OVERVIEW

Through the theme of the prison, the teaching will accompany the student to know some of the main currents and the greatest authors of Polish literature from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present day

6 CFU teaching: 36 hours of frontal teaching

9 CFU teaching 9 CFU 52 hours of frontal teaching

In the teaching for 9 CFU, in addition to the program below described, we will read and analyze short texts, also in Polish, by Maria Konopnicka, Zofia Nalkowska, Sara Nomberg-Przytyk.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Through the theme of the prison, the teaching will accompany the student to know some of the main currents and the greatest authors of Polish literature from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present day

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of this course is to present students with an overall overview of Polish literature from the second half of the nineteenth century to today, using the theme of the prison as a leitmotif. Prison is what, in the words of Marshal Pilsudski, “for a long time was part of the Polish culture”,”a life partner of the Poles”. As is well known, even after the 1920s, period of the Father of the Fatherland’s declaration, jail and imprisonment continued to mark the life of this country and of  numerous Polish writers and leaders. The students will learn to read an important literary tradition from a decentralized point of view, and to evaluate how the phenomenon of the always very current detention of writers and intellectuals, and the complex relationship between inside and outside, between freedom and constraint, is one of the constants of cultural life in a general sense.

An essential introduction to the theme will be the international conference “From Behind the Bars: Art, Literature and Prison from the XIX Century to Today”, organized by the DCLM on December 5th and 6th, 2018.

At the end of the course, students will be asked to be aware of the different historical and literary periodizations of Poland from the late nineteenth century to today; to know how to place events and authors chronologically; to be able to analyze one of the literary texts on which one will dwell in the course of teaching.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons. Reading, explanation and commentary in class of some of the main texts. At least twice during the semester students will be asked to prepare a brief comment at home on one of the topics covered and to expose it to the rest of the cl

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Storia della Letteratura Polacca a cura di Luigi Marinelli (disponibile anche in polacco), Einaudi 2004, da p. 274 a p. 492.

Laura Quercioli, La prigione era a mia casa. Carcere e istituzioni totali nella letteratura polacca, Aracne 2014

Readings:

Excerpts from :

Janusz Korczak, Diario dal ghetto

Kazimierz Moczarski, Conversazioni con il boia

Zofia Nalkowska, Senza dimenticare nulla

Aleksander Wat, Il mio secolo

Stefan Wyszysnki, Appunti dalla prigione

MANUAL

History of Polish Literature (also available in Polish) by Luigi Marinelli, Einaudi 2004, from p. 274 a p. 492.

Laura Quercioli, The prison was at my house. Prison and total institutions in Polish literature, Aracne 2014

READINGS

Songs from:

Janusz Korczak, Diary from the ghetto

Kazimierz Moczarski, Conversations with the Executioner

Zofia Nalkowska, Not forgetting anything

Aleksander Wat, My century

Stefan Wyszysnki, Notes from the prison

The Program for NON ATTENDING students will be defined personally with the teacher

Before entering the exam, at least one week in advance, all students, attending or not, will have to prepare a short paper (one or two pages), on one of the topics of teaching, following the instructions in the file Norme per tesi e tesine  available in the Teacher’s Page

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Storia della Letteratura Polacca a cura di Luigi Marinelli (disponibile anche in polacco), Einaudi 2004, da p. 274 a p. 492.

Laura Quercioli, La prigione era a mia casa. Carcere e istituzioni totali nella letteratura polacca, Aracne 2014

Readings:

Excerpts from :

Janusz Korczak, Diario dal ghetto

Kazimierz Moczarski, Conversazioni con il boia

Zofia Nalkowska, Senza dimenticare nulla

Aleksander Wat, Il mio secolo

Stefan Wyszysnki, Appunti dalla prigione

MANUAL

History of Polish Literature (also available in Polish) by Luigi Marinelli, Einaudi 2004, from p. 274 a p. 492.

Laura Quercioli, The prison was at my house. Prison and total institutions in Polish literature, Aracne 2014

READINGS

Songs from:

Janusz Korczak, Diary from the ghetto

Kazimierz Moczarski, Conversations with the Executioner

Zofia Nalkowska, Not forgetting anything

Aleksander Wat, My century

Stefan Wyszysnki, Notes from the prison

The Program for NON ATTENDING students will be defined personally with the teacher

Before entering the exam, at least one week in advance, all students, attending or not, will have to prepare a short paper (one or two pages), on one of the topics of teaching, following the instructions in the file Norme per tesi e tesine  available in the Teacher’s Page

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LAURA QUERCIOLI (President)

KAROLINA KOWALCZE

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second semester

Class schedule

POLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE II

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

examination, during which the student will answer a question on a topic at his/her choice, will comment on one or more topics studied in-depth during the lessons and will demonstrate a good general knowledge of the major literary movements as shown in the History of Literature in Bibliography

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The student will demonstrate to have assimilated the program, to be able to elaborate a brief discourse both on the subject at choice and on those requested and to comment on the texts studied during the semester, placing them in the Polish and European historical and cultural context. Attendance and active participation in classes will not only facilitate the examination path but will also be assessed in the final score.
 

Exam schedule