OVERVIEW

The course aims to explore how reading - and more generally storytelling - can be an effective tool not only for education, but mainly an endless source of pleasure: the pleasure to open imaginary windows for endless trips, the pleasure to make unexpected encounters, the pleasure to gain extraordinary knowledges, the pleasure to sail, as Salman Rushdie would say, "in the Sea of Stories."

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

PProviding methodological tools and educational and cultural landmarks to transform the obligation of reading in "pleasure of reading."

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

- Reflection on ways of educating children to the written page, illustration and the many forms of contemporary storytelling ;
- solicitation of a critical approach through the "free reading" as a formative moment other than the "school reading";
- reflections on "Grammar of Fantasy".

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures are conductes in presence, but, due to the covid19 emergency, they could be conducted remotely, on a platform Teams. The aulaweb page dedicated to the course will be constantly updated regarding the modalities of teaching.

Attending students can be divided into small groups to undertake research aimed at achieving the training objectives of the cours. Approximately the 5 or 10% of sources used in lectures will be in English.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Paradoxically, our contemporary world, in which media (books, TV shows, comics, movies, cartoons, video games, apps) co-exist and superimpose each other, does not seem to pay attention to storytelling.  Is taken for granted that the storytelling is unnecessary, superfluous. The book is considered a agonizing medium, victim of a widespread disinterest; children's books, in particular, continue to be regarded as "Children of a Lesser God".  The course aims to explore how reading - and more generally storytelling - can be not only an effective methodological tool for education, but mainly an endless source of pleasure: the pleasure to open imaginary windows for endless trips, the pleasure to make unexpected encounters, the pleasure to gain extraordinary knowledges, the pleasure to sail, as Salman Rushdie would say, "in the Sea of Stories."

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• A. Antoniazzi, Contaminazioni, Milano, Apogeo
• S. Lee, La trilogia del limite, Corraini
• S. Barsotti, E. Ortu, a cura di, Oltre lo specchio delle bugie. Domande e riflessioni sull'identità di genere nelle narrazioni per l'infanzia, Edizioni Junior

On request it is possible to take the exam in English (with English books)

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANNA ANTONIAZZI (President)

GIANCARLA SOLA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 21, 2022

Class schedule

PEDAGOGY OF READING AND TERRITORIAL WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam is oral and includes a critical and participatory discussion on topics and themes indicated in the program. For students who will attend the course a final test is opportunely identified.

Exams should be taken in presence, but, due to the covid19 emergency, could take place on the Teams platform. Students enrolled in the exams will be promptly updated regarding the procedures provided for each session.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Assessment of the knowledge acquired through the study of scheduled present texts and materials available on aulaweb

• understanding of the topics;
• analytical skills;
• language skills;
• use of specific terminology;
• critical and interpretive skills.   

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Non-attending students will have to study as integrative program: G. Rodari, La grammatica della fantasia.