OVERVIEW

 LITERATURE AND TURISM does not propose a systematic study of the history of Italian literature, but focuses on the relationship between places and literature, proposing reading by authors who have set their works in existing and recognizable places. At the same time, the course deals with the ways of enhancing places in relation to literature (literary parks, festivals, author's houses).

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course proposes an approach to the study of Italian literature closely linked to places. They may be places of inspiration for poets and writers or setting for literary works, places of production and use of literature itself (literary parks, festivals, events, museums, author houses, archives). The course therefore provides the theoretical reference points for categories such as literary place and landscape, and it studies authors and works, of the Italian and local panorama, in order to develop cultural awareness and dissemination skills in the field of cultural tourism

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the student:

will have acquired awareness of the link between literature and places and will have an adequate theoretical basis on the fundamental concepts of landscape and literary place;

will be able to master the technical language typical of the discipline to mediate and communicate clearly with specialist and non-specialist interlocutors;

he will be able to autonomously evaluate the possibilities of valorisation in a tourist key on a literary basis and will be able to develop targeted valorisation projects;

he will therefore have developed a disciplinary competence that allows him to continue to study authors and themes typical of teaching in the working contexts in which he will work independently.

PREREQUISITES

No prerequisite, only motivation towards reading literature.

TEACHING METHODS

Lessons will take place face to face.

The course will proceed by major themes.  Readings of significant texts will be proposed with different didactic methods, frontal, flipped and also in the form of exercises. 

The III part dedicated to Genoa will have a practical approach.

Students with disabilities, SLD or SEN

Students with disabilities, with SLD or with SEN are reminded that, to request exam accommodations, they must first upload their certification to the University website at servizionline.unige.it<https://servizionline.unige.it/>, in the “Students” section. The documentation will be checked by the University’s Services for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and with SLD.

At the beginning of the course, students are advised to contact the lecturer to agree on exam arrangements which, while respecting the learning objectives of the course, take individual learning needs into account.

To request compensatory tools or dispensatory measures, students with disabilities or SLD must fill in the dedicated Webform available athttps://unige.it/disabilita-dsa, at least 7 working days before the exam.

Students with SEN may instead send their request by e-mail to the lecturer, copying the Department Representative, Prof. Elena Lagomarsino, atinclusione.economia@unige.it<mailto:inclusione.economia@unige.it>, and the Inclusion Office atinclusione.studenti@info.unige.it<mailto:inclusione.studenti@info.unige.it>.

Requests from students will be assessed by the lecturer and may be approved or rejected.
 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course is structured in three parts:

Part I: Landscape and literary places

Part II: Italian literature and tourism enhancement

Part III: Literary Genoa: study of itineraries

For 6 credits course, consult the lecturer.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

1) Anthology of texts on aulaweb.

2) Giovanni Capecchi, Sulle orme dei poeti. Letteratura, turismo e promozione del territorio, Seconda edizione, Bologna, Patron, 2021.

3) Alessandro Ferraro, Genova di carta, Palermo, il Palindromo, 2020.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Sem: I  October 2026

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The final exam will take place orally and will include the discussion of some basic topics for the discipline. At the same time, the project planned in the last part of the course dedicated to Genoese literary itineraries will be presented. Intermediate tests are foreseen.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The learning of the main contents will be assessed with an oral interview. Students will have to demonstrate mastery of the essential concepts related to the proposed themes. In particular, the student:

will have to be able to describe the fundamental links between literature and tourism, adequately illustrating the possible ways of valorization (literary guides, author's houses, literary parks, festivals);

he will have to be able to summarize the fundamental critical issues related to the theoretical categories of landscape and literary place;

he will have to demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the relationship between Genoa and literature, and illustrate the possible projects of valorisation;

It is possible to repeat the exam, if not passed, starting from the next available appeal date.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Non-attending students must contact the professor.