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 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- 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
- During the course, the history of Italian literature from the late 17th century to the early 20th century will be presented and discussed. Lectures will focus on historical context, reading, and analysis of selected exemplary texts, with particular attention to the following authors: Vico, Parini, Alfieri, Monti, Foscolo, Leopardi, Manzoni, Nievo, Carducci, and D'Annunzio. Essential tools for textual analysis (elements of metrics, philology, bibliography) will be provided as needed. The lessons will also include notions of the history of literary criticism, with reference to the authors and texts under examination.
- 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, pp. 203-689.
Any exclusions will be communicated during the lessons and on the unistudium website.
B) The following critical essays:
1. Davide Luglio, La poesia come storia. Omero e Dante nel pensiero di Giambattista Vico, «Prismi», n. 2, 2021, pp. 1-11 (online: https://www.academia.edu/124655459/La_poesia_come_storia_Omero_e_Dante_nel_pensiero_di_Giambattista_Vico)
2. Vittorio Criscuolo, La nascita di un mito: Parini "poeta civile", in L'amabil rito. Società e cultura nella Milano di Parini, a cura di G. Barbarisi, C. Capra, F. Degrada, F. Mazzocca, t. I, Milano, Cisalpino, 2000, pp. 71-99.
3. Christian Del Vento, Il “Principe” e le “Lettere”: Mme de Staël tra Alfieri e Foscolo, «Rassegna Europea della Letteratura Italiana», 1-2, 2021, pp. 161-174.
4. Sandro Gentili, «Quaedam divina voluptas atque horror». Il sonetto «Alla sera» e la retorica della religione, in «Quaedam divina voluptas atque horror» e altri studi foscoliani, Roma, Bulzoni, 2006, pp. 15-50.
5. Enzo Neppi, Ragione, natura e filosofia nelle Operette morali, «Italianistica», XXIV, 2005, pp. 1-17.
6. Matteo Palumbo, Le parole della politica all’ombra della Sicilia: Pisacane, Verga, De Roberto e Pirandello, «Laboratoire italien» [online], 19, 2017.
7. Francesco Bausi, Classicismo e umanesimo nella poesia carducciana, «Studi italiani», XIX-XX, 2007-2008, pp. 27-47.
C) Two essays of the student's choice from the selection uploaded on Unistudium, taken from the volume La letteratura italiana e le arti, proceedings of the XX ADI Congress (Naples, September 7-10, 2016), edited by L. Battistini, V. Caputo, M. De Blasi, G. A. Liberti, P. Palomba, V. Panarella, A. Stabile, Rome, ADI Editore, 2018.
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS:
Non-attending students will also be required to study the first part of the textbook.
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 includes a series of lectures focused on historical and critical context, as well as the analysis of a corpus of exemplary texts, with particular attention to the following authors: Vico, Parini, Alfieri, Monti, Foscolo, Leopardi, Manzoni, Nievo, Carducci, and D'Annunzio. The explanations will be supported by PowerPoint presentations to facilitate comprehension and retention of key concepts.
- 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.
The lecture slides will be made available to students at the end of the course. - Other information
- – Attendance is highly recommended.
– The reception – Thursday 12.00-13.00 – 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 XVIIth and the XVIIIth 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.
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 utilized. 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 on the unistudium platform.