Italian Literature I

Course Information
TitleΙΤΑΛΙΚΗ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ Ι / Italian Literature I
Title in ItalianLetteratura Italiana 1
Code11353
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolItalian Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID280006613

Programme of Study: UPS School of Italian Language and Literature 2013

Registered students: 111
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Italian Language and LiteratureMandatory Elective Courses426
Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours4
Total Hours52
Class ID
600211618
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Italian (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
1. Very good knowledge of the Italian language. 2. Acquaintance with the basic principles of narratology.
Learning Outcomes
The main goal is to make students comppetent readers of contemporary Italian literature through their familiarity with the history and texts. A further aim is to acquaint students with literary language and writing, and therefore a large part of the modern Italian culture.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Work autonomously
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Brief overview of major literary movements in Italian prose and poetry of the 20th century. Anthology, textual analysis and interpretative approach of some of the most important Italian and European writers of the 20th century. Manuali 1. Giulio Ferroni, Profilo Storico Della Letteratura Italiana, Milano, Einaudi scuola 2006 a. Epoca 10 Guerre e fascismo 1910-1945, pp. 869- 885, b. Epoca 11 Ricostruzione e sviluppo nel dopoguerra 1945-1968 pp.1021-1042, c. Epoca 12 Verso una civiltà planetaria 1968-1991 pp. 1155-1179 2. M. Santagata – L. Carotti – A. Casadei – M. Tavoni, I tre libri di letteratura Novecento_ Oggi, Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari 2009 a. Tutte le parti riguardanti “Le coordinate storiche e culturali” del tempo. b. Autori ed Argomenti 01. Federigo Tozzi 02. Luigi Pirandello 03. G. Ungaretti 04. Alberto Moravia 05. Italo Svevo 06. Carlo Emilio Gadda 07. Cesare Pavese 08. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 09. Giorgio Bassani (v. G. Ferroni, pp. 1077-78) 10. Carlo Levi (v. G. Ferroni, p. 1058) 11. Italo Calvino 12. Pier Paolo Pasolini 13. Pier Vittorio Tondelli 3. Lettura dei testi L. Pirandello, Il fu Mattia Pascal, Einaudi, Torino 1993. G. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo, Feltrinelli, Milano 2008.
Educational Material Types
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Electronic sources
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures753✓
Reading Assigment753✓✓
Total1506
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
- Μ. Santagata, I tre libri di letteratura. Per le Scuole superiori , Laterza, Bari 2009. - G. Ferroni, Profilo Storico Della Letteratura Italiana, Einaudi scuola, Milano 2006.
Additional bibliography for study
- M. Pazzaglia, Letteratura italiana: testi e critica con lineamenti di storia letteraria, Vol IV, Zanichelli, Bologna 1993. – C. Segre - C. Martignoni, Testi nella storia. La letteratura italiana dalle origini al Novecento. Vol. IV, Mondadori, Milano 1992. – P. Stoppelli, Enciclopedia della letteratura italiana Oxford-Zanichelli, Zanichelli, Bologna 2008. – L. Pirandello, Il fu Mattia Pascal, Einaudi, Torino 1993. – G. Tomasi di Lampedusa , Il Gattopardo, Feltrinelli, Milano 2008.
Last Update
23-07-2021