IJ1B017 Seminar of Italian Literature (A)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Irene Cecchini, PhD (lecturer)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (alternate examiner)
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Irene Cecchini, PhD
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Irene Cecchini, PhD
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 L21, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJ1A004 Practical Italian IV
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The Landscape in the Two Wars. The course is an investigation into the theme of landscape and its representation in Italian literature of the Great War and the Resistance. Through the reading of some passages of prose and poetry in which the landscape occupies a central role, the course aims to familiarise some central works of the 20th century by placing them in their historical and literary context. Furthermore, it adopts the tools of ecopoetic criticism to observe the evolution of the man-nature relationship in literary representation.
Learning outcomes
The course aims to familiarise students with Italian literary history through the reading of a selection of texts in prose and poetry on the theme of landscape during the two World Wars. Students will be accompanied in the study of the foundations of stylistic analysis and in the acquisition of the skills necessary to investigate literary texts on a micro- and macro-textual level.
Syllabus
  • Emilio Lusso, Un anno sull’Altipiano, 1938 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, L’alcova d’acciaio 1921 Giuseppe Ungaretti, Il porto sepolto 1916 Ada Negri, Mater Admirabilis racconto in Le solitarie 1916 Comisso, Giorni di guerra 1930 Ada Gobetti, Diario Partigiano 1956 Luigi Meneghello, Piccoli Maestri 1964 Italo Calvino, Paura sul sentiero, in Ultimo viene il corvo 1949 Renata Viganò, L’Agnese va a morire 1949 Amelia Rosselli, Variazioni Belliche 1995 Verrà visto il film di Bernardo Bertolucci, Novecento (1976)
Literature
  • students will receive handouts with the texts to be read
Teaching methods
The course will be conducted in Italian. Literary texts will be read in Italian. Students will receive weekly reading assignments and will be expected to actively discuss the readins during the lessons. Students are strongly suggested to participate to the seminars of Italian literature hold by visiting scholars.
Assessment methods
Attendance (80%) and active participation in class discussions. During the lesson students will be required to give an oral presentation on a text and author studied in the course. Final oral exam.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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