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Laurea magistrale in Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Certificate of CLA B2 Level in Italian for students of the University of Augsburg and in German for students of the University of Verona
6
F
-
Other activities
3
F
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ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Certificate of CLA B2 Level in Italian for students of the University of Augsburg and in German for students of the University of Verona
6
F
-
Other activities
3
F
-

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Teaching code

4S007522

Coordinator

Flavia Palma

Credits

3

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

NN - -

Period

Second half of Semester 2  dal Apr 23, 2018 al Jun 9, 2018.

Learning outcomes

Reading and analysing attentively meaningful literary texts of the Italian tradition, students will learn how to examine the main characteristics of different literary genres.

Program

1. Poetry: sonnet (Dante; Foscolo); 'canzone' (Petrarca; Leopardi); ballad (Cavalcanti; Lorenzo il Magnifico).
2. Chivalric Poem: Ariosto; Tasso.
3. Theatre: comedy (Machiavelli; Goldoni); tragedy (Alfieri; Manzoni).
4. Novella: Boccaccio; Giraldi Cinthio; Verga; Pirandello.
5. Fairy Tale: Straparola; Basile.
6. Essay: Machiavelli; Beccaria.
7. Novel: the historical novel (Manzoni) and its evolution (Nievo); the ‘verista’ novel (Verga) and the naturalistic novel (Deledda); the epistolary novel (Foscolo); Svevo and Pirandello.

Examination Methods

Oral exam only for attending students, who have to attend at least six lectures. Signatures will be collected.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE