FF:IJ0B623 G. Verga and verism - Course Information

IJ0B623 G. Verga and verism

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Miroslav Kulifaj (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 17:30–19:05 G12

Prerequisites

IJIA016 Italian Literature II
Courses Italian literature I and Italian literature II

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI)
• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to classify the writing of Giovanni Verga in the context of european and italian realism; to understand cultural, historical and social circumstances of constitution of Italian verism; to analyze novellas of Giovanni Verga; to interpret the text considering poetic of Verga and poetic of verism; to utilize the knowledge for interpretation of other texts of Giovanni Verga as well as another writers of italian verism and realism

Syllabus

• 1. Cultural and historical circumstances of constitution of verism
• 2. The biography of Giovanni Verga, novel "Primavera"
• 3. Novel "Nedda"
• 4. Novel "La Roba"
• 5. Novel "Jeli il pastore" - part I
• 6. Novel "Jeli il pastore" - part II
• 7. Novel "La lupa"
• 8. Novel "Pane Nero"
• 9. "I Malavoglia" - main aspects
• 10. "Mastro Don Gesualdo" - main aspects
• 11. Later production of Giovanni Verga
• 12. Impact of Verga's work on Italian and european literary tradition

Literature

• Verga, Giovanni: Tutte le novelle, Milano 2008. Verga, Giovanni: I Malavoglia, Torino 1995. Pellini, Pierluigi: Naturalismo e verismo. Zola, Verga e la poetica del romanzo, Firenze 2010. Carnazzi, Giulio: Verga e i veristi, Padova 1991. Luperini, Romano:

Teaching methods

Preparation - reading of the text at home Analysis of text during the lesson Discussion

Assessment methods

Credit assigned after admission of essay

Language of instruction

Italian

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught only once.

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