ITALIAN LITERATURE
LETTERATURA ITALIANA
The forms of the narrative. Short story, poem, novel. XIII-XIX Centuries
Le forme del narrare. Novella, Poema, Romanzo. Secoli XIV-XIX
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| 2022/2023 | 12 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Antonio Corsaro | before the class or online after appointment |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
Methodological elements for the study of Italian texts and literary history. History profile of literary genres. Approach to the thematic reading of the literary text, to periodization and to literary geography. Development of the fundamental tools for commenting on the text. Specific notions related to narrative writing: short story, poem, novel.
Program
The course is divided into two sections, managed by the teacher on the basis of diversified methodological approaches.
Institutional part. Italian literature and the forms of narrative writing. Distinctive elements of literary genres. The Medieval Novel in Romance Literature and Italian Literature. Affirmation of the novella as an autonomous genre in the late Middle Ages. The narrative poem: the chivalrous form and the epic-heroic pome. Birth and affirmation of the prose novel.
Text analysis. Guided reading and historical and linguistic commentary on literary texts. The Decameron by G. Boccaccio. Jerusalem Delivered by T. Tasso. The Betrothed and the nineteenth-century novel.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Course books
A handout of teaching materials will be made available to attending students after the start of the course. The handout includes texts related to the topics of the lectures, and is an exam subject for attending students. Other materials, critical texts and anthological selections will be provided to students via a blended learning platform. During the exam, in addition to the topics presented by the teacher, attending students must prepare the following texts (some of which are included in the aforementioned dispensation):
G. Boccaccio, Decameron, ed. V. Branca : I, IV, VIII, X - T. Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, selected cantos by the teatcher (blended learning) - A. Manzoni, The bethroted, ed. on choice.
Critical bibliography. C. Segre, Avviamento all'analisi del testo letterario, Torino, Einaudi (chapter: La narrazione) - R. Ceserani, Guida allo studio della letteratura, Roma-Bari, Laterza, chapt. V (Il testo narrativo), and VIII (La storia della letteratura) - Il romanzo, a cura di M.L. Meneghetti, Bologna, il Mulino, part I -
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Course books
For the oral exam non-attending students must prepare the following texts:
G. Boccaccio, Decameron, ed. V. Branca : I, IV, VI, VII, VIII, X - T. Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, cantos I-XII - A. Manzoni, The bethroted, ed. on choice.
Critical bibliography. C. Segre, Avviamento all'analisi del testo letterario, Torino, Einaudi (chapter: La narrazione) - R. Ceserani, Guida allo studio della letteratura, Roma-Bari, Laterza, chapt. V (Il testo narrativo), and VIII (La storia della letteratura) - G. Tellini, Letteratura Italiana.Un metodo di studio, Le Monnier Università - solo il cap. I
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