STYLISTICS AND PROSODY

Academic year
2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STILISTICA E METRICA SP.
Course code
FM0163 (AF:353933 AR:190570)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
L-FIL-LET/12
Period
2nd Term
Where
VENEZIA
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The course takes part of the core educational activities of the Master's Degree programme in Italian Philology and Literature, as a 6 ECTS course.
This course offers a solid specialised training in the study of Italian poetry, by an approach to some important texts, that will be studied by many points of view, such as exegetical, stylistical, prosodical, rhetorical, critical methods. At the end of the course, students will know the chief tools for a metrical and stylistical lecture of poetical texts, that they could apply to any other Italian poetical text.
To be admitted to this course students must possess a good knowledge of Italian Language and of the chief notions of Prosody, Rhetorics and Stylistics.
Analysis of some exemplary texts of the Italian poetry of the twentieth century (second part).
Each lecture will consist of a critical and hystorical contextualization of a poet, and of a commentary based on stylistical, prosodical, rhetorical and linguistic aspects of the texts.
Referral text:
"Antologia della poesia italiana", directed by C. Segre and C. Ossola, "Novecento", first volume, Torino, Einaudi Tascabili

Critical essays:
N. Lorenzini, "La poesia italiana del Novecento", Bologna, il Mulino, 2018 (third edition).

Non-attending students must add the complete volume of Mengaldo quoted above:
P. V. Mengaldo, "Prima lezione di stilistica", Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza
The examination will start by a lecture of one of the texts presented during the course; students must explicate it literaly and give a commentary on it. Other questions will concern texts quoted on the Bibliography.
Students must demonstrate to have well understood the contents of the course and to have joint a personal critical ability.
Teacher will do lectures.
Italian
oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Goal 3: good health and well-being
Goal 4: quality education
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 05/02/2022