IJ1A012 Italian History and Culture II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Pavlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (alternate examiner)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 K33
Prerequisites
IJ1A011 Italian History and Culture I
Italian History and Culture I
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
This is an interdisciplinary course designed as a broad-based survey to the culture and history of Italy, from Renaissance to Twentieth-Century. The course deals with major works of Italian literature and arts, invoking names such as Leonardo, Ariosto and Tasso, Michelangelo and Raffaello, Caravaggio, Bernini and Borromini, Manzoni, Fellini, among the others. While exploring Italy’s variegated culture in its social and historical context, is traced the building of the Italian nation.
Learning outcomes
Students will become acquinted with the History of the works of artists, writers and political figures, from Leonardo and Michelangelo to Fellini, and they will be able to place them and their achievements in a rich social and historical context.
Syllabus
  • Twelve lessons of 100 minutes each. Italian history from the 16th century to the 20th century. Main topics covered in the course: - Italy in the Renaissance: literature, arts and architecture - History, literature and arts during the Ancien Régime and the Age of reformations - Alessandro Manzoni, "I promessi Sposi" - The making of Italy - Italy during WWI-WWII - Italian cinema, a case: Federico Fellini
Literature
    required literature
  • students will be provided with the reading materials to be studied each week
  • Anthony Blunt, Artistic Theory in Italy 1450-1600, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1962 (some chapters).
    recommended literature
  • GIARDINA, Andrea, Giovanni SABBATUCCI and Vittorio VIDOTTO. Nuovi profili storici : con percorsi di documenti e di critica storica. Prima edizione. Bari: Editori Laterza, 2012, xi, 572. ISBN 9788842110484. info
  • GIARDINA, Andrea, Giovanni SABBATUCCI and Vittorio VIDOTTO. Nuovi profili storici : con percorsi di documenti e di critica storica. Prima edizione. Bari: Editori Laterza, 2012, viii, stra. ISBN 9788842110484. info
  • GIARDINA, Andrea, Giovanni SABBATUCCI and Vittorio VIDOTTO. Nuovi profili storici : con percorsi di documenti e di critica storica. Prima edizione. Bari: Editori Laterza, 2012, x, 978. ISBN 9788842110477. info
  • GIARDINA, Andrea, Giovanni SABBATUCCI and Vittorio VIDOTTO. Nuovi profili storici : con percorsi di documenti e di critica storica. Prima edizione. Bari: Editori Laterza, 2012, x, 897. ISBN 9788842110378. info
    not specified
  • Web based and electronic resources: Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/cheesewormscosmo00ginz The Literary Encyclopedia https://www.litencyc.com
Teaching methods
Lectures. The course will be conducted in English. Literary texts will be read in English. Students will receive weekly reading assignments. At the beginning of the semester students will receive a mandatory reading list to prepare for the final esam.
Assessment methods
Final written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předpokladem pro zápis předmětu je úspěšně složená zkouška z IJ1A011.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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