HISTORY OF POLISH CULTURE

The course is a part of the BA degree programme “Languages, Civilization and the Science of Language” and aims to provide a general understanding of the work of Witold Gombrowicz.

Acquisition of knowledge of Polish literature: Witold Gombrowicz.

Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding of the literary history.
Knowledge and understanding of the studied works.
Knowledge of the literary phenomena and contextualization within the framework of the society that produced them.

Applying knowledge and understanding
Understanding the issues, the evolutionary lines of the period examined.
Understanding a literary text and be able to use critical and methodological tools to analyze it.

Making judgments
Be able to evaluate and reflect on author, themes and texts treated.

Communication skills
Be able to describe with terminological precision literary phenomena treated and know how to present them with adequate communication skills.

Learning ability
Be able to develop specific methodological tools in the study of the various materials.
Be able to critically consult books and references contained in them.

None, no pre-requirements.

Witold Gombrowicz, the outsider of Polish literature.
Gombrowicz and the central themes of his work.

I)
- Students of Polish Literature 2, mod 2:
Storia della letteratura polacca, a cura di Luigi Marinelli, Einaudi, Torino 2004, cap. da X a XII, pp. 361 - 486.
- Students of History of Polish Culture:
Storia della letteratura polacca, a cura di Luigi Marinelli, Einaudi, Torino 2004, three chapters (at the option of the student).
II)
“Witold Gombrowicz”, a cura di F. Cataluccio, Marcos y Marcos, Roma 1996.
“Ferdydurke”, Witold Gombrowicz, traduz. Vera Verdiani, Feltrinelli, Milano.
“Cosmo”, Witold Gombrowicz, Feltrinelli
“Trans-Atlantico”, Witold Gombrowicz, Feltrinelli.
“Diario”, Witold Gombrowicz, Feltrinelli.
“Testamento”, Witold Gombrowicz, traduz. Vera Verdiani, Feltrinelli.

Oral. The exam will consist in a discussion on the issues of the course "Witold Gombrowicz, the outsider of Polish literature", and on the bibliography.

Lessons, lectures, seminars.

Italian

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