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CODE 80263
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-PED/02
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 1° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The course aims to explore how reading - and more generally storytelling - can be an effective tool not only for education, but mainly an endless source of pleasure: the pleasure to open imaginary windows for endless trips, the pleasure to make unexpected encounters, the pleasure to gain extraordinary knowledges, the pleasure to sail, as Salman Rushdie would say, "in the Sea of Stories."

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Providing methodological tools and educational and cultural landmarks to transform the obligation of reading in "pleasure of reading."

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

- Reflection on ways of educating children to the written page, illustration and the many forms of contemporary storytelling ;
- solicitation of a critical approach through the "free reading" as a formative moment other than the "school reading";
- reflections on "Grammar of Fantasy".

TEACHING METHODS

The lectures involving the use of multimedia devices. Approximately the 5 or 10% of sources used in lectures will be in English.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Paradoxically, our contemporary world, in which media (books, TV shows, comics, movies, cartoons, video games, apps) co-exist and superimpose each other, does not seem to pay attention to storytelling.  Is taken for granted that the storytelling is unnecessary, superfluous. The book is considered a agonizing medium, victim of a widespread disinterest; children's books, in particular, continue to be regarded as "Children of a Lesser God".  The course aims to explore how reading - and more generally storytelling - can be not only an effective methodological tool for education, but mainly an endless source of pleasure: the pleasure to open imaginary windows for endless trips, the pleasure to make unexpected encounters, the pleasure to gain extraordinary knowledges, the pleasure to sail, as Salman Rushdie would say, "in the Sea of Stories."

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • A. Antoniazzi, Contaminazioni, Milano, Apogeo;
  • M.T. Trisciuzzi, Hayao Miyazaki. Sguardi Oltre la nebbia, Roma, Carocci;
  • E. Capasso, Ho visto Nina volare. La fiaba e l'infanzia nella canzone italiana, Roma, Arcana.

On request it is possible to take the exam in English (with English books)

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANNA ANTONIAZZI (President)

DAVIDE PARMIGIANI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October 5, 2016

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

oral examination

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Assessment of the knowledge acquired through the study of scheduled present texts and materials available on aulaweb

  • understanding of the topics;
  • analytical skills;
  • language skills;
  • use of specific terminology;
  • critical and interpretive skills.   

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
24/05/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
24/05/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
24/05/2017 15:00 GENOVA Orale
07/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
07/06/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
07/06/2017 15:00 GENOVA Orale
20/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
20/06/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
21/06/2017 15:00 GENOVA Orale
06/07/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
06/07/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
06/07/2017 15:00 GENOVA Orale
06/09/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
06/09/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
06/09/2017 15:00 GENOVA Orale
21/09/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
21/09/2017 10:00 GENOVA Orale
21/09/2017 15:00 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Non-attending students will have to agree an integrative program.