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.

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

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Teaching code

4S002898

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 25, 2023 al Dec 22, 2023.

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

To acquire knowledge about: - authors, works, texts and cultural or literary contexts; some texts among the most important for the national literary identity; - resources needed to comprehend and interpretate texts; - the theme of the relationship between writing and landscape. To acquire competences in: - reading poetry, also in an intertextual view. At the end of the course students will be able to put the texts known in the adequate cultural context, and to analyze them focusing on the main formal aspects, main themes and the dynamic relationship that connects these two levels.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Students are required to have a good knowledge of the Italian language

Program

Early twentieth-century poetry: from Pascoli to Montale
This course aims to explore the developments in Italian twentieth-century poetry from Pascoli to Montale. The main literary exponents and poetic currents of the first half of the century (Crepuscolarism, Futurism, Hermeticism) will be presented, as well as the activity of the most important journals active in the same historical period. Lectures will include the reading and commentary of poetic texts and critical essays chosen as particularly representative of the topics covered. The course will focus on:
- Pascoli and D'Annunzio: from tradition to European models.
- The reaction to D'Annunzio: the crepuscolari
- From the Symbolists to Marinetti: birth and representatives of Futurism
- Before and after the World War: Sbarbaro, Saba, Campana
- Ungaretti and the Hermeticists
- Montale's poetry: Ossi di seppia

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Teaching will be delivered through face-to-face lectures; students are also invited to participate through short presentations of texts agreed upon with the lecturer, and/or optional group activities to be conducted in the classroom.

Methods of teaching support:
Supplementary and supporting teaching materials will be uploaded to the teaching Moodle platform. However, students are invited to contact the lecturer by e-mail or during office hours.
Students who find themselves in the position of having to make up missed lectures should contact the lecturer.

Learning assessment procedures

The examination involves the performance of a written test related to the topics covered in the lectures.
Objectives: the student is required to have knowledge of the topics covered in lectures and the bibliography of reference. The objective of the test will be to demonstrate the ability to analyze the texts commented on during the course and to discuss with the appropriate tools their historical and literary context of belonging, as well as the relevant critical bibliography.
Test content: The exam covers the entire course syllabus.
Non-attending students are required to refer to the guidance provided and the additional bibliography for exam preparation on the course's Moodle page.
Method of assessment: the student will be asked to comment on a text from among those examined in class and/or to expound on a topic related to the literary history of the twentieth century. Assessment of the study of the critical bibliography indicated for the preparation of the exam will take place during the test.
Method of evaluation: the result is expressed in thirtieths.
Duration of examination: 2 hours 30 minutes

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

Evaluation criteria

The ability to expound on topics covered in lectures, comment on twentieth-century poetic texts and discuss the relevant critical bibliography is assessed in the exam.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The result of the test, expressed in thirtieths, determines the final grade.

Exam language

Italiano