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HISTORY OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND DRAMATIC LITERATURE

CODE 104259
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 12 cfu during the 2nd year of 8457 LETTERE (L-10) - GENOVA
    		•
    SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-FIL-LET/12
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
    		•
    SEMESTER Annual
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    The course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of the history of Italian and, more specifically, an overview of the linguistic history of Italian theatre.

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    At the end of the course, students must have the following abilities: - basic knowledge of Italian historical grammar and of history of Italian language; - a sketch of contemporary Italian’s architecture; - more specifically, an idea of the architecture of contemporary Italian lexicon; - awareness of the sociolinguistic language variation and of the relations between Italian and dialects. A particular attention will be paid to Italian language for music and theatre.

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    To learn the key moments in the history of Italian language. To situate historically its texts and main authors. To internalize the basic concepts of Italian sociolinguistics. To define and identify the main traits of neostandard Italian. To illustrate synthetically the key moments in the linguistic history of Italian theatre and peculiar stylistic features of its main authors. To read, understand and interpret a crucial text of the Italian theatrical tradition.

    PREREQUISITES

    Elementary knowledge of the history of Italian literature

    TEACHING METHODS

    Lectures

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    Essential history of Italian language. Sociolinguistic overview of contemporary Italian. Synthetic overview of the linguistic history of Italian theatre. Reading of Tasso's Aminta.

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Lecture notes (Aulaweb or Teams); C. Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Profilo storico, Bologna, il Mulino; C. Giovanardi - P. Trifone, La lingua del teatro, Bologna, il Mulino (first part and four commented texts to choose in the second part); T. Tasso, Aminta, a cura di M. Corradini, Milano, BUR-Classici.

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    PAOLO ZUBLENA (President)

    MANUELA MANFREDINI

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    First semester

    October 4.

    Second semester

    February 21.

     

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Oral examination.

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    Oral examination of the skills relating to the linguistic history of Italian and to the traits of neo-standard Italian; oral examination of the skills on the linguistic history of Italian theatre; reading and commenting on a passage from Tasso's Aminta.

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    15/12/2022 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    18/01/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    07/02/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    11/05/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    29/05/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    13/06/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    12/07/2023 16:00 GENOVA Orale
    07/09/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale