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Laurea magistrale in Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - Enrollment from 2025/2026| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | Program for the celebrations of the 850th anniversary of the conversion of Valdo di Lione | F | Not yet assigned |
History of Italian literary language (m) (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S007403
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-FIL-LET/12 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS
Period
CuCi 2 A, CuCi 2 B
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
Aim of the course is offering a knowledge of the history of literary Italian language, with specific attention to the language of prose, and improving the ability to independently analyze the texts of Italian tradition. Through the analysis of a literary genre, an author or a group of works relevant to the tradition of Italian literary prose, the course aims to highlight the implications of the language present in the texts with the other elements of the stylistic system (narrative structures, argumentative processes, discursive approach). At the end of the course students are expected to be able to operatively apply the acquired knowledge and, therefore, to independently proceed to the linguistic analysis of a text in Italian literary prose, as preliminary element for its overall interpretation.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Knowledge, at least in essential terms, the history of the Italian language and the history of Italian literature.
Program
The course offers the linguistic and stylistic analysis of the novels "Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino" (1883) and "Cuore" (1886). The two novels, coeval, experienced immediate success, above all for their use as school texts on which entire generations of Italians were educated and propose a different idea of language and style. Reading and linguistic analysis of the two novels will show the path of formation of the national language in the post-unification decades and the contribution that the school made to linguistic unification at a national level.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Frontal lesson in presence. Students will be asked to read some abstracts of the two novels during the course.
Learning assessment procedures
The exam is oral and is intended to ascertain the knowledge of the topics covered during the course and the ability to analyze and interpret the texts.
Evaluation criteria
The evaluation criteria will take into account the direct knowledge of Umberto Saba's texts, the ability to identify its stylistic and linguistic lines, the ability to establish links with other works by the author or authors of Italian literature.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
Not relevant
Exam language
Lingua italiana
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