Teaching code

4S002898

Teacher

Anna Maria Salvade'

Coordinator

Anna Maria Salvade'

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

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

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

Knowledge of the Italian language

Program

The course is aimed at investigating the contaminations between journalism and literature through the reconstruction of the history of journalism in Italy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with particular regard to European models, social, political and cultural aspects, as well as communicative, formal and stylistic ones that characterize it. After taking into consideration the evolution of periodical sheets from the "gazzetta" form to the "newspaper" form, at the origin of modern journalism, significant articles of the main Italian mastheads will be analyzed starting from the 1760s up to the second half of the 19th century (among the others, "The Literary Whip"; "The Coffee"; the "Italian Library"; "The Conciliator"; the "Anthology"). The slides projected in class, the handouts and useful critical readings will be made available to students on the e-learning platform. In addition to the texts mentioned in the bibliography, other indications will be provided during the lessons. Erasmus students are required to contact the teacher to agree on any personalized programme.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Lectures (36 hours)
Reading and interpretation exercises of literary texts
Teaching materials and support resources (such as the slides projected during the course) will be uploaded to the teaching Moodle platform, with the indication of the date of the lesson to which they refer reference.

Learning assessment procedures

Attending students will have an ongoing test on the main lines of journalistic communication and Italian literary journalism in the 18th-19th centuries. For non-attending students and for those attending students who have not taken the exam in itinere, an oral exam with the complete program is scheduled. The oral test consists of an interview aimed at ascertaining the knowledge acquired, the argumentative and expressive skills, the ability to grasp the links between the history of journalism and that of the context in which it unfolds, in addition to the communicative, formal and stylistic aspects that characterize this type of writing. Lecture notes and slides (the latter available from time to time on the e-learning platform) are an integral part of the exam material; the detailed exam program will be published on the platform at the end of the course. Those who intend to take the exam as non-attending students are invited to contact the teacher to arrange an interview, online or in person (annamaria.salvade@univr.it), and will comply with the PROGRAM for NON-ATTENDANTS uploaded on the platform Moodle of teaching Erasmus students are kindly requested to contact the teacher about the program and assessment methods.

Evaluation criteria

The proof will check the possess of knowledges and competences acquired during the course (contents: texts read and analyzed during the course; cultural and biographical contexts involved in texts' genesis; theme aspects concerning the development of the autobiography and the travel literature)

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The mark will be expressed out of 30 (thirties)

Exam language

Italiano