Unit ITALIAN LITERATURE
- Course
- Cultural heritage
- Study-unit Code
- 35032609
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Chiara Piola Caselli
- Teachers
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- Chiara Piola Caselli
- Hours
- 54 ore - Chiara Piola Caselli
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Lingua e letteratura italiana
- Academic discipline
- L-FIL-LET/10
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
The course is aimed at presenting and discussing a general survey of History of Italian Literature from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth century. At class meetings, main works by a selected number of relevant authors will be read and commented. Progressively, wherever needed, the techniques and the scientific tools required for the critical analysis (including elements of prosody, philology, and bibliography) will be introduced and utilised. The lectures will also cover notions of history of literary criticism, particularly in connection with the authors and the texts presented.- Reference texts
ATTENDING STUDENTS:
A) The reference textbook is the following one: Letteratura italiana. Da Tasso a fine Ottocento, a cura di Giancarlo Alfano, Paola Italia, Emilio Russo, Franco Tomasi, Milano, Mondadori, 2018.
Any exclusions will be communicated during the lessons and on the unistudium website.
B) In addition to the textboook, students can refer to the lecture notes (texts and critical readings) which will be available on the unistudium website.
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS:
Students unable to attend regularly the class meetings are kindly requested to get in touch with the Professor via e-mail (chiara.piolacaselli@unipg.it).
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR DSA:
Students with disabilities and / or with DSA can ask the teacher for any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, exercises) provided, if necessary, in advance of the lessons. Students can also make use of other facilitating technological tools in the study phase. For general information, consult the University Services on the https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa page and contact the Contact Person for the Department.- Educational objectives
The course is aimed at providing a basic knowledge of the history of the Italian literature spanning from the Thirteenth to the early Nineteenth century, by means of a thorough analysis of a body of selected works. At the end of the course and following individual study, the students are expected to master all the basic elements and notions of literature history, including literary movements and their protagonists. Students are also expected to demonstrate their ability to analyse critically all the anthological texts, providing a clear contextualization within the authors’ lives and works, and pointing out their stylistic and formal specificities. Moreover, at the oral examination, the students’ presentation skills and ability to use an appropriate technical vocabulary will be assessed.- Prerequisites
Adequate elements of Italian literature, according to secondary school programs.
A good knowledge of written and spoken Italian.- Teaching methods
The course consists of frontal lectures focusing on the historical-critical overview and the analysis of a selected body of relevant classics of the literature. The lectures will be supported by Power Point presentations in order to ease and enhance the understanding and the memorization of the key concepts. In the second part of the course, students will be invited to actively contribute to the lessons with individual or group reports on the critical insights proposed by the teacher.- Other information
- – Attendance is highly recommended.
– The reception – Thursday 10.30-12.30 – will take place:
a. in presence at Palazzo San Bernardo – Via degli Offici, 14, 3rd floor.
b. remotely on the TEAMS platform in the appropriate virtual classroom
– Students with disabilities and / or DSA: for any information on the Services of the University, consult the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and get in touch with the Referent for the Department. - Learning verification modality
For regularly attending students, the exam consists of two parts: a 60-minute long written test, and a 30-minute long oral test.
1. The written test will assess the competences acquired on the first part of the module (the Italian literature between the XVIth and the XVIIth century).
The written test will take place at LIDU (Laboratorio di Informatica dei Dipartimenti Umanistici) and consists of multiple-choice questions on the life of the authors, the works and the literary movements considered in the course, as well as of 3 open-ended questions (with an indication of the maximum number of lines for the answer).
2. The oral test will assess the knowledge and the level of understanding of the second part of the program (the Italian literature between the XVIIIth and the XIXth century) to be prepared on the textbook (A), and on the anthological selection provided (B).
The final mark is given by the average of the individual marks obtained at the written and at the oral tests. A unique mark is registered.
For non-attending students, the exam consists solely of the oral test.
Students with disabilities and / or with DSA: for the method of carrying out the verification tests, students can take advantage of inclusive technologies, compensatory tools and dispensative measures provided for by the legislation. Technologies, tools and measures must be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the tests. For general information, consult the University Services on the https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa page and contact the Contact Person for the Department.- Extended program
- The course is aimed at providing and discussing a general survey of the History of the Italian Literature from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth century. The class meetings will focus on the main works of a selected number of relevant authors. Progressively, wherever needed, the techniques and the scientific tools required for the critical analysis (including elements of prosody, philology, and bibliography) will be introduced and utilised. The lectures will also cover notions of history of literary criticism, particularly in connection with the authors and the texts presented.
A detailed lesson syllabus will be available, prior to the beginning of the course, on the unistudium platform.