmus students are invited to contact the professor via email during office hours for further information about the exam.
Examination methods for students with disabilities or SLD must be defined with the teacher in agreement with the University Disability and SLD Services. It is recommended to follow the guidelines of the "Documento personalizzato".
Master's degree students wishing to take the exam must contact the teacher to agree on a specific program.
Modules or teaching units
Part A and B
ITAL-01/A - Italian Literature - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Part C
ITAL-01/A - Italian Literature - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor:
Comelli Michele Francesco Maria
Surname I-Z
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Title of the course: Tools and texts of Italian literature (60 hours, 9 cfu)
Teaching unit A (20 hours, 3 cfu): Italian literature from XIII to early XVI century
Teaching unit B (20 hours, 3 cfu): Italian literature from late XVI century XIX century
Teaching unit C (20 hours, 3 cfu): Giacomo Leopardi's Operette morali
The course is aimed at undergraduate Science of Cultural Property students whose surname begins with O-Z-
The teaching program of units A and B focuses on the history of Italian literature from Origins to Leopardi and Manzoni; teaching unit C is dedicated to the masterpiece of Leopardi's prosa.
Teaching unit A (20 hours, 3 cfu): Italian literature from XIII to early XVI century
Teaching unit B (20 hours, 3 cfu): Italian literature from late XVI century XIX century
Teaching unit C (20 hours, 3 cfu): Giacomo Leopardi's Operette morali
The course is aimed at undergraduate Science of Cultural Property students whose surname begins with O-Z-
The teaching program of units A and B focuses on the history of Italian literature from Origins to Leopardi and Manzoni; teaching unit C is dedicated to the masterpiece of Leopardi's prosa.
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites for admission. Nevertheless, a good high-school background is the ideal prerequisite for the course, which, however, is also thought to amend shortcomings.
Teaching methods
The course will be taught, in Italian, through frontal lessons; attendance is not mandatory, though strongly recommended.
Teaching units A and B will be taught on texts included in the lecture notes. During the lessons, thanks to slide projection, the focus will be on movements, authors and works and their cultural context; on the main critical problems of every topic, through quotations from critical essays and comparisons between different positions; on tradition and reception of works and texts; on their most interesting formal aspects. All the materials will be available on myAriel.
Non-attending students must use the materials expressly indicated in this program.
Teaching units A and B will be taught on texts included in the lecture notes. During the lessons, thanks to slide projection, the focus will be on movements, authors and works and their cultural context; on the main critical problems of every topic, through quotations from critical essays and comparisons between different positions; on tradition and reception of works and texts; on their most interesting formal aspects. All the materials will be available on myAriel.
Non-attending students must use the materials expressly indicated in this program.
Teaching Resources
Teaching units A and B
Antologia della letteratura italiana. Dalla Scuola poetica siciliana a Alessandro Manzoni, a cura di Gabriele Baldassari e Guglielmo Barucci, Milano, Cortina, 2021. The volume consists of a part of history of Italian literature and of a section of texts; both of them are to be prepared for the exam, along with notes of the lessons and further material uploaded on Ariel.
Students interested in a deeper knowledge of Italian literature should look at Letteratura italiana. Manuale per studi universitari, 2 volumi, Milano, Mondadori Università, 2018 (I: Dalle origini a metà Cinquecento e II: Da Tasso a fine Ottocento).
Useful reference tools could be:
a) for metre and poetic forms:
- P. Beltrami, Gli strumenti della poesia, Bologna, il Mulino;
- G. Lavezzi, I numeri della poesia, Roma, Carocci;
- G. Sangirardi-F. De Rosa, Breve guida alla metrica italiana, Milano, Sansoni.
b) for rethoric:
- B. Mortara Garavelli, Prima lezione di retorica, Roma-Bari, Laterza.
*Attending Students*
The students will be asked to prepare the whole Antologia della letteratura italiana. Dalla Scuola poetica siciliana a Alessandro Manzoni, in addition to the materials uploaded on Ariel site
*Not Attending Students*
The students will be asked to prepare the whole Antologia della letteratura italiana. Dalla Scuola poetica siciliana a Alessandro Manzoni, in addition to the materials uploaded on Ariel site
Teaching unit C
*Attending Students*
Edition Suggested
Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali, a cura di Laura Melosi, Milano, Rizzoli, 2008 e successive
The Operette to be studied will be defined at the end of the class through a file uploaded on myAriel.
Bibliography:
Students are required to study:
- paratexts to the Operette to be prepared for the exam;
- Francesco Paolo Botti, Le Operette morali e il tragico moderno, in Scritti su Leopardi, Roma, Salerno ed., 2021, pp. 30-63;
- Giuseppe Sangirardi, La preistoria delle "Operette" tra Luciano e Monti in Il libro dell'esperienza e il libro della sventura. Forme della mitografia filosofica nelle "Operette morali", Roma, Bulzoni, 2000, pp. 25-51.
*Not Attending Students*
Not attending students, in addition to the program above for attending students, will have to study:
Edition Suggested
Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali, a cura di Laura Melosi, Milano, Rizzoli, 2008 e successive
Bibliography:
Not attending students, in addition to the programm above for attending students, will have to study:
- the chapter on the Operette moraly of a good high school handbook;
- Laura Melosi, La dolcezza ed eccellenza degli stili. Sulle Operette morali di Leopardi, Macerata, Eum, 2020, p. 33-45
Antologia della letteratura italiana. Dalla Scuola poetica siciliana a Alessandro Manzoni, a cura di Gabriele Baldassari e Guglielmo Barucci, Milano, Cortina, 2021. The volume consists of a part of history of Italian literature and of a section of texts; both of them are to be prepared for the exam, along with notes of the lessons and further material uploaded on Ariel.
Students interested in a deeper knowledge of Italian literature should look at Letteratura italiana. Manuale per studi universitari, 2 volumi, Milano, Mondadori Università, 2018 (I: Dalle origini a metà Cinquecento e II: Da Tasso a fine Ottocento).
Useful reference tools could be:
a) for metre and poetic forms:
- P. Beltrami, Gli strumenti della poesia, Bologna, il Mulino;
- G. Lavezzi, I numeri della poesia, Roma, Carocci;
- G. Sangirardi-F. De Rosa, Breve guida alla metrica italiana, Milano, Sansoni.
b) for rethoric:
- B. Mortara Garavelli, Prima lezione di retorica, Roma-Bari, Laterza.
*Attending Students*
The students will be asked to prepare the whole Antologia della letteratura italiana. Dalla Scuola poetica siciliana a Alessandro Manzoni, in addition to the materials uploaded on Ariel site
*Not Attending Students*
The students will be asked to prepare the whole Antologia della letteratura italiana. Dalla Scuola poetica siciliana a Alessandro Manzoni, in addition to the materials uploaded on Ariel site
Teaching unit C
*Attending Students*
Edition Suggested
Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali, a cura di Laura Melosi, Milano, Rizzoli, 2008 e successive
The Operette to be studied will be defined at the end of the class through a file uploaded on myAriel.
Bibliography:
Students are required to study:
- paratexts to the Operette to be prepared for the exam;
- Francesco Paolo Botti, Le Operette morali e il tragico moderno, in Scritti su Leopardi, Roma, Salerno ed., 2021, pp. 30-63;
- Giuseppe Sangirardi, La preistoria delle "Operette" tra Luciano e Monti in Il libro dell'esperienza e il libro della sventura. Forme della mitografia filosofica nelle "Operette morali", Roma, Bulzoni, 2000, pp. 25-51.
*Not Attending Students*
Not attending students, in addition to the program above for attending students, will have to study:
Edition Suggested
Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali, a cura di Laura Melosi, Milano, Rizzoli, 2008 e successive
Bibliography:
Not attending students, in addition to the programm above for attending students, will have to study:
- the chapter on the Operette moraly of a good high school handbook;
- Laura Melosi, La dolcezza ed eccellenza degli stili. Sulle Operette morali di Leopardi, Macerata, Eum, 2020, p. 33-45
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of a preliminary written test on the teaching units A and B and an oral test on the teaching unit C; both are aimed at ascertaining students' knowledge of the bibliography.
The written test will be held three times a year (on May 2027, September 2027, on November/December 2027); passing the written test is prerequisite for the oral examination. Written tests will be graded sufficient, discreet, good, excellent and will be considered in the final overall grade. Grades of the written test will be published in Ariel in the dedicated section.
The written test (90 minutes) counts of two sections: 6 closed-ended questions on technical aspects (chronology, works, metre, rhetoric) and 4 short open questions (max 10 lines) on authors, themes, and works. A fifth question is the analysis of a text: the student will be required to define author, work, genre, metrics, rhyme scheme, and to provide a paraphrasis and a short cultural and stylistical framework.
The analysis will concerne one of the following texts (or part of texts), provided in the Anthology:
- Jacopo da Lentini, Amor è uno desio che ven da core
- Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore (stanze I e IV)
- Guido Cavalcanti, Chi è questa che vèn, ch'ogn'om la mira
- Cino da Pistoia, Poscia che saziar non posso li occhi miei
- Dante, Guido, i' vorrei che tu e Lapo ed io
- Dante, Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro (stanze I e V)
- Dante, Vita nova: XIX Donne ch'avete intelletto d'amore (stanze I e II)
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 1, Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 90, Erano i capei d'oro a l'aura sparsi
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 272, La vita fugge e non s'arresta una hora
- Luigi Pulci, Morgante, XVIII 115-120
- Pietro Bembo, Crin d'oro crespo
- Giovanni della Casa, Questa vita mortal
- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso, XXIV 1-3
- Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, I 1-5
- Giambattista Marino, Adone, III 156-158
- U. Foscolo, Né più mai toccherò le sacre sponde
- U. Foscolo, Dei sepolcri, vv. 137-150
- Giacomo Leopardi, A se stesso
- Giacomo Leopardi, Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell'Asia, vv. 133-143
Passing the written test on teaching units A and B is a necessary condition for completing the examination.
The oral test consists of a critical discussion on the main issues of the work studied in teaching unit C. The student will have, at request, to prove his ability to paraphrase the text. The student will be required to prove his ability to develop a critical and organized exposition of the informations and compétences acquired through the classes and the bibliography, with a proper terminology.
The final grade will be expressed in the 30 grade point system, and it will take into consideration the grade of the written test.
Erasmus students are invited to contact the professor via email in office hours for further information on the exam.
Examination methods for students with disabilities or SLD must be defined with the teacher in agreement with the University Disability and SLD Services. It is recommended to respect the indications of the "Documento personalizzato".
The written test will be held three times a year (on May 2027, September 2027, on November/December 2027); passing the written test is prerequisite for the oral examination. Written tests will be graded sufficient, discreet, good, excellent and will be considered in the final overall grade. Grades of the written test will be published in Ariel in the dedicated section.
The written test (90 minutes) counts of two sections: 6 closed-ended questions on technical aspects (chronology, works, metre, rhetoric) and 4 short open questions (max 10 lines) on authors, themes, and works. A fifth question is the analysis of a text: the student will be required to define author, work, genre, metrics, rhyme scheme, and to provide a paraphrasis and a short cultural and stylistical framework.
The analysis will concerne one of the following texts (or part of texts), provided in the Anthology:
- Jacopo da Lentini, Amor è uno desio che ven da core
- Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore (stanze I e IV)
- Guido Cavalcanti, Chi è questa che vèn, ch'ogn'om la mira
- Cino da Pistoia, Poscia che saziar non posso li occhi miei
- Dante, Guido, i' vorrei che tu e Lapo ed io
- Dante, Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro (stanze I e V)
- Dante, Vita nova: XIX Donne ch'avete intelletto d'amore (stanze I e II)
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 1, Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 90, Erano i capei d'oro a l'aura sparsi
- Francesco Petrarca, Rvf 272, La vita fugge e non s'arresta una hora
- Luigi Pulci, Morgante, XVIII 115-120
- Pietro Bembo, Crin d'oro crespo
- Giovanni della Casa, Questa vita mortal
- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso, XXIV 1-3
- Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, I 1-5
- Giambattista Marino, Adone, III 156-158
- U. Foscolo, Né più mai toccherò le sacre sponde
- U. Foscolo, Dei sepolcri, vv. 137-150
- Giacomo Leopardi, A se stesso
- Giacomo Leopardi, Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell'Asia, vv. 133-143
Passing the written test on teaching units A and B is a necessary condition for completing the examination.
The oral test consists of a critical discussion on the main issues of the work studied in teaching unit C. The student will have, at request, to prove his ability to paraphrase the text. The student will be required to prove his ability to develop a critical and organized exposition of the informations and compétences acquired through the classes and the bibliography, with a proper terminology.
The final grade will be expressed in the 30 grade point system, and it will take into consideration the grade of the written test.
Erasmus students are invited to contact the professor via email in office hours for further information on the exam.
Examination methods for students with disabilities or SLD must be defined with the teacher in agreement with the University Disability and SLD Services. It is recommended to respect the indications of the "Documento personalizzato".
Modules or teaching units
Part A and B
ITAL-01/A - Italian Literature - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Part C
ITAL-01/A - Italian Literature - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)
Reception:
Office hours: wednesday 15.00-18.00, by appointment only. Nevertheless, due to multiple administrative tasks, appointments could be given in other days.
Department of Literary Studies, Philology and Linguistics; sector Modern Philology (section B), 1st floor, via Francesco Sforza
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)