Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

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If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea in Lettere - 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:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules to be chosen among the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Further activities
3
F
-

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Teaching code

4S01400

Coordinator

Donatella Boni

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/14 - CRITICAL COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Period

2 B dal Apr 4, 2022 al Jun 4, 2022.

Learning outcomes

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.

Program

Chance, luck, destiny - concepts with blurred boundaries, anthropological constants and literary themes in every age and place - in the twentieth century have taken on new and particular meanings. After an historical and theoretical premise, the course examines prose works in which these themes are central, starting from Luigi Pirandello, passing through Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, Dino Buzzati, to the cinema of Woody Allen, TV fiction and the latest forms of storytelling. The path winds on recurring images (the roll of the dice, the doors, the amulet, the survivor, the crystal ball...) and typical situations such as the meeting, the game, the waiting, the divination, the retrospective look at the events

Bibliography

Visualizza la bibliografia con Leganto, strumento che il Sistema Bibliotecario mette a disposizione per recuperare i testi in programma d'esame in modo semplice e innovativo.

Examination Methods

Assessment method and criteria: oral exam with open questions about reference texts and materials in e-learning platform, better if integrated by ideas born from classroom discussions or culture, personal reflections:

Non-attending students must contact Prof. Boni (e-mail address: donatella.boni@univr.it)

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