FF:IJ1A024 Italian Literature IV - Course Information
IJ1A024 Italian Literature IV
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- IJ1A023 Italian Literature III || NOW ( IJ1A004 Practical Italian IV )
Italian Literature III - 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
- Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-IJ_) (3)
- Course objectives
- The course is an introduction to the Italian literature tradition through the reading of selected literature from the major Italian writers of the 20th century. Students will be guided in the achievement of a comprehensive view of the Italian literature of the Twentieth Century, its major authors and trends, considered in their literary and historical context.
- Learning outcomes
- The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the history of Italian literature through the reading of selected works from the 20th century. Students are guided to study the basics of philology and stylistic analysis and acquire ability to investigate the macro- and micro-textual levels of the literary works.
- Syllabus
- Readings covered in the course: - Pascoli, D'annunzio - Pirandello, Svevo - Futurismo, vociani, rondisti - Ungaretti, Montale e Saba - L'ermetismo - Neorealismo e realismo magico - Gadda Students will be guided in the readings of a selections of literary texts from the above mentioned authors and literary movements. Each reading serves as an introduction to the study of the writers’ poetics and the literary trends of the first half of the 20th century. Students will receive a brief anthology of criticism which wil be introduced and explain by the teacher.
- Literature
- required literature
- FERRONI, Giulio. Storia della letteratura italiana. Milano: Einaudi scuola, 1991, 803 s. ISBN 88-286-0076-4. info
- recommended literature
- FERRONI, Giulio. Letteratura italiana contemporanea : 1945-2007. Prima edizioni. Milano: Mondadori, 2007, xiv, 359. ISBN 9788888242767. info
- Antologia della poesia italiana contemporanea, (1980-2001). Edited by Giulio Ferroni. 1. ed. Napoli: Tullio Pironti, 2003, 448 s. ISBN 8879373110. info
- FERRONI, Giulio, Andrea CORTELLESSA, Italo PANTANI and Silvia TATTI. Storia e testi della letteratura italiana. Prima edizione. [Milano]: Mondadori Università, 2002, x, 418. ISBN 8888242198. info
- Cesare Segre, La letteratura italiana del Novecento, Bari, Laterza, 2004
- SEGRE, Cesare. La letteratura italiana del Novecento. 1a ed. Roma: Laterza, 2004, xi, 117. ISBN 8842072915. info
- Antologia della poesia italiana : novecento. Edited by Cesare Segre - Carlo Ossola. Torino: Einaudi, 2003, xxiii, 670. ISBN 9788806194024. info
- SEGRE, Cesare and Clelia MARTIGNONI. Leggere il mondo : letteratura, testi, culture. Edited by Giuliana Citton - Claudia Rebuffi - Luigina Morini - Raffaela Castagno. [Milano]: Edizioni Scolastiche Bruno Mondadori, 2000, 540 stran. ISBN 8842454842. info
- ARMELLINI, Guido and Adriano COLOMBO. La letteratura italiana : antologia. 1. ed. Bologna: Zanichelli, 1999, viii, 502. ISBN 8808016595. info
- SEGRE, Cesare. Avviamento all'analisi del testo letterario. Torino: Giulio Einaudi, 1985, ix, 405. ISBN 8806587358. info
- Teaching methods
- The course will be conducted in Italian. Students will be guided in the reading of the literary pieces. Students will receive weekly assignments and will be expected to actively participate in the class discussions. Students will receive a brief antology of criticism which will be explained by the teacher during the her lessons. Students are strongly suggested to attend the seminars on Italian literature of Spring semester 2023.
- Assessment methods
- Attendance and active participation in class discussions. Final written and oral exam on the all the topics of the course.
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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