SERBIAN AND CROATIAN LITERATURE 1

The course is a part of the BA degree programme “Languages, Civilization and the Science of Language”.

Know and understand the main historical-cultural, political and literary manifestations of the South Slavic world through the acquisition of knowledge about Serbian and Croatian literature and culture of the 20th century.
In particular, at the end of the course the student will know how to:
- correctly use the philological and historical-cultural terminology in the main areas in which the teaching is organized;
- orientate oneself in the critical debate on studied topics, in order then to formulate hypotheses on various issues of the discipline;
- communicate the contents of the course in a clear and technically adequate manner, using the register relevant to the communicative situation;

Basic knowledge of European history of the 20th century.

The course aims to provide an in-depth knowledge of the literary history of Serbs and Croats in the 20th century. Particular attention will be devoted to the genre of short novel in this literary space and to the evolution of this genre from the 20s of the last century to our age. The selected texts will be analyzed through a linguistic and socio-historical contextualization.

B. Mitrović, M. Mitrović, Storia della cultura e della letteratura serba, Lecce, Argo, 2015.
D. Jelčić, Storia della letteratura croata, a cura di Ruggero Cattaneo, Milano, Guepard Noir, 2005.
K. Bagić, Uvod u suvremenu hrvatsku književnost, Zagreb, Školska knjiga, 2016.

Mandatory reading:
M. Crnjanski, Dnevnik o Čarnojeviću (1921), any edition in original language [Italian translation by L. Vaglio: M. Crnjanski, Diario di un reduce, Roma, Eliot, 2019].
V. Desnica, Zimsko letovanje (1950), any edition in original language.
I. Andrić, Prokleta avlija (1954), any edition in original language [Italian translation by L. Costantini: I. Andrić, La corte del diavolo, Milano, Adelphi, 1992].
D. Mihajlović, Kad su cvetale tikve (1968), any edition in original language.
D. Albahari, Cink (1988), any edition in original language [Italian translation by A. Parmeggiani: D. Albahari, Zink, Rovereto, Zandonai, 2009].
Damir Karakaš, Sjećanje šume (2016), any edition in original language [Italian translation by E. Copetti: Memorie della foresta, Udine, Bottega Errante Edizioni, 2020].

The learning assessment takes place through an oral test. During the test the student must demonstrate knowledge of the topics covered during the course and know how to present them in a formal way. The constant and active participation in the lessons is positively evaluated.

Lectures and seminars with guest lecturers.

Italian

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