Learning outcomes

The learning outcomes of the class “Letterature Comparate” L11 LLS lead students to acquire a knowledge of both the comparative methodologies and an overview of the topics related to both theory of literature and comparative literature. Through the application of the comparative tools, the subject of the course is analyzed in relation to the relative conceptual junctions. At the core of the analysis there is the comparison of texts belonging to different literary traditions, both diachronically and synchronously. At the end of the course, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired adequate knowledge and skills in the fields of comparative literature and literary theoy (knowledge and understanding); of having acquired the ability to learn and understand, and being able to argue and defend a position (learning skills); to be able to convey information, ideas, problems related to the subject imparted (making judgements)

Program

Title: "Questi fantasmi!"

The literary image of the "ghost", the theme of the "haunted house" and the tradition of the "ghost story" in Western culture

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A) Essays

1) Massimo Scotti, "Storia degli spettri", Milano, Feltrinelli, 2013
[ISBN] 978-88-07-88199-2

2) Simona Cigliana, "Due secoli di fantasmi", Roma, Mediterranee, 2018
[ISBN] 978-88-272-2880-7

3) Andrea De Luca, "La scienza, la morte, gli spiriti", Venezia, Marsilio, 2019
[ISBN] 978-88-317-4288-7

4) Jean-Claude Schmitt, "Les Revenants", Paris, Gallimard, 1994
[ISBN] 88-420-4719-8

5) Julia Briggs, "Night Visitors", London, Faber, 1977
[ISBN] 0571111130


B) Tales and Novels

6) Daniel Defoe, "Mrs Veal" (1706)

7) Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol" (1843)

8) Théophile Gautier, "Spirite" (1866).
Th. Gautier, "Spirite", Wimereux, Éditions du Sagittaire, 2010
[ISBN] 9782917202166

9) Henry James, "The Ghostly Rental" (1876)

10) Oscar Wilde, "The Canterville Ghost" (1887)

11) Émile Zola, "Angéline ou La Maison hantée" (1898).
É. Zola, "Angéline o La casa degli spettri", a cura di Riccardo Reim, Milano, La vita felice, 2014
[ISBN] 978-88-7799-606-0

12) Francesco Zingaropoli e Cesare Lombroso, "Spiriti inquilini: le case 'infestate' fra palcoscenici e tribunali", a cura di Gabriele Mina, Nardò, Besa, 2008
[ISBN] 978-88-497-0529-4

13) Rudyard Kipling, "They" (1904), "Mary Postgate" (1917), "The Gardener" (1926)

14) Virginia Woolf, "A Haunted House" (1921)

15) Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Coming of the Fairies" (1922)

16) Alfred Dõblin, "Reiseverkehr mit dem Jenseits", in "Erzãhlungen aus fūnf Jahrzehnten" (1948)

17) Antonia S. Byatt, "The Conjugal Angel", in "Angels and Insects" (1993).
A.S. Byatt, "Angels and Insects", London, Vintage, 1993
[ISBN] 0099224313

18) Sarah Waters, "The Little Stranger" (2009).
S. Waters, The Little Stranger, London, Virago, 2009
[ISBN] 9781844086016
e [ISBN] 9781844086023


C) Movies

19) Eduardo De Filippo, "Questi fantasmi!".

20) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, "The Ghost and Mrs Muir", USA, Twentieth Century Fox, 1947.

21) Olivier Assayas, "Personal Shopper", 2016, Academy Two.

Examination Methods

See "Modalità esame (in lingua italiana)"