MIGRANTS LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
- Academic year
- 2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- LETTERATURE E CULTURE DELLA MIGRAZIONE NEL MEDITERRANEO
- Course code
- LM8180 (AF:502311 AR:248950)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Degree level
- Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
- Educational sector code
- L-OR/08
- Period
- 1st Semester
- Course year
- 1
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
The aim of the course is to develop critical and analytical skills with particular reference to the cultural representation of migration phenomenon and various experiences of exile and diaspora in the Mediterranean, in colonial and postcolonial times. Additionally, students will delve into specific aspects of Mediterranean and European history and society, also with reference to the Middle Eastern language(s) that they know or are studying.
Expected learning outcomes
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: ● To be able to correctly use the tools of interpretative analysis concerning contemporary migrations from a cultural and literary point of view; ● To be able to carry out a critical analysis of different aspects of the cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East, and their interaction with Europe; ● Knowing how to apply one's own historical and linguistic competence for analyzing different textual and metatextual typologies.
3. Judgment skills: ● Knowing how to formulate and argue hypotheses, also developing a critical approach to the evaluation of alternative hypotheses.
4. Communication skills: ● Knowing how to communicate in a critical way the acquired knowledge; ● Knowing how to interact with the teacher and peers in a critical and respectful way.
5. Learning skills: ● Knowing how to take notes and share them collaboratively; ● Knowing how to critically consult the reference texts and the bibliography contained therein.
Pre-requirements
Adequate English language skills.
Contents
The course will see the participation of guest speakers, specialized in languages and cultures of the Near and Middle East area (e.g. French-speaking Maghreb; Arab countries; Israel and Jewish diaspora; Iran; Turkey etc.) and in migration studies in the Mediterranean more generally.
Referral texts
- William Boelhower e Claus Zittel, "Introduction: Literature and Migration", Annali di Ca' Foscari: serie occidentale, 54 (2020): 9-21.
- Egidio Ivetich, Studiare la storia del Mediterraneo (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2024).
- Olivia Harrison, "Maghreb as Method", b2o, dicembre 2018, accessibile all'indirizzo: https://www.boundary2.org/2018/12/olivia-c-harrison-thinking-the-maghreb-with-said-and-khatibi/ .
- Maria Chiara Rioli, L'archivio Mediterraneo (Roma: Carocci, 2021), passim.
- Daniele Comberiati e Chiara Mengozzi, a cura di, Storie condivise nell'Italia contemporanea: narrazioni e performance transculturali (Roma: Carocci, 2022), passim.
- William Safran, "Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return", Diaspora, 1/1 (1991): 83-99.
LITERATURE
- Didò Sotiriou, Addio, Anatolia (Roma: Crocetti, 2006).
- Tayeb Salih, La stagione della migrazione a nord (Palermo: Sellerio, 2011).
- Ronit Matalon, Il suono dei nostri passi (Roma: Atmosphere, 2011).
- Davide Enia, Appunti per un naufragio (Palermo: Sellerio, 2017).
- Amara Lakhous, Divorzio all'islamica a viale Marconi (Roma: e/o, 2012).
- Yasmina Khadra, Quel che il giorno deve alla notte (Milano: Mondadori, 2009).
- Amets Arzallus Antia e Ibrahima Balde, Fratellino (Milano: Feltrinelli, 2021).
MOVIES
- Kamal Hachkar, Tinghir-Jérusalem (2013).
- Andrea Segre, L'ordine delle cose (2017).
It is advisable to read (in the parts relating to the course) a general text on the history of the Mediterranean, for example:
- David Abulafia, Il grande mare: storia del Mediterraneo (Milano: Mondadori, 2017).
Further references will be provided in class.
Assessment methods
The final exam is written (2 hrs) and will consist of answering 2 questions on the topics discussed in class.