COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

The course is part of the LCSL degree course. Aim of the course is to
provide fundamental critical tools for a comparative analysis of literary
texts; to familiarise the students with the theoretical debate on different
possible ways of comparing literary texts, namely: thematic comparative analysis; comparative study of the models of thinking and knowledge
whereby the literary expression is informed; comparative analysis of the
modes of literary representation: styles, genres, poetic diction etc.; to
provide pertinent tools for an interdisciplinary and intercultural reading
of the literary texts.

Knowledge and Understanding.
Knowledge of the fundamental theoretical tools for the comparative
analysis of literary texts. Knowledge of the literary traditions of the
countries in which the studied languages are spoken.
Competence.
Appropriate application of the acquired theoretical knowledge described
above; to methodically develop an interdisciplinary approach to the
subjects of study; to develop theoretical attention to the problem of the
linguistic and cultural transfert of literay texts; to formulate, organise
and develop autonomous research activities connected to the subject of
study; to organise a scientific bibliography pertinently connected to a
specific topic of study.
To develop a personal critical perspective on a specif subject of study and
to debate it publicly.
Abilities.
To improve one’s abilities in scholarly oral and written expression.

The course has no specific requirements.

TITLE OF THE COURSE: WHAT IS METAMORPHOSIS?
DESCRIPTION: What is metamorphosis? How does metamorphosis concerne humans? Are anthropomorhic nature and metamorphical change intrinsically intertwined? Reading and analysing some renowned scenes and tales of metamorphosis, from the Ancient World to Early and Late Modernity – m from Ovid to Apuleius, from Shakespeare to Balzac up to the third generation of Brasilian Modernism, with Clarice Lispector –, we will theorise a model of some distinctive and recurring features which characterise the notion of metamorphosis.

- OVID, Metamorphoses, any edition with original latin text.
- APULEIUS The Fable of Cupid and Psyche, in Metamorphoses, books IV-V-VI, any edition with original latin text
- William SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Arden Shakespeare, ed. by Harold Brooks, 1997 (1979)
- Honoré de BALZAC, Séraphîta, in La comédie humaine, Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1980, vol. XI, Édition publiée sous la direction de Pierre-George Castex, avec la collaboration de Nicole Cazauran, Henry Gautier, René Guise, Michel Lichtlé, Anne-Marie Meininger et Arlette Michel.
- Sigmund FREUD, Bemerkungen über einen Fall von Zwangsneurose. Der Rattenmann (1909), engl. tr. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, translated from the German under the General Editorship of James Strachey, Vol. X The Cases of 'Little Hans' and the Rat Man' (1909).
- Sigmund FREUD, Der Wolfsmann. Aus der Geschichte einer infantilen Neurose (1914), engl. tr. in The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, translated from the German under the General Editorship of James Strachey, Vol. XIII Totem and Taboo and Other Works (1913–1914), The Wolf Man (1914)
- Clarice LISPECTOR A paixão segundo G. H., Editora Rocco, Rio de Janeiro, (1964), 2021
Further bibliography (both primary and secondary) will be supplied during the course.

- OVID, Metamorphoses, any edition with original latin text.
- APULEIUS The Fable of Cupid and Psyche, in Metamorphoses, books IV-V-VI, any edition with original latin text
- William SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Arden Shakespeare, ed. by Harold Brooks, 1997 (1979)
- Honoré de BALZAC, Séraphîta, in La comédie humaine, Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1980, vol. XI, Édition publiée sous la direction de Pierre-George Castex, avec la collaboration de Nicole Cazauran, Henry Gautier, René Guise, Michel Lichtlé, Anne-Marie Meininger et Arlette Michel.
- Sigmund FREUD, Bemerkungen über einen Fall von Zwangsneurose. Der Rattenmann (1909), engl. tr. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, translated from the German under the General Editorship of James Strachey, Vol. X The Cases of 'Little Hans' and the Rat Man' (1909).
- Sigmund FREUD, Der Wolfsmann. Aus der Geschichte einer infantilen Neurose (1914), engl. tr. in The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, translated from the German under the General Editorship of James Strachey, Vol. XIII Totem and Taboo and Other Works (1913–1914), The Wolf Man (1914)
- Clarice LISPECTOR A paixão segundo G. H., Editora Rocco, Rio de Janeiro, (1964), 2021
Further bibliography (both primary and secondary) will be supplied during the course.

The learning will be verified by means of an oral examination, which will focus on the themes, the problems and the texts explored and read in class.

Front lectures. Programmed students’ presentations.

Italian

The students unable to attend classes should refer to the lecturer for
additional readings.

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