Learning objectives

The course aims to deepen the study of Italian literature with particular attention to a specific literary genre, which will be studied in the historical development of its forms by directly analyzing the work of the authors particularly representative of that specific genre. After the course, Students will show the capability: - to master basic elements of philology, stylistic, metric, rhetoric, history of critic and history of Italian literature from the origins to the 20th century; - to get acquainted with the notion of literary genre, in particular within the context of the italian literature; - to know life and works of the authors considered during the course - to know in detail the critical bibliography, and to acquire the capability to explain it with due critical maturity - to know the fundamental critical items related to the literary genre, the works and the authors indicated in the syllabus.