Teaching code

4S02260

Teacher

Fabio Danelon

Credits

6

Also offered in courses

• Master’s degree in Historical Studies (interuniversity)
• Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/10 - ITALIAN LITERATURE

Period

CuCi IA dal Sep 21, 2020 al Oct 31, 2020.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Learning outcomes

The teaching of Italian literature (m) aims at:
• perfect the linguistic, historical-literary and formal structures of Italian literature;
• analyze and comment on literary texts from a philological-critical point of view and through the tools of literary hermeneutics (stylistic and metric philology, textual philology, narratological aspects, ancient and modern interpretations of the texts in question).
The course aims to provide students with the ability to read and interpret critical-philological and historical-literary texts of Italian literature. At the end of the course the student must be able to
• understand, analyze and translate the text / texts taken into consideration;
• place the examined works within history and literary genres;
• knowing how to apply the acquired knowledge to other texts of the Italian literary tradition of different ages and gender;
• be able to communicate the acquired knowledge with an appropriate vocabulary.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of Italian literary tradition; capacity for orientation and historical contextualization.

Program

Prerequisites: knowledge of literary tradition; ability to orientation and historical contextualization.

Course contents: Part 1 (prof. Fabio Danelon, 36 hours)

The objects in the Promessi sposi. Ways of use of the material and of the concrete in the Alessandro Manzoni novel.

The aim of the course is to study fully a fundamental text in the history of italian novel.

Textbooks: part first:

It requires the reading and in-depth study of the "Promessi sposi" in an integral and commented edition. We suggest: Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi, ed. Francesco de Cristofaro, Milano, Rizzoli-BUR, 2014

-Notes of the lessons.

- For an orientation on the modern italian novel, students are required to study at least one of the following volumes (two for not attending students):
Gino Tellini, Storia del romanzo italiano, Firenze, Le Monnier
Il romanzo in Italia, vol. II, L'Ottocento, a cura di Giancarlo Alfano e Francesco de Cristofaro, Roma, Carocci
Matteo Palumbo, Il romanzo italiano da Foscolo a Svevo, Roma, Carocci

For a follow-up on Manzoni novelist students are required to study at least two of the following volumes (three for not attending students):
Pierantonio Frare, Leggere “I promessi sposi”, Bologna, il Mulino, 2016;
Alessandro Bosco, Il romanzo indiscreto. Epistemologia del privato nei “Promessi sposi”, Macerata, Quodlibet, 2013;
Salvatore S. Nigro, La tabacchiera di don Lisander. Saggio sui “Promessi sposi”, Torino, Einaudi 2012;
Vittorio Spinazzola, Il libro per tutti. Saggio su “I promessi sposi”, Milano, CUEM, 2008;
Guido Baldi, L'Eden e la storia. Lettura dei “Promessi sposi”, Milano, Mursia, 2004;
Ezio Raimondi, Il romanzo senza idillio. Saggio sui “Promessi sposi”, Torino, Einaudi, 2000

They are also recommended, for further information:

Oggetti della letteratura italiana, a cura di Gian Mario Anselmi e Gino Ruozzi, Bologna, Carocci, 2008;
Francesco Orlando Gli oggetti desueti nelle immagini della letteratura. Rovine, reliquie, rarità, robaccia, luoghi inabitati e tesori nascosti, Torino, Einaudi, 1993;
Epifanio Ajello, Figure e cose immagini e manufatti nella letteratura italiana, Venezia, Marsilio, 2019.

Other bibliographic indications will be provided during lectures.

Teaching Methods: lectures. Exercises in reading and interpretation of texts.
The course will take place face to face and remotely. The course material will be available to students on the Moodle platform. The recorded lessons will remain available to students for the entire duration of the semester until the conclusion of the first exam session following the conclusion of the course.

Examination Methods

Execution procedure for both attending and non-attending students: Oral assessment of acquired knowledge, relative to each of the points in which the program is distinct. In particular: 1) Verification of knowledge concerning the characteristics and history of the novel form; 2) Verification of the ability to understand and analyze in-depth critical and contextualization in the history of the genre of the text object of the course also through the tools offered by the reference critical bibliography.
The exam will take place in presence, if this is permitted by the guidelines established by the University Crisis Unit. The remote modality is however guaranteed for all students who request it in the 2020-2021 academic year.

N.B. important!!
You will need to have successfully passed the exam on point 1 (Prof. Fabio Danelon), before you can take the exam on point 2 with prof. Corrado Viola. The final grade will be unique for the whole program of the course.

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