The course broadens the institutional knowledge acquired during the three-year degree course with a monograph approach.
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.
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).
Lectures
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).
See Italian section
Ricevimento: Tuesday and Wednesday, h 16.30-18 DIRAAS, via Balbi 6 (first floor) In any case, please book your appointment by e-mail (paolo.zublena@unige.it).
PAOLO ZUBLENA (President)
MANUELA MANFREDINI
Firts semester.
28 September 2021
HISTORY OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Oral exam.
Acquired knowledge about course's themes and argumentation skills will be evaluated in the oral exam.
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.
