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 16th-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

Syllabus for students taking the course for 9 cfu

1. Letture dalla Secchia rapita di Alessandro Tassoni
2. Poesia e teatro nella stagione della guerra dei Sette anni.    
3. Dalla letteratura sepolcrale alla “fine” solitaria del personaggio borghese: immagine e ideologia della morte nella letteratura sette-ottocentesca

Syllabus for students taking the course for 6 cfu.

1. Poesia e teatro nella stagione della guerra dei Sette anni
2. Dalla letteratura sepolcrale alla “fine” solitaria del personaggio borghese: immagine e ideologia della morte nella letteratura sette-ottocentesca

For students who are to be awarded 6 CFUs, classes will start after completion of module 1 of the 9 CFU syllabus.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography for attending students

IMPORTANT: All texts and documents presented in class and made available to students on AULA WEB (and possibly also on the teams platform) are part of the bibliography.

Part 1)

Letture della Secchia rapita, a cura di D. Conrieri e P. Guaragnella, Lecce, Argo, 2016 (durante le lezioni verranno precisati i saggi da studiare).

Part 2)

C. Goldoni, La guerra, a cura di B. Danna, introduzione di Luigi Squarzina, Venezia, Marsilio, 1999.

D. Tongiorgi, «Fan dunque guerra ancora i poeti?». Versi per la Guerra dei Sette anni, ««Diciottesimo Secolo», anno I, 2016, pp. 169-191. Consultabile anche on line:

https://www.academia.edu/28200385/_Fan_dunque_guerra_ancora_i_poeti_Versi_per_la_Guerra_dei_Sette_anni).

Part 3)

S. Buccini, Sentimento della morte. Dal barocco al declino dei lumi, Ravenna, Longo, 2000

D. Martinelli, Alberi e fiori sui sepolcri (e altri motivi della polemica foscoliana sull’editto di Saint-Cloud), in Dei Sepolcri di Ugo Foscolo, a cura di

G. Barbarisi e W. Spaggiari, Milano, Cisalpino, 2006, tomo I, pp. 173-198

R. Luperini, Un tema: il viaggio, la morte e L’allegoria di Gesualdo, in Idem, Verga moderno, Bari, Laterza, 2005, pp. 145-180

Bibliography for non-attending students

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