OVERVIEW

The course focuses on reading and commenting Leopardi’s moral operettas with reference in the concluding part of the course to the cultural-literary heritage of the 18th century and philological and interpretative analyses. Students who take the course must have a good knowledge of 18th-20th century authors and literary works.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Analyse authors, texts, genres of Italian literature in relation to the historical context in which they originate and in relation to the tools of philological and interpretative text analysis. 

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to enhance knowledge along some fundamental directrixes in the context of Italian literature: text tradition, art philology, the precise use of bibliographical sources, interpretative exegesis and critical-historiographical reconstruction.

TEACHING METHODS

Reading and commenting Leopardi’s prose, his old and modern sources, contextualisation of literary culture between the 18th and 19th centuries.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Programme for students taking the course for 6 cfu

Leopardi: Operette morali.

Programme for students taking the course for 9 cfu

Leopardi: Operette morali.

Leopardi and the legacy of the 18th century.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DUCCIO TONGIORGI (President)

LUCA BELTRAMI

QUINTO MARINI

SIMONA MORANDO

MATTEO NAVONE

LESSONS

Class schedule

ITALIAN LITERATURE

EXAMS

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Oral exam with analysis of authors, texts, genres of Italian literature in relation to their historical contexts and in relation to the tools of text-based and philological and interpretative analysis.

Exam schedule