OVERVIEW

Through the reading of some main works of Italian literature we will study the themes, styles and communication strategies of literary texts, particularly focusing the attention on the educational skills of the Italian literature.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The main objective of the course is a focused analysis of those aspects and topics in the Italian literary production that best suit the specificities of Primary Education.

Literature will be analyzed and presented as a privileged reflection of society, as a projection of the human condition, with special reference to the world of childhood, of maternity, of the feminine, in the complex interweaving of historic reality, sealed by the added value of artistic transfiguration

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

Further objectives are: to educate students to the reading, the analysis and the interpretation of the italian literary texts and to its historical and cultural heritage; to provide an adequate knowledge by which the students can design learning paths for primary school.
 

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures and comments of Italian literay texts, also including multimedia materials and Aulaweb.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Love as educational and literary experience: Dante, Vita Nova; Leopardi, from "primo amore" to Aspasia.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dante Alighieri, Vita Nova, edited by Stefano Carrai. Milano: Bur-Rizzoli 2015.

Giacomo Leopardi, Canti, Edited by Franco Gavazzeni, Maria Maddalena Lombardi. Milano: Bur-Rizzoli 2010.

Supplementary texts for not attending students:

Marco Berisso, Dante Alighieri. Milano: Mondadori-Le Monnier 2011.

Students must study the texts in bibliography and the papers uploaded on Aulaweb.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LUCA BELTRAMI (President)

ROBERTO PELLEREY

LESSONS

Class schedule

ITALIAN LITERATURE

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral assesment.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Assesment tasks include the comprehension and interpretation of the literary texts, the skill to do a correct paraphrase and the skill to design learning paths.

Exam schedule