Teaching code

4S000890

Teacher

Simone Rebora

Coordinator

Simone Rebora

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/14 - CRITICAL COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Period

CuCi 1 A, CuCi 1 B

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

Teaching comparative literature aims at transmitting to the students crucial conceptual intruments and modes of thoughts concerning some important literary themes current in the Western World. By the end of the course the student will master notions and critical methodologies used by the professor in class.

Prerequisites and basic notions

None

Program

Interdisciplinary perspectives in comparative literature
The course will focus on one of the defining aspects of comparative literature, which compares not only different literary and cultural traditions, but also different disciplines and different approaches to knowledge. After a brief survey of the main critical-theoretical movements in the history of literary studies, six recent areas of interdisciplinary research will be presented:
- literature and computer science in the Digital Humanities and computational literary studies;
- literature and psychology in empirical studies of reader response;
- literature and medicine in the Medical Humanities and the practice of narrative medicine;
- literature and biology in the application of Cultural Evolution models to literary works;
- literature and ecology in the Environmental Humanties and ecocriticism;
- literature and media studies in the analysis of phenomena such as transmediality.
All investigations will be developed by highlighting the main opportunities and limitations for each interdisciplinary perspective. In fact, while opening up new possibilities for comparative literary studies, they also impose as many constraints and compromises.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The teaching methods involve face-to-face lectures, to be held on two days per week for a total load of 36 hours (6 CFUs). All materials will be shared on the Moodle platform (and will be part of the exam syllabus). During lectures, students will be encouraged to participate actively through in-class discussions and group work. Non-attending students will have to compensate for not participating in these activities through study of the critical bibliography. Attending students who find themselves in the position of having to make up for missed lessons must contact the teacher.

Learning assessment procedures

For attending students, the exam will be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of an assessment of in-class interaction. The second part will consist of an interview on the course topics. For non-attending students, the exam will consist entirely of an interview on the course topics.

Evaluation criteria

During the in-class activities and at the final oral exam, students will have to show that they have gained critical skills during the course, by means of analytical and argumentative ability to link the various theoretical and methodological frameworks in the study of literary texts. Students must also speak with appropriate language.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Attending students: in-class activity evaluation (15 points) + final interview evaluation (15 points + laude)
Non-attending students: final interview evaluation (30 points + laude)

Exam language

Italiano