OVERVIEW

The course, divided into three sections (two for students who must obtain 6 credits), focuses on main movements and authors of particular relevance of the Italian literary panorama of 18th-19th century.

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, philology, the precise use of bibliographical sources, interpretative exegesis and critical-historiographical reconstruction. At the end of the course students should be able to independently use the analytical knowledge acquired.

Knowledge and understanding:

Through lectures, guided analysis, and class discussions students will improve their knowledge of the most important methods in textual analysis of a literary text and will achieve the full ability to understand critical texts related to the literary work considered.

Applying knowledge and understanding:

Through independent perusal of literary texts and translations, the student is able to apply the previously achieved analytical skills, so to identify both structural aspects of the analyzed text, and the relationship between the text and the cultural and historical context in which it was produced.

Making autonomous judgments:

Through an oral presentation the student is able to understand, critically discuss and explain the specific literary characteristic of the text.

Communication skills:

The final oral discussion improves the ability to present analysis results in an efficient and synthetic way; they also allow students to express the concepts learned, with an appropriate language, and to hold a discussion on the topics dealt with in class.

Learning skills: The described activities allow students to acquire the methodological tools necessary to continue their studies and to address, at the end of the course, the inclusion in the world of scientific research and in the labour market.

PREREQUISITES

Students who take the course must have a good knowledge of 18th-19th century authors and literary works.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures (with computer and projector). It is strongly recommended to attend classes with the books the teacher will indicate for every lesson. Students participation will be encouraged through questions and interventions. The course also provides students with learning tools (such as slides used during classes, supplementary or support materials) available in AulaWeb..

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Programme for students taking the course for 6 cfu (only 2 sections)

1. Il teatro di Vincenzo Monti
2. Il poeta della “patria”: Dante tra età napoleonica e Unità d’Italia
3. Narrare la sconfitta

Programme for students taking the course for 9 cfu

1. Il teatro di Vincenzo Monti
2. Il poeta della “patria”: Dante tra età napoleonica e Unità d’Italia
3. Narrare la sconfitta

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Il teatro di Vincenzo Monti

- V. Monti, Aristodemo, a cura di A. Bruni, Milano-Parma, Guanda, 1998; e V. Monti, Caio Gracco, in - V. Monti, Versi. Caio Gracco. La Feroniade, a cura di Carlo Muscetta, Torino, Einaudi, 1977.

1. Il poeta della “patria”: Dante tra età napoleonica e Unità d’Italia

- E. Ghidetti, Mito e culto di Dante fra Settecento illuminista e Ottocento romantico-risorgimentale, in E. Ghidetti e E. Benussi (a cura di), Culto e mito di Dante dal Risorgimento all’Unità, Atti del Convegno di Studi (Firenze, novembre 2011), «La rassegna della letteratura italiana», 116 (2012), serie IX, n. 2, pp. 379-407

- L. Sebastio, 1865 tra filologia e retorica, in E. Ghidetti e E. Benussi (a cura di), Culto e mito di Dante dal Risorgimento all’Unità, Atti del Convegno di Studi (Firenze, novembre 2011), «La rassegna della letteratura italiana», 116 (2012), serie IX, n. 2, pp. 421-442  

- D. Tongiorgi, «Ritorni al popolo ciò che fu suo».  La Commedia in prosa  e altri classici tradotti «in lingua italiana moderna», in «Griseldaonline» 16 (2016-2017) (consultabile anche in open access in  https://unige-it1.academia.edu/DuccioTongiorgi)

1. Narrare la sconfitta

- I. U. Tarchetti, Una nobile follia (lettura integrale: per esempio nell'edizione, a cura di L. Spalanca, Ravenna, Pozzi, 2009).

D. Tongiorgi, Disarmonie di una nazione. Sguardi letterari del secolo decimonono, Firenze-Roma, Firenze, Le Monnier 2020 (in cds): ultimo capitolo.

Syllabus for non-attending students

Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher (duccio.tongiorgi@unige.it) and to agree on a specific program.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DUCCIO TONGIORGI (President)

GIORDANO RODDA

LUCA BELTRAMI (Substitute)

ENRICO TATASCIORE (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

settember 2020

Class schedule

ITALIAN LITERATURE III (LM)

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam consists of an interview on the topics discussed during the lessons (or indicated in the bibliography), in order to evaluate the skills to contextualize a literary text in the frame of the Italian cultural history; to illustrate its metric-stylistic features; to make connections, to expose the contents with an appropriate language and to discuss the topics learned during the lessons.

Exam schedule