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.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
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
Academic year:
CuCi IA From 9/21/20 To 10/31/20
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Dialogoi. Interdepartmental seminar on the texts of philosophy and ancient literature F Gherardo Ugolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Fondamenti per introduzione allo studio del linguaggio F Federico Righi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Giornata mondiale della poesia F Arnaldo Soldani (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° The Unesco World Heritage Sites F Silvana Bianchi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Il testo en abyme: rappresentazioni della scrittura nell’Europa romantica - Convegno internazionale del CRIER - 5-6 novembre 2020 F Corrado Viola (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek F Dino Piovan (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Books and writings of the Greek world F Paolo Scattolin (Coordinator)
Prima parte del primo semestre From 9/21/20 To 10/31/20
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° The origins of Christianity F Giannattilio Bonifacio (Coordinator)
CuCi IB From 11/9/20 To 1/9/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Convegno su carlo gozzi nel terzo centenario della nascita F Nicola Pasqualicchio (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Dialogoi. Interdepartmental seminar on the texts of philosophy and ancient literature F Gherardo Ugolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Fondamenti per introduzione allo studio del linguaggio F Federico Righi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek F Dino Piovan (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratorio di metrica italiana F Giovanna Zoccarato (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Books and writings of the Greek world F Paolo Scattolin (Coordinator)
Seconda parte del primo semestre From 11/9/20 To 1/9/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° The origins of Christianity F Giannattilio Bonifacio (Coordinator)
CuCi IIA From 2/15/21 To 4/1/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Antifascismo/i, un percorso in quattro profili F Renato Camurri (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Lectures "Musiche/Culture/Civiltà" F Vincenzo Borghetti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Dialogoi. Interdepartmental seminar on the texts of philosophy and ancient literature F Gherardo Ugolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Educational workshop on bibliotherapy F Marco Dalla Valle (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory of photo F Carlo Vannini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek F Dino Piovan (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on akkadian language F Simonetta Ponchia (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Opera Workshop F Nicola Pasqualicchio (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Language and culture of Ancient Anatolia and the Hittites F Federico Giusfredi (Coordinator)
CuCi IIB From 4/14/21 To 5/29/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Antifascismo/i, un percorso in quattro profili F Renato Camurri (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Cycle of CRIER Conferences for the Napoleon’s Death Bicentenary F Corrado Viola (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Lectures "Musiche/Culture/Civiltà" F Vincenzo Borghetti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° PhD Conference 2021: Margins and Forgotten places F Simona Brunetti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° International Study Conference “Scrivere agli altri, scrivere di sé, scrivere per sé” F Fabio Danelon (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Dialogoi. Interdepartmental seminar on the texts of philosophy and ancient literature F Gherardo Ugolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Educational workshop on bibliotherapy F Marco Dalla Valle (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory of photo F Carlo Vannini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek F Dino Piovan (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on akkadian language F Simonetta Ponchia (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Opera Workshop F Nicola Pasqualicchio (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Language and culture of Ancient Anatolia and the Hittites F Federico Giusfredi (Coordinator)
List of courses with unassigned period
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Attivita' FAI F Monica Molteni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on Latin texts translation - Renata Raccanelli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on Latin texts translation - Renata Raccanelli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Latin Prosody exercises - Paolo De Paolis (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Organizzazione e stesura della tesi triennale su temi letterari - Giuseppe Sandrini (Coordinator)

Teaching code

4S02172

Coordinator

Corrado Viola

Credits

12

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE

Period

CuCi IIA, CuCi IIB

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: Literature, Politics and History: Niccolò Machiavelli


• 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
-LUDOVICO ARIOSTO, Orlando Furioso: One of the songs in the anthology
-TORQUATO TASSO, Gerusalemme liberata: one of the Cantos in anthology

• ADVANCED PART: Literature, Politics and History: Niccolò Machiavelli

A) TEXTS
- NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI, Il principe (any edition, provided original complete and with a comment; e.g.: ed. by Ugo Dotti, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2013; prefaced by Vittore Branca e commented by Tommaso Albarani, Milano, Oscar Mondadori, 2014; with an essay by Federico Chabod, Torino, Einaudi, 2014; ed. by Rinaldo Rinaldi, prefaced by Tim Parks, Torino-Novara, Utet-De Agostini, 2014; prefaced by Delio Cantimori e annotated by Stefano Andretta, Milano, Garzanti, 2014; ed. by Raffaele Ruggiero, Milano, Bur Rizzoli, 2012; etc.)
- NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI, Teatro. Andria Mandragola Clizia, a cura di Guido Davico Bonino, Torino, Einaudi Tascabili, 2001
- other Machiavelli's writings (from Discorsi sopra la prima Deca di Tito Livio, Belfagor arcidiavolo, Decennali, Capitoli, from Lettere, from Istorie fiorentine, from Arte della guerra, ecc.) will be collected by the teacher in a DISPENSA, that will be entered into the University platform e-learning but also available in a copy shop
- Testi cinquecenteschi sulla ribellione politica, a cura di Gian Paolo Marchi, con un saggio di Emanuela Scarpa sui sonetti dal carcere di Niccolò Machiavelli, Verona, Fiorini, 2005

B) REFERENCE BOOK:
- Machiavelli, a cura di Emanuele Cutinelli-Rendina e Raffaele Ruggiero, Roma, Carocci, 2018

C) The student is also required to study one of the following CRITICAL MONOGRAPHIES:
- CARLO DIONISOTTI, Machiavellerie. Storia e fortuna di Machiavelli, Torino, Einaudi Paperbacks, 1980
- LUIGI RUSSO, Machiavelli, Roma-Bari, Biblioteca Universale Laterza, 1994

Lesson schemes, notes and additional teaching materials will be placed on the digital "e-learning" platform, which all students are required to consult regularly for notices regarding the organization of the course during its unfolding. Additional materials and bibliography indications will be provided during the lessons. Since the introductions and possible appendixes of the listed volumes are an integral part of the program, it is strongly recommended that you use the editions listed here.

Teaching methods: Frontal lessons. Exercises in reading and interpreting literary texts. Eventually, seminars and written exercises

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò Il principe  
DIONISOTTI, Carlo Machiavellerie. Storia e fortuna di Machiavelli Einaudi 1980
CUTINELLI-RENDINA, Emanuele - RUGGIERO, Raffaele Machiavelli Carocci 2018
RUSSO, Luigi Machiavelli Laterza 1994
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò Teatro. Andria Mandragola Clizia Einaudi 2001
MARCHI, Gian Paolo Testi cinquecenteschi sulla ribellione politica, con un saggio di Emanuela Scarpa sui sonetti dal carcere di Niccolò Machiavelli Fiorini 2005

Examination Methods

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

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