ITALIAN LITERATURE IN THE ANCIENT REGIME

The course is placed among the disciplines of the Master’s degree course in Italian Philology, Linguistics and Literature. Its purpose is to deepen the critical knowledge of Italian literature from the 17th to 18th century and that of the fundamental tools for textual interpretation, so as to provide students with the necessary skills to contextualize the authors examined, to analyze the texts to rhetorical and stylistic level and achieve the capacity to interpret them in a reasonably autonomous way.

By the end of this course the student will have acquired extensive knowledge and advanced skills in the methodological field related to the Italian literature of the Ancient Regime in his relations with contemporary culture, and a developed awareness of the plurality of critical-methodological approaches to the text. In fact, it is expected to be able to understand, to analyze and to interpret the literary texts object of the course with the appropriate methods and tools, to identify and to examine themes, topics and ideas developed by the treated authors, to organize the contents in appropriate synthesis.

To adequately follow the lessons the student must have a good knowledge of the Italian language, learn about the historical development of Italian literature of medieval and humanistic-Renaissance age.

Foscolo and the poetic turning point of 1802-1803.
The transition from the Sonnets and Odes to the "Sepolcri" and the "Grazie" testifies to a new poetic approach in Foscolo's itinerary. Faced with Napoleonic authoritarianism, which prevented political ac-tion, Foscolo drew on the most prestigious models of the classical tradition, proposing a reflection on man, on the laws that regulate civil life and on the role of letters in society.

The texts analyzed in class will be uploaded on the University’s “Moodle” e-learning platform.
We recommend reading U. Foscolo, "Le poesie", edited by M. Palumbo, Bur, 2010 (or other economical editions: "Rime", edited by M. Cerruti, Feltrinelli, 2019; "Sepolcri-Odi-Sonetti", edited by D. Martinelli, Mondadori, 2019).
Critical Bibliography:
P. Frare, "Una lirica nuova, cioè antica: Foscolo dalle «Poesie» ai «Sepolcri»", in G. Baldassarri, P. Zambon (eds.), "Le forme della tradizione lirica", Il Poligrafo, 2012, pp. 159-177 (https://www . acade-mia.edu/23734681/Una_poesia_nuova_cioè_antica_Foscolo_dalle_Poesie_ai_Sepolcri);
C. Del Vento, "La «nuova poetica» foscoliana (1803-1816)", Edizioni ETS, 2023, pp. 17-102.

The final learning assessment involves:
the preparation of a paper of approximately ten pages on one of the topics covered in class;
an oral interview lasting approximately 30 minutes.
Assessment criteria
30 cum laude (excellent): the student demonstrates a thorough and complete knowledge of the contents; proceeds independently in the presentation of the topics and in the analysis of the texts; expresses himself/herself with excellent argumentative competence using correct terminology.
29-30 (very good): the student shows excellent knowledge of the subject; he/she analyses texts with precision and expresses him/herself with argumentative clarity.
27-28 (good): the student demonstrates broad knowledge of the content of the lectures; shows satisfactory understanding of the texts; uses precise, if sometimes schematic language.
23-26 (fair): the student shows an acceptable knowledge of the syllabus and a fair ability to analyse texts, albeit with omissions; he/she expresses him/herself in an overall correct manner.
18-22 (sufficient): the student shows limited knowledge of the content; he/she shows uncertainties in textual analysis; he/she presents the text unclearly with generalisations and inconsistencies.
Insufficient: The student demonstrates a poor and fragmentary knowledge of the subject matter; he/she analyses texts superficially; he/she does not reach an acceptable level in the articulation of the discourse.

The course consists of lectures, which involve active participation by students and make use of multimedia support (use of Word and Power Point with the projector).
The teaching materials used in class will be available on the e-learning platform "Moodle" of Ateneo, where self-assessment tests will be inserted.

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