Teaching code

4S02172

Teacher

Corrado Viola

Coordinator

Corrado Viola

Credits

12

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE

Period

Sem 2A, Sem 2B

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The course aims to give students a full knowledge of the diachronic dimension of Italian literature, from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, to enable them to master the essential tools (linguistic, syntactic, stylistic, rhetorical, metrical ...) for reading and for the interpretation of texts, structures and forms.

Program

Prerequisites: Notions of philology, stylistic, metric, rhetoric, history of criticism; Knowledge of manuals (level 'high school') of the texts and the fundamental lines of development of the Italian literary tradition from the Origins to the whole 16th Century. These prerequisites will be recalled during the lessons and will be the subject of a dedicated teaching support seminar.

Course Content:

Introductory part: Presentation of the main moments and authors of the Italian literary tradition from the Origins to the 16th Century, with analysis of exemplary texts.

Advanced part: Culture, Literature, Reality and Narrative in Boccaccio's Decameron.

• Introductory part:
1. G. Tellini, Letteratura italiana. Un metodo di studio, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2011, pp. 3-162 (the first section: Dalle Origini al Rinascimento)
2. Anthology of texts of the major authors of our literary tradition from the Origins to the Renaissance. The anthology will be entered into the e-learning platform.The texts to be analyzed will be indicated by the teacher during the course. The students who are not attending will have to present the written and detailed list of the selected songs, in pain of exclusion from the exam. These pieces will be chosen by each of the following works according to the deliveries shown below:
-DANTE ALIGHIERI, Divina Commedia: Five Cantos among those in anthology
-FRANCESCO PETRARCA, chansonnier: Five pieces, of which at least one song
-GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, Decameron: five novels
-NICOLÒ MACHIAVELLI: Two chapters of the Principe and a scene of the Mandragola
-LUDOVICO ARIOSTO, Orlando Furioso: One of the songs in the anthology
-TORQUATO TASSO, Gerusalemme liberata: one of the Cantos in anthology


Advanced Part:
Culture, Literature, Reality and Narrative in Boccaccio's Decameron.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reference Book
- F. BAUSI, Leggere il Decameron, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017

Anthology
- Giovanni Boccaccio, a cura di Sebastiana Nobili, intr. di G.M. Anselmi, Milano, Unicopli, 2014

Texts
- G. BOCCACCIO, Decameron (exspecially the ed. BUR edited by A. Quondam, M. Fiorilla and G. Alfano, Milano 2013; otherwise: ed. V. Branca, Torino, Einaudi, 1980, and Torino, Tascabili Einaudi, 19934, 2 voll.; ed. C. Segre, Milano, Mursia, 1973; ed. M. Marti, notes by E. Ceva Valla, Milano, Rizzoli BUR, 1974)

The student is required to study both the following Boccaccio's works:
- G. BOCCACCIO, Corbaccio
ed. by P.G. Ricci, intr. di N. Sapegno, Torino, Einaudi, 1977; ed. M. Marti, Galatina, Congedo, 1982; ed. G. Binni, Milano, Motta, 1989; ed. G. Natali, Milano, Mursia, 1992; ed. G. Padoan (in G. Boccaccio, Tutte le opere, ed. V. Branca, Milano, Mondadori, 1994, vol. V, t. 1)

- G. BOCCACCIO, Trattatello in laude di Dante
= Vita di Dante, ed. by P. Baldan, Bergamo, Moretti e Vitali, 1991


The student is also required to study one of the following critical monographies:
- G. BÀRBERI SQUAROTTI, Il potere della parola. Studi sul «Decameron», Napoli, Federico & Ardia, 1983
- V. BRANCA, Boccaccio medievale e nuovi studi sul «Decameron», Firenze, Sansoni, 19866
- F. BRUNI, Boccaccio. L’invenzione della letteratura mezzana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1990
- R. BRUNO PAGNAMENTA, Il ‘Decameron’. L’ambiguità come strategia narrativa, Ravenna, Longo, 1999
- G. CHIECCHI, Giovanni Boccaccio e il romanzo familiare, Venezia, Marsilio, 1994
- G. CHIECCHI, Nell’arte narrativa di Giovanni Boccaccio, Firenze, Olschki, 2017
- F. FIDO, Il regime delle simmetrie imperfette. Studi sul ‘Decameron’, Milano, Angeli, 1988
- A. GAGLIARDI, Giovanni Boccaccio. Poeta. Filosofo. Averroista, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 1999
- E.L. GIUSTI, Dall’amore cortese alla comprensione. Il viaggio ideologico di Giovanni Boccaccio dalla «Caccia di Diana» al «Decameron», Milano, LED, 1999
- G. GÜNTERT, Tre premesse e una dichiarazione d’amore. Vademecum per il lettore del ‘Decameron’, Modena, Mucchi, 1997
- V. RUSSO, «Con le Muse in Parnaso». Tre studi sul Boccaccio, Napoli, Bibliopolis, 1983
- V. RUSSO, Preliminari allo studio di G. Boccaccio, Napoli, Liguori, 1993
- A. SIMON, Le novelle e la storia. Toscana e Oriente fra Tre e Quattrocento, Roma, Salerno editrice, 1999
- L. SURDICH, La cornice di amore. Studi sul Boccaccio, Pisa, ETS, 1987
- F. TATEO, Boccaccio, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1998

Examination Methods

The oral examination evaluates a student’s overall preparation and the direct knowledge and analysis of texts.