IJ1B018 Seminar of Italian Literature (B)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
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
Prerequisites
( IJIA021 Italian Literature III || IJ1A023 Italian Literature III ) && IJ1A005 Practical Italian V
Italian Literature I and II
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
Reading the classics of Italian literature In his posthumous esseay collections (1991) Italo Calvino questions the essence of calssics. Taking into account Calvino's question, the course will be devoted to the redding of contemporary writers who re-wrote some Italian literary classics, such as: Italo Calvino: "Leggere i classici", "Orlando Furioso" Guido Ceronetti: "Cantico dei Cantici" Gianni Celati: "Orlando Innamorato", Giacomo Leopardi (the visual infinity of photographer Luigi Ghirri) Giorgio Manganelli: "Pinocchio Parallelo" Linda Dalisi: "Aminta" Pier Paolo Pasolini: "Decameron" (film)
Learning outcomes
The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the calssics of Italian literature through the reading of contemporary rewritings. Students will be required to read a selections of different literary texts. Students are guided to study the basics of tylistic analysis and to acquire ability to investigate the macro- and micro- textual levels of the literary works.
Syllabus
  • Readings: Italo Calvino: "Leggere i classici", "Orlando Furioso" Guido Ceronetti: "Cantico dei Cantici" Gianni Celati: "Orlando Innamorato", Giacomo Leopardi (the visual infinity of photographer Luigi Ghirri) Giorgio Manganelli: "Pinocchio Parallelo" Linda Dalisi: "Aminta" Pier Paolo Pasolini: "Decameron" (film) During the course will be read also passages from the originals and from the volume Elisabetta Menetti, "Gianni Celati e i classici italiani" (2021). Each reading will serve as an introduction to the study of the writers’ poetics and of his historical and literary context.
Literature
    required literature
  • instructor will provided students with handouts
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 participate in the class discussions. Students are strongly suggested to attend the departmental seminars on Italian literature of Spring semester 2022.
Assessment methods
Attendance 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
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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