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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
1 module between the following
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1 module between the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module between the following
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1 module between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
3rd language B1 level
3
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S00905

Coordinator

Simone Rebora

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/14 - CRITICAL COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Period

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

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

The learning outcomes of the class “Letterature Comparate” L11 LLS lead students to acquire a knowledge of both the comparative methodologies and an overview of the topics related to both theory of literature and comparative literature. Through the application of the comparative tools, the subject of the course is analyzed in relation to the relative conceptual junctions. At the core of the analysis there is the comparison of texts belonging to different literary traditions, both diachronically and synchronously. At the end of the course, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired adequate knowledge and skills in the fields of comparative literature and literary theoy (knowledge and understanding); of having acquired the ability to learn and understand, and being able to argue and defend a position (learning skills); to be able to convey information, ideas, problems related to the subject imparted (making judgements).

Prerequisites and basic notions

None

Program

Negative empathy and the hybrid hero

The course will focus on the figure of the antihero in its historical evolution, focusing in particular on the concepts of negative empathy and the hybrid hero. Close analysis of a selection of texts and TV series will be accompanied respectively by a theoretical investigation of multiple concepts in the history of literature (such as character, empathy and emotions) and by a direct comparison with the most recent proposals in the study of literary texts and their reception (empirical and computational methods).

TEXTS
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (1847)
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (1856)
Fëdor Dostoevskij, Memories from Underground (1864)
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (1955)
Jonathan Littell, The Kindly Ones (2006)

TV SERIES
Girls (2012-2017)
Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)
Bojack Horseman (2014-2020)
Succession (2018-2023)

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.

Didactic methods

The teaching methods involve face-to-face lectures, to be held on three days per week for a total load of 54 hours (9 CFUs). During lectures, students will be encouraged to participate actively through seminar activities and reading groups. Non-attending students will need to agree on a program with some variation to facilitate individual study.

Learning assessment procedures

For attending students, the exam will be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of an interview on the course topics. The second part will consist of an assessment of in-class interaction (participation in reading groups and seminar discussions). For non-attending students, the exam will consist entirely of an interview on the course topics.

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

During the in-class activities and at the final oral exam, students will have to show that they have gained critical skills during the course, by means of analytical and argumentative ability to link the various theoretical and methodological frameworks in the interpretation of literary texts. Students must also speak with appropriate language.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Attending students: in-class activity evaluation + final interview evaluation
Non-attending students: final interview evaluation

Exam language

Italiano