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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - 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:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1 module to be chosen among the following
3rd foreign language
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen among the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1 module to be chosen among the following
3rd foreign language
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S00741

Coordinator

Corrado Viola

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE

Period

I semestre dal Oct 1, 2018 al Jan 12, 2019.

Learning outcomes

The course aims to introduce to the study of Italian literature through the analysis of significant works especially considering their relationships with foreign literary tra-ditions. At the end of the course the stu-dent will be able to - contextualize, under-stand and comment on a literary text; - move with competence in the framework of the Italian literary tradition and its main thematic and formal characteristics, with attention to the intersections with the Eu-ropean literature.

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: Culture, literature and poetry in Dante's Commedia

• 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
-NICOLÒ MACHIAVELLI: Two chapters of the Principe and a scene of the Mandragola
-LUDOVICO ARIOSTO, Orlando Furioso: One of the songs in the anthology
-TORQUATO TASSO, Gerusalemme liberata: one of the Cantos in anthology


Advanced Part:
Culture, Literature, Reality and Narrative in Boccaccio's Decameron.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reference Book
- F. BAUSI, Leggere il Decameron, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017

Anthology
- Giovanni Boccaccio, a cura di Sebastiana Nobili, intr. di G.M. Anselmi, Milano, Unicopli, 2014

Texts
- G. BOCCACCIO, Decameron (exspecially the ed. BUR edited by A. Quondam, M. Fiorilla and G. Alfano, Milano 2013; otherwise: ed. V. Branca, Torino, Einaudi, 1980, and Torino, Tascabili Einaudi, 19934, 2 voll.; ed. C. Segre, Milano, Mursia, 1973; ed. M. Marti, notes by E. Ceva Valla, Milano, Rizzoli BUR, 1974)

The student is required to study both the following Boccaccio's works:
- G. BOCCACCIO, Corbaccio
ed. by P.G. Ricci, intr. di N. Sapegno, Torino, Einaudi, 1977; ed. M. Marti, Galatina, Congedo, 1982; ed. G. Binni, Milano, Motta, 1989; ed. G. Natali, Milano, Mursia, 1992; ed. G. Padoan (in G. Boccaccio, Tutte le opere, ed. V. Branca, Milano, Mondadori, 1994, vol. V, t. 1)

- G. BOCCACCIO, Trattatello in laude di Dante
= Vita di Dante, ed. by P. Baldan, Bergamo, Moretti e Vitali, 1991


The student is also required to study one of the following critical monographies:
- G. BÀRBERI SQUAROTTI, Il potere della parola. Studi sul «Decameron», Napoli, Federico & Ardia, 1983
- V. BRANCA, Boccaccio medievale e nuovi studi sul «Decameron», Firenze, Sansoni, 19866
- F. BRUNI, Boccaccio. L’invenzione della letteratura mezzana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1990
- R. BRUNO PAGNAMENTA, Il ‘Decameron’. L’ambiguità come strategia narrativa, Ravenna, Longo, 1999
- G. CHIECCHI, Giovanni Boccaccio e il romanzo familiare, Venezia, Marsilio, 1994
- G. CHIECCHI, Nell’arte narrativa di Giovanni Boccaccio, Firenze, Olschki, 2017
- F. FIDO, Il regime delle simmetrie imperfette. Studi sul ‘Decameron’, Milano, Angeli, 1988
- A. GAGLIARDI, Giovanni Boccaccio. Poeta. Filosofo. Averroista, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 1999
- E.L. GIUSTI, Dall’amore cortese alla comprensione. Il viaggio ideologico di Giovanni Boccaccio dalla «Caccia di Diana» al «Decameron», Milano, LED, 1999
- G. GÜNTERT, Tre premesse e una dichiarazione d’amore. Vademecum per il lettore del ‘Decameron’, Modena, Mucchi, 1997
- V. RUSSO, «Con le Muse in Parnaso». Tre studi sul Boccaccio, Napoli, Bibliopolis, 1983
- V. RUSSO, Preliminari allo studio di G. Boccaccio, Napoli, Liguori, 1993
- A. SIMON, Le novelle e la storia. Toscana e Oriente fra Tre e Quattrocento, Roma, Salerno editrice, 1999
- L. SURDICH, La cornice di amore. Studi sul Boccaccio, Pisa, ETS, 1987
- F. TATEO, Boccaccio, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1998

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
TATEO, F. Boccaccio Laterza 1998
BRUNI, Francesco Boccaccio. L'invenzione della letteratura mezzana il Mulino 1990
BRANCA, Vittore Boccacio medievale e nuovi studi sul Decameron Sansoni 1986
RUSSO, V. Con le Muse in Parnaso. Tre studi sul Boccaccio Bibliopolis 1983
DE MICHELIS, Cesare Contraddizioni nel Decameron Guanda 1983
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni Corbaccio Einaudi 1977
GIUSTI, E.L. Dall'amore cortese alla comprensione. Il viaggio ideologico di Giovanni Boccaccio dalla Caccia di Diana al Decameron LED 1999
Giovanni Boccaccio Decameron BUR 2013
NOBILI, Sebastiana (a cura di) Giovanni Boccaccio Unicopli 2014
CHIECCHI, Giuseppe Giovanni Boccaccio e il romanzo familiare Marsilio 1994
GAGLIARDI, A. Giovanni Boccaccio. Poeta. Filosofo. Averroista Rubbettino 1999
BRUNO PAGNAMENTA, R. Il Decameron. L'ambiguità come strategia narrativa Longo 1999
BARBERI SQUAROTTI, G. Il potere della parola. Studi sul Decameron Federico & Ardia 1983
FIDO, Franco Il regime delle simmetrie imperfette. Studi sul Decameron Angeli 1988
NOBILI, Sebastiana La consolazione della letteratura. Un itinerario fra Dante e Boccaccio Longo 2017
SURDICH, L. La cornice di amore. Studi sul Boccaccio ETS 1987
SURDICH, L. La cornice di amore. Studi sul Boccaccio ETS 1987
Francesco Bausi Leggere il Decameron il Mulino 2017
SIMON, A. Le novelle e la storia. Toscana e Oriente fra Tre e Quattrocento Salerno 1999
CHIECCHI, Giuseppe Nell'arte narrativa di Giovanni Boccaccio Olschki 2017
RUSSO, V. Preliminari allo studio di G. Boccaccio Liguori 1993
GUNTERT, G. Tre premesse e una dichiarazione d'amore. Vademecum per il lettore del Decameron Mucchi 1997
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni Vita di Dante Moretti e Vitali 1991 a cura di P. Baldan

Examination Methods

Oral assessment of the acquired knowledge, in relation to each of the two parts in which the program is distinct, both for attending students and non-attending students. In particular for the first part: 1) Verification of historical-literary knowledge and relative ability to contextualise; 2) Verification of the ability to understand and analyze the different types of literary texts through the detailed examination of texts in verse and prose. In particular for the second part: 1) Verification of the ability to contextualise and critical analysis of texts, also with reference to the main methods of investigation; 2) Verification of the knowledge of the reference critical bibliography and of the ability to use it in reference to the texts analyzed.

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