OVERVIEW

The course broadens the institutional knowledge acquired during the three-year degree course with a monograph approach.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Analysing knowledge of the history of the Italian language with particular attention to the ancient language, non-standard variations of Italian, literary Italian and issues of style and metrics.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students should be able to a) recognise the linguistic and stylistic features of Beppe Fenoglio's Il partigiano Johnny and Eugenio Montale's Ossi di Seppia; b) analyze from a linguistic and stylistic point of view passages by Fenoglio's Il partigiano Johnny and texts from Montale's Ossi di Seppia (with a focus on lexis and intertextuality).

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course is divided into two parts.

6 CFU: Beppe Fenoglio's Partigiano Johnny language and style.

3 CFU: Young Montale's lexis and intertextuality (Ossi di seppia).

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

See Italian section

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLO ZUBLENA (President)

MANUELA MANFREDINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Firts semester.

28 September 2021

Class schedule

HISTORY OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Acquired knowledge about course's themes and argumentation skills will be evaluated in the oral exam.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students who have not taken a three-year course exam in History of the Italian Language or another course from the L-FIL-LET/12 sector must agree on an alternative programme with teaching staff.