HISTORY OF CZECH CULTURE

The course is part of the curriculum and aims at understanding the history of Czech literature and culture, the theory of literary history and the analysis of literary text.


The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of cultural and literary production in the Czech language as well as of a literary and cultural investigation. The analysis of the text is inserted in the historical - cultural discourse both in a diachronic sense, that is as a history of literature, and synchronically, as a specific phenomenon within a pulsating cultural system. The achievement of these objectives allows the student to enrich his literary and cultural education both in analytical and synthetic terms.

1. Knowledge and understanding
● Know the basic linguistic terminology and understand the texts that make it
use.
● To know literary production and its interaction with the different spheres of culture.
● To know the theory of analysis of the literary text in its linguistic, literary and cultural components.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
● (Know the basic linguistic terminology and understand the texts that make it
use.) Knowing how to properly use linguistic terminology in all processes
application and communication of acquired knowledge.
● (Knowing the literary production and its interaction with the different spheres of culture.) Knowing how to relate the analysis of the specific text with contemporary and coherent critical production in addition to the mechanisms for using the text
● (To know the tools of analysis of the literary text in its linguistic, literary, cultural components.) To be able to apply the analysis tools and the literary production as a whole to the single specific text.

4. Communication skills
● Know how to communicate the specificities of literary reflection, using one
appropriate terminology.
● Knowing how to interact with peers and with the tutor, in a critical and respectful manner, in the presence and
on the virtual classroom forum.
5. Learning skills
.
● Knowing how to critically consult the reference texts and the bibliography in them
contained.

Knowledge of the Czech language is not required.

The city-myth of Prague: from Kafka to Havel via Ripellino.
The course aims to provide a general overview of Czech literature and culture through the city of Prague as genius loci and (state and cultural) capital. Different phases of Czech literature and culture will be touched, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary, the panoramic vision, in a diacritical key, will be alternated with focuses on individual texts and/or authors. Particular attention will be given to the interaction between literature, culture and gender, and queer issues and perspectives.
At the same time we will try to investigate the importance of the city of Prague in its functions as myth, muse, identity space, and dreamed destination, but also as the center of the cultural production system (the capital-province and center-periphery relationship).

Literature
Texts:
Angelo M. RIpellino, "Praga magica", Einaudi 1991;
Annalisa Cosentino, "Storie di Praga", Hoepli, 2021;

Derek Sayer, "Prague capital of the Twentieth Century", Princenton University Press, 2013;
Peter Steiner, "The Deserts of Bohemia: Czech Fiction and Its Social Context", Cornell University Press, 2000.
Annalisa Cosentino, “Un libro-città: Praga magica di Angelo Maria Ripellino”, Romània orientale,
31 (2018), pp. 371-379.
Single literary texts will be distributed in the classroom.

The final exam consists of an oral interview (30 minutes) based on the contents of the module and indicated literature (moodle)
Working students unable to attend are required to contact the teacher as soon as possible for the assignment of the specific topic to be presented during the exam.
In case of problems related to attendance, it is highly recommended to contact the teacher as soon as possible to evaluate any possible solutions.

Lectures. The reading of indicated literary texts will be required. A discussion will follow in the classroom.

Italian

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