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Laurea magistrale in Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/02
6
B
L-FIL-LET/02
1 module between the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/02
6
B
L-FIL-LET/02
1 module between the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Foreign language B2 level
6
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further activities
3
F
-

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Teaching code

4S007403

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

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

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.

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

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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