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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.

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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
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
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
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
3rd foreign Language (b1)
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

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

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-FIL/04
One course to be chosen among the following
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
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
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
3rd foreign Language (b1)
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-FIL/04
One course to be chosen among the following
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S00761

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/06 - HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Period

Semester 2 dal Feb 26, 2018 al Jun 9, 2018.

Learning outcomes

The purpose of the course is to introduce the students to
- some essential concepts of the modern historical-philosophical thinking
- the meaning of the philosophical terminology
- the critical approach of a literary text
At the end of the teaching students will be able to
- deal fluently with philosophical history
- understand the philosophical texts studied during the course
- use in an actual contest the themes debated
- express an independent opinion on the critical matter in the text
- communicate with enough clarity the studied topics

Program

The course will point out some of the most important steps in modern and contemporary historical-philosophical thinking (from Kant to Heidegger, with the necessary Greek references) with particular focus on the relationship between thinking ad acting, using the writings of Hannah Arendt.
After a brief description of the philosophical and biographical path of Hannah Arendt, in the historical and cultural contest, lectures will go on by reading and discussing some of the pages in the exam schedule.
Finally, a recent text of Ermanno Bencivenga, which hypothesizes the risk that thinking ability itself may nowadays dissolve, will offer an opportunity for debating about contemporary issues.
Lessons will be held in the second semester with frontal teaching mode.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
- H. ARENDT, Vita activa. La condizione umana, Milano, Bompiani, 2008 [chosen extracts];
- H. ARENDT, La vita della mente, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009 [chosen extracts];
- H. ARENDT, Martin Heidegger ha ottant’anni, in H. ARENDT, M. HEIDEGGER, Lettere 1925-1975 e altre testimonianze, Torino, Edizioni di Comunità, 2001, pp. 138-149;
- E. BENCIVENGA, La scomparsa del pensiero. Perché non possiamo rinunciare a ragionare con la nostra testa, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2017;
- M.C. BARBETTA, “Perdono” e “promessa” in Vita activa di Hannah Arendt, in Alla ricerca di un ethos tra mente e corpo, a cura di G. Erle, Verona, Edizioni universitarie Cortina, 2016, pp. 87-100.
At the beginning of the course specific indication of the chosen extracts will be given, extracts which will be available in photocopy.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Bencivenga, Ermanno La scomparsa del pensiero (Edizione 1) Feltrinelli 2017 978-88-07-17320-2
Arendt, Hannah La vita della mente (Edizione 1) Il Mulino 2009 978-88-15-12805-8
Arendt Hannah Vita activa. La condizione umana Bompiani 1988

Examination Methods

Oral exam. The exam has the goal of prove the knowledge and the comprehension of the studied topics, contained in the texts listed in the bibliography. There are no differences between attending and non-attending students.

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