Studying at the University of Verona

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.

Study Plan

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.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
1st foreign literature 1 lm. forms, genres and critical approaches
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature 1 lm. forms, genres and critical approaches
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/10
9
B
L-FIL-LET/14

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
A philology to be chosen among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21
1st or 2nd foreign literature 2 lm. critical methodologies and textual interpretation
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
B
L-LIN/21
History of the 1st or the 2nd foreign language
6
B
L-LIN/12
6
B
L-LIN/04
6
B
L-LIN/14
6
B
L-LIN/07
6
B
L-LIN/21
1st foreign literature disciplinary area
6
C
L-LIN/11
6
C
L-LIN/03
6
C
L-LIN/13
6
C
L-LIN/10
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-LIN/06
2nd foreign literature disciplinary area or textual and comparative studies
6
C
L-LIN/11
6
C
L-LIN/03
6
C
L-LIN/13
6
C
L-LIN/10
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-LIN/06
6
C
L-FIL-LET/14
Dissertation
21
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
A philology to be chosen among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21
1st or 2nd foreign literature 2 lm. critical methodologies and textual interpretation
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
B
L-LIN/21
History of the 1st or the 2nd foreign language
6
B
L-LIN/12
6
B
L-LIN/04
6
B
L-LIN/14
6
B
L-LIN/07
6
B
L-LIN/21
1st foreign literature disciplinary area
6
C
L-LIN/11
6
C
L-LIN/03
6
C
L-LIN/13
6
C
L-LIN/10
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-LIN/06
2nd foreign literature disciplinary area or textual and comparative studies
6
C
L-LIN/11
6
C
L-LIN/03
6
C
L-LIN/13
6
C
L-LIN/10
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-LIN/06
6
C
L-FIL-LET/14
Dissertation
21
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
18
D
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Other teaching activities
6
F
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Comparative literature: history and theory  (2017/2018)

Teaching code

4S006121

Teacher

Raffaella Bertazzoli

Coordinator

Raffaella Bertazzoli

Credits

9

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/14 - CRITICAL COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Period

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

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

Between Images and Words

The class “Comparative Literature: History and Theory” takes into account novels and their movie adaptations and aims to guide the student throught all nature of literature-based films. The reading of the proposed texts will enable students to acquire important knowledge and skills, to refine his/her ability to interpret and understand literary texts and to develop critical thinking.

Program

Between Images and Words

The class “Comparative Literature: History and Theory” aims to follow the development of the American novel starting from the point of view of some intellectuals, living in the first half of twentieth century. Through tests, such as Americana by Elio Vittorini, was built the so called “American myth”. Italian culture has absorbed its charm, by becoming a mediator of important translations and significant reportages. Themes and critical problems of literature until the eighties have also been considered. The class will take into account novel movie adaptations and aims to guide the student throught all nature of literature-based films.

Texts
Henry James Washington Square (1880)
Film: The Heiress, regia di William Wyler (1949)
Raymond Chandler, Farewell, my Lovely (1940)
Film: Farewell, my Lovely, regia di Dick Richards (1975)
Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City (1984)
Film, Bright Lights, Big City, regia di James Bridges (1988)

Bibliography
- Dominique Fernandez, Il mito dell’America negli intellettuali italiani dal 1930 al 1950, Salvatore Sciascia editore, Caltanisetta-Roma, 1969.
- Alessandra Rocca, I miti del nuovo continente,: l'Americana di Vittorini, in "Quaderni del 900", II, 2002, pp. 111-126.
- Pino Fasano, Il mito americano di Cesare Pavese, "Italica", Vol. 85, No. 2/3 ( 2008), pp. 295-310.
- Gino tellini, Fenomenologia del mito americano, "Studi italiani", 2 (2015), pp. 7-21.
- Singh Maini Darshan, Washington Square. A Centennial Essay «The Henry James Review» Nov. 1, 1979.
- James Gargano, Washington Square: A Stdy in the Growth of an Inner Self, in «Short Fiction», Summer 1976.
- E.M. Beekman, Raymond Chandler & an American Genre, The Massachusetts Review, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter, 1973), pp. 149-173.
-John P. Athanasourelis, Film Adaptation and the Censors: 1940s Hollywood and Raymond Chandler, in «Studies in the Novel». vol. 35, 3 2003, pp. 325-338.
- Peter Swirski, Raymond Chandler's Aesthetics of Irony, in From Lowbrow to Nobrow, Montreal, London: McGill-Queen's University, 2005.
- Psychogeography and the Victims of the City in McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City.
- Giacomo Manzoli, Cinema e letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003.
- Linda Costanzo Cahir, Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches, London, McFarland and Company, 2006.

Examination Methods

The teaching method will involve frontal lessons to be held on three weekly days for a total load of 54 hours (9 CFU). The instructor is available two days a week for office hours (see WEB). Non-attending students will have to agree a program with some variation to facilitate independent study.

During the final oral exam, students will have to show that they have gained critical skills during the course, by means of analytical and argumentative ability to link the various cultural plans and by reaching a depth and breadth of the knowledge of the read and commented texts. Students must also speak with appropriate language.

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