CODE 101948 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno 2 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno 3 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-FIL-LET/14 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to provide a first introduction to the main comparative methodologies, in relation to a specific theme, leading students to experience significant forms of comparing texts from different languages and cultures. A particular attention will be devoted to the morphological dialectic between constants and variations in large/little scales of temporal and cultural relations. TEACHING METHODS The course consists in a) lectures on historical and critical presentation of some comparative methods and their analytical, historiographical, formalist, stylistic and cultural-oriented categories; b) close-reading of texts belonging to different European literatures and related to the course-theme, in order to apply the comparative methodologies. SYLLABUS/CONTENT La vague des rêves. Flashes on Surrealistic Revolution. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. General handbooks Brugnolo, et alii Le scritture e il mondo. Teorie letterarie del Novecento, Carocci 2016 de Cristofaro, Letterature Comparate, Carocci 2014 Bertoni Letteratura. Teorie metodi strumenti, Carocci 2018 Boitani, et alii, Guida allo studio delle letterature comparate, Laterza 2013 2. Theoretical and Critical Texts André Breton, Manifesti del Surrealismo, Einaudi 2003 Walter Benjamin, Passagenwerk [ed. it.: I Passages di Paris, Einaudi, 2010] Michel Foucault, Roussell, Gallimard, 1963 Michel Foucault, Ceci n’est pas une pipe [ed.it.: Questo non è una pipa, SE, 1997] Sigmund Freud, Traumdeutung, 1900 [ed. it.: L’interpretazione dei sogni, Einaudi 2014] Francesco Orlando, Per una teoria freudiana della letteratura, Einaudi 1997 3. Fictional Texts: La donna, la libertà, l’amore. Un’antologia del surrealismo, Mondadori, 2008 Max Aub, Buñuel [ed. it. Sellerio, 1992] Louis Aragon, Le paysan de Paris [ed. it. Saggiatore, 1996] André Breton, Nadja [ed. it. Einaudi, 2007] André Breton, Anthologie de l’humoir noir, Livre de poche 1984 Leonora Carrington The Seventh Horse and Other Tales [ed. it. Adelphi] Gerardo Diego, Poesías española, Cátedra, 2007 Max Ernst, Una settimana di bontà, Adelphi 2007 Jiri Kolar, Collages, a cura di Angelo Maria Ripellino, Einaudi, 1976 Federico García Lorca, El publico [ed. it. Einaudi, 2006] Vitézslav Nezval, La donna al plurale [trad. Giuseppe Dierna], Einaudi, 2002 Raymond Roussel, Locus Solus, Flammarion, 2005 Erik Satie, Quaderni di un mammifero, Adelphi, 1994 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD NICOLA FERRARI Ricevimento: Mobile: + 39 345 455 8112 You can phone to reach further informations on Programs, Methods and Exams. Exam Board NICOLA FERRARI (President) CHIARA FORTE LESSONS LESSONS START October, 6th (10-12 am) on Team Team-class: Letterature Comparate 20-21. Team-code: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3adb7c31d02ad1466da74df8bca035a449%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=e86bba18-2108-47ce-be03-56dbbc6aa5f5&tenantId=6cd36f83-1a02-442d-972f-2670cb5e9b1a Class schedule COMPARATIVE LITERATURE EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam consists in elaborating a critical reading of a literary text in a theoretical perspective and in discussing it orally. ASSESSMENT METHODS During the exam will be evaluate the student awareness in critically analysing and discussing a literary text in its specific morphology and historical context. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 18/01/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 08/02/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 10/05/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 26/05/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 09/06/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 23/07/2021 15:00 GENOVA Orale 17/09/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Non attending students should contact the teacher (+39 345 455 8112) in order to define a personal program related to her/his interests and curriculum.