CULTURAL NARRATIVES AND DYNAMICS (PERSIAN)

This course first represents a stage of consolidation and improvement of the linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate course. The aim of the course is therefore to introduce students to different kind of contemporary Persian texts, like roman, novel, essay, poetry,etc. studing the specific lexicon, structure of sentence and idiomatic sentences.
On the other hand, a seminar is planned on the following topic: The construction of the idea of Iran through literature.
Students will be suggested texts that described Iran or Persia, from antiquity to the present (Marino Sanudo, Montesquieu, Morier, Vita Sackville West, Satrapi, Nafisi, Abdollah Kader, etc.) and based on this reading, taking into account a historical contextualization, they will have to describe what idea of Iran has passed in Europe through these writings. The seminar includes a written report and an oral presentation

At the end of the course the student will acquire the theoretical and practical skills to face independently and critically the reading and translating of modern literary texts of different nature; will be familiar with the main tools necessary for the comprehension of the texts (specialized dictionaries, lexical databases, repertoires of idiomatic forms, checks on network of the use and the functions of particular linguistic expressions, etc.). The work with CEL will be focused in particular on the Media.

Solid knowledge of Persian at an intermediate level.

Mohammad Ali Eslami Nadushan, Iran
Sa'id Nafisi, Khane-ye pedari
Jalal al Ahmad, Safar-i be shahr-e badgirha
Mohammad Jafar Mahjub, Dastanha-ye 'amiyane-ye farsi
'Ali Shari'ati, Kavir
Gholam Hossey Sa'edi, Chashm dar barabar-e chash (thatre)
Lexical and syntactic analysis of texts.

Texts used by the CEL, dr Heidari:

Hillmann, Michael Craig and Sarraf, Ramin, Persian newspaper reader, Hyattsville : Dunwoody Press, 2000 (USA)
What the Persian Media says, A Coursebook, By Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi, Routledge 2015

Paper and translation without dictionary.
Spoken and written Persian.

The course consists in lectures, seminars and group works

Italian

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development