FF:IJIA011 Italian Literature I - Course Information

IJIA011 Italian Literature I

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Šebelová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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 7:30–9:05 G12

Prerequisites (in Czech)

IJIA003 Practical Italian 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

• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

A succint survey of the history of Italian literature from its beginnings to the end of the 18th century, with stress on the main historical periods.

Syllabus

• The core of the course consists in the explanation and discussion of texts by key writers from the very beginning to the end of the 18th century. Literary genres in the 13th century, Dante. Petrarca, Boccaccio and the 14th century. Poetry and prose during Humanism and Renaissance; Classicism, the codification of the literary language; Ariosto. The transition to Mannerism, Tasso. The Italian literary Baroque, Marino, the trends in theatre: commedia dell’arte, melodrama. Scientific and philosophical treatises. Literature in the period of the Academy of Arcadia. Vico’s philosophy. Theatre: Gozzi, Goldoni. The Age of Enlightenment.

Literature

• Seidl, Ivan. La letteratura italiana dal Duecento al Settecento. Praha: 1986.
• SURDICH, Luigi. Il Duecento e il Trecento. Bologna: Mulino, 2005, 182 s. ISBN 9788815106087. info
• BRUSCAGLI, Riccardo. Il Quattrocento e il Cinquecento. Bologna: Mulino, 2005, 180 s. ISBN 9788815106506. info
• ARDISSINO, Erminia. Il Seicento. Bologna: Mulino, 2005, 164 s. ISBN 8815106510. info
• DE SANCTIS, Francesco. Dějiny italské literatury. Translated by Václav Černý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1959, xiii, 601. URL info
• FERRONI, Giulio. Storia della letteratura italiana. Milano: Einaudi scuola, 1991, 555 s. ISBN 9788828600749. info
• PELÁN, Jiří. Slovník italských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2004, 751 s. ISBN 8072771809. info
• DIGRIN, Zdeněk. Slovník světových dramatiků. Edited by Ludmila Kopáčová. 1. vydání. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1983, 355 stran. info
• MONTANELLI, Indro. Dante a jeho doba. Translated by Alena Hartmanová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1981, 260 s. URL info
• Středověký člověk a jeho svět. Edited by Jacques Le Goff. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1999, 319 s. ISBN 8070212748. info
• Renesanční člověk a jeho svět. Edited by Eugenio Garin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 279 s. ISBN 8070216530. info
• Barokní člověk a jeho svět. Edited by Rosario Villari, Translated by Jiřina Němcová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2004, 326 s. ISBN 8070216832. info
• Navštívení krásy : (italská renesanční lyrika). Translated by Emanuel Frynta - Jaroslav Pokorný - Jan Vladislav. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1964, 222 s. URL info
• Italské renesanční novely. Edited by Josef Bukáček, Translated by Adolf Felix. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2000, 413 s. ISBN 8070212489. info

Teaching methods

lecture

Assessment methods

Written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• IJIA016 Italian Literature II

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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