00562 - Italian Literature (A-L)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students should know italian literature from XIVth to XXth century. They will be able to discuss the most important texts and authors, to put them in historical perspective, and to improve their linguistic proficiency.

Course contents

Part 1. History of the italian literature: an introduction. From XIVth to XXth century.

Part 2. A literature's theme: an itinerary across the most important texts of the italian tradition.

Readings/Bibliography

A. Part 1

Dante, Inferno, commento a cura di Emilio Pasquini e Antonio Enzo Quaglio, Milano, Garzanti, «I Grandi libri», 1982 (2004).

La letteratura nei secoli della tradizione. Dalla «Chanson de Roland» a Foscolo, a cura di Marco Santagata, Bari, Laterza, 2007.

La letteratura nel secolo delle innovazioni. Da Monti a d'Annunzio, a cura di Marco Santagata, Bari, Laterza, 2009.

N.B. Students that don't attend the lectures must also read Italo Calvino, Lezioni americane, Milano, Garzanti, 1988.

B. Part 2

For the students that attend the lectures, slides and notes from the lessons will be procured online, at the end of the course, on the website virtuale.unibo.it.

Students that don't attend the lectures must study Alberto Casadei Dante, Storia avventurosa della Divina commedia dalla selva oscura alla realtà aumentata, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2020.

Teaching methods

The lectures will focus on general problems concerning the major authors and texts of the italian tradition, and the discussion of chritical theories.

Assessment methods

Italian students must sit a written and then an oral exam. Foreign students (Erasmus and Overseas) don't have to sit a written exam. The oral exam, for all students, will concern the authors and the texts of the italian literature presented in the teacher's lectures, and analysed in the recommended readings.

The result of the exam will be: insufficient in case of linguistic and expressive deficiencies, as well as of missed or erroneous comment to the texts; sufficient in case of correct linguistic expression, possession of basic literary knowledge and understanding of Italian literature in its chronological development; good in case of correct linguistic expression and knowledge of the texts and authors; excellent in case of excellent expressive ability, and in-depth knowledge of the texts and authors.

Teaching tools

Lectures at the Biblioteca Classense ("Conversazioni dantesche")

Slides, CD and DVD

Online documents (virtuale.unibo.it)

Office hours

See the website of Claudia Sebastiana Nobili