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CODE 61281
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/21
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 1° Semester

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The frame of this course is the study of 20th century literary movements in Poland and an introduction to women writing and to the critical reflection on gender and literature

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

The frame of this course is the study of 20th century literary movements in Poland and an introduction to women writing and to the critical reflection on gender and literature

Women contribution in Polish literature has always been outstanding; this course – devoted only to works in prose – aims at showing its broadest panorama. A second aim is to introduce the student to the study of gender in literature

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

 

The course analyses works and life of women protagonists of 20th century Polish literature (whose works have been translated into Italian). From Maria Dąbrowska (1889-1965) to Dorota Masłowska (1983-), we will sketch a route of women’s identitary construction that is generally accompanied by a passionate engagement in the Polish society

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Letteratura

Brani scelti da:

Maria Dąbrowska, Erbe Selvatiche (Ludzie stamtąd, 1926)

Maria Kuncewiczowa, La straniera (Cudzoziemka, 1936)

Zofia Nałkowska, Senza dimenticare nulla (Medaliony, 1946)

Olga Tokarczuk, Che Guevara e altri racconti (Gra na wielu bębenkach, 2001)

Joanna Olczak-Ronikier, Nel giardino della memoria (W ogrodzie pamięci, 2001)

Dorota Masłowska, Prendi tutto (Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-czerwoną, 2002)

Bożena Keff, Madre, Patria (Utwór o Matce i Ojczyznie, 2008)

 

Saggistica

Storia della letteratura polacca, a cura di Luigi Marinelli: Capitoli: La letteratura fra le due guerre1939-1956Dal 1956 al nuovo secolo, pp. 360-492;

Alessandro Amenta, La letteratura polacca dopo il 1989, in «Plit» 2009, pp. 12-35;

Id., Recensione a Olga Tokarczuk, Che Guevara e altri racconti, in «eSamizdat» 2006, pp. 18-22;

Id., Studi di genere e studi queer in Europa centro orientale e balcanica, in «eSamizdat» 2008, pp. 5-9;

Joanna Mizielińska, Una presenza apparente: gli studi di genere e queer in Polonia, in «eSamizdat» 2008, pp. 29-48;

Edda Melon, Écriture féminine, in Michele Cometa, Dizionario degli studi culturali, pp. 171-181;

Giulia De Biase, Nota a Senza dimenticare nulla di Zofia Nalkowska, pp. 93-101;

Maurizio Rizzini, Riflessioni su Il Giardino della Memoria di Joanna Olczak Ronikier, ed oltre, in «Quaderni del Premio letterario  Giuseppe Acerbi –  Letteratura polacca», pp. 191-202.

Alessandro Ajres, Recensione a Dorota Masłowska, Prendi tutto, in «eSamizdat» 2005, pp. 253-256;

Luigi Marinelli, Nota introduttiva a Bożena Keff, Madre, Patria, pp. 7-9:

Laura Quercioli Mincer, Postmemory à la polonaise  (su Madre, Patria), pp. 103-107.

A parte la Storia della letteratura, tutti i testi saranno forniti nella dispensa

POLISH STUDENTS MAY ASK FOR A POLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LAURA QUERCIOLI (President)

KAROLINA KOWALCZE

DARIUSZ SENDULA

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

 

 Oral. During the course students will be asked to write a short paper (in Italian or Polish)

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The student will be asked to interpret and analyze on a European contest one or more of the texts studied during the course. 

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
15/06/2017 11:00 GENOVA Orale
15/06/2017 11:00 GENOVA Orale
29/06/2017 11:00 GENOVA Orale
20/09/2017 16:00 GENOVA Orale
04/10/2017 16:00 GENOVA Orale