ITALIAN LITERATURE 2 MOD I

This class, among the "field modules" in the bachelor’s degree in Humanities, curriculum in Science of the Literary Text and Communication, is meant to furnish students not only with basic knowledge of the main trends of Italian literature, but moreover with the theoretical and methodological tools to face the specific problematics of the discipline. The class thus has three main objectives: to trace the development of Italian literature, by way of specific examples; to foster the capacity of autonomous reflection on a literary text; to furnish the basic methodological tools of textual analysis. Particular attention is devoted to the centrality of the text, be it poetic or prose, as an indispensable starting point in any theoretical or critical discourse.

At the end of the course, the student will learn about the historical and cultural context of Italian literature from the end of the XVI century to the XVIII century and will be able to use terminology adapted to the specificity of the discipline. Will be able to understand, analyze and interpret the literary texts subject of the course with the appropriate tools and tools, to identify and examine themes, topics and ideas developed by the authors treated, to organize the contents in appropriate summaries by making comparisons between texts, to formulate reasoned judgments of value.

To properly follow the lessons the student must have a good knowledge of the Italian language, re-knowing the formal and linguistic aspects of a literary text.

The course combines a theoretical and textual approach with a historical one, proceeding according to chronological coordinates, in order to provide students with the widest possible vision of Italian literary development and the related issues and issues. The module aims to analyze the main authors and the most representative genres of the period from the end of 16th to the 18th century, placing them in their historical and cultural context.

- M. Santagata - L- Carotti - A. Casadei - M- Tavoni, "Il filo rosso. Antologia e storia della letteratura italiana ed europea. 2.1 Seicento e Settecento; 2.2 Ottocento”, Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2007 (Edizione B)

- Notes from lectures.

The teaching materials commented during the lessons will be uploaded to the University’s “Moodle” e-learning platform.

Final verification of learning takes place through an oral interview lasting approximately 20 minutes.

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Assessment criteria:
30 cum laude (excellent): the student shows a thorough and complete knowledge of the contents; he/she is able to express a reasoned judgement on a text; he/she proceeds independently in the presentation of the arguments and in the analysis of the texts; he/she expresses him/herself with excellent argumentative competence using correct terminology.
29-30 (very good): the student demonstrates excellent knowledge of the subject; he/she analyses and interprets texts with precision and expresses him/herself with argumentative clarity.
27-28 (good): the student demonstrates broad knowledge of the content of the lessons; 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 fair ability to analyse texts, albeit with omissions; he/she expresses him/herself in a generally correct manner.
18-22 (sufficient): the student shows limited knowledge of the contents; shows uncertainties in textual analysis; exposes unclearly with generalizations and inconsistencies.

- Face to face lessons;
- thematic insights proposed in the classroom by the teacher or suggested by the students.