67998 - Italian Language and Literature

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - knows the methodological foundations of the study applied to literature; - possess the use of the main technical tools (philological, linguistic, critical) useful for the evaluation of a literary text; - will know how to approach the literary document, understand its messages, relate them to the historical and linguistic context in which it was produced, in an interdisciplinary perspective; - will be able to propose a personal hypothesis on the teaching of literary material, to clearly communicate information and ideas to non-specialist interlocutors, such as the recipients of the teaching, pupils aged 3 to 10.

Course contents

The course is divided into a general and a thematic part. In the general one, the main authors of the Italian literary tradition will be addressed, highlighting the points of interest of the poetics of each author in relation to the essential texts of their production.

The thematic part (which we want to call Trespassing) this year will instead deal with the persistence of Italian classics in the contemporary world through rewriting and re-coding. Along with the path of illustration of the texts and the most authoritative authors of our literature, some "pills" will be offered aimed at pointing out how the most famous masterpieces of Dante, Boccaccio, Ariosto ... have known a new life in recent years (and therefore have been able to meeting new audiences) through "border leaps" that have led them to the territories of comics, cinema, theater, television, music. Naturally the largest phenomenon, and perhaps the most important for our purposes, is that of rewritings for children, which are able to bring girls and girls closer to our most famous books, but also further away in content or linguistic guise to the tastes of 'childhood.

Readings/Bibliography

The aim of the course is to enable students to critically review school knowledge, reflecting on the concept of canon and on the relationship between language and literature (exploring the forms through the literary text recreates the meanings of human experience), and to form basic skills useful for analysing a literary text (recognizing its otherness and distance).

ATTENDING PROGRAM

Volumes scheduled for the general part:

G. M. Anselmi, L. Chines (ed.), Leggere i classici italiani. Un'antologia, Bologna, Pàtron, 2019 (only the chapters on Dante, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Tasso, Goldoni, Manzoni, Leopardi, Svevo, Pirandello)

The authors present in the anthology must be studied in depth through an Italian literature manual. We recommend:

N. Bonazzi, A. Campana, F. Giunta, N. Maldina, Itinerari nella letteratura italiana. Da Dante al web, Rome, Carocci, 2013 (and subsequent editions)

Lecture notes made available with illustrative cards and power points on the virtual platform.unibo.it

On the linguistic registers and the differences between written and oral Italian:

E. Lombardi Vallauri, Parlare l'Italiano, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999 and subsequent editions (only the chapters Problemi di stile: pp. 93-113; Gradi di formalità. Sapersi cambiare d'abito: pp. 117-152; Problemi del mezzo scritto e parlato: pp. 191-229)

It will also be read, as an in-depth analysis on the thematic part:

 G. M. Anselmi, White mirror. Le Serie TV nello specchio della letteratura, Salerno editrice, 2022.

Finally, one of the following texts must be read in full:

E. Detti, La Commedia di Dante, Giunti, 2017

B. Pitzorno, Dame, mercanti e cavalieri, Mondadori, 2011

R. Piumini, Orlando, il mio signore, Mondadori, 2016

A. Strada, Leopardi era un figo, Piemme, 2020

A. Piccione, I promessi sposi raccontati ai bambini, Mondadori, 2021

 

NON ATTENDING PROGRAM

Non-attending students are required to prepare, in addition to the scheduled texts, the entire volume by E. Lombardi Vallauri, Parlare l'italiano, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999 (and subsequent editions)

 

PROGRAM FOR 3 CREDITS

For those who need to earn 3 credits as they come from other Faculties or Degree Programs where they have already taken the Italian Literature exam, the volume to be prepared is:

E. Lombardi Vallauri, Parlare l’italiano. Come usare meglio la nostra lingua, Il Mulino, 1999 (2017)

 

ERASMUS STUDENT PROGRAM

At least 15 days before the exam session, Erasmus students are required to agree with the teacher the title of a written research on one of the topics of the course. The research, in Italian, must be at least 8-10 pages long and will be corrected and discussed with the teacher by the end of the exam session for which the student has enrolled.

 

 

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

Screening and discussion of videos

Power Point

The lessons are not conceived as a mere explanation of the volumes in the program, nor as an exposition of teaching methodologies applied to literature, but as examples of reflection on the texts (based on the knowledge and examples of analysis outlined in the volumes in the program) and of co-construction of interpretative hypotheses based on the fine observation of the literary text.

The goal is not to train literary critics, but critical and aware readers, capable of stimulating, as future teachers, the pleasure of reading.

Assessment methods

The test is oral

Criteria used for the assignment of the vote

The marks, expressed out of thirty, will consider the clarity of the oral presentation as well as the quality of the study and the reasoning skills behind the arguments provided: alongside the evaluation of the quantity / quality of the information offered, the ability to explain will also be evaluated deepening, motivating, connecting knowledge spanning the different books.

Rejected: lack of answers, wrong or insufficient answers, overall superficiality

18-19: basic knowledge, sometimes a little confused

20-22: diffuse knowledge not in-depth

23-24: fair overall knowledge and / or discrepancy in the quality of the answers

25-26: good overall knowledge with some imperfections (lack of data, inaccuracies ...)

27-28: uniform panorama of well-assimilated knowledge

29-30: breadth and precision of the knowledge offered, ability to re-elaborate

30 cum laude: completeness, ability to re-elaborate, original observations.

It will be possible to take the exam only after the conclusion of the lessons to take the exam it is necessary to register through Almaesami, in compliance with the established deadlines. Anyone unable to do so due to technical problems is requested to report the problem immediately to the didactic secretariat. The teacher reserves the right (not) to admit non-listed students to the test.

Important notice for those who have obtained the OFA debt.

The OFA Italian support laboratory is integrated with the teaching of Italian literature and language. The examination of this discipline can be carried out only after successfully passing the OFA verification test, which certifies the achievement of specific skills in Italian. Those who decide to attend the workshops must:

- enrol in the workshop on Almaesami starting from December 2022;

- go to the first lesson by declaring to the teacher their intention to attend;

- guarantee a frequency of at least 70% of the laboratory hours.

Participation in the OFA support workshops is highly recommended to all those who have received one or two debts. The first useful appeals for passing the OFA will be held immediately after the end of the support laboratory.

 

Teaching tools

Bibliography materials and lessons acetate will be available on the platform Virtuale Learning Environment (https://virtuale.unibo.it)

Office hours

See the website of Nicola Bonazzi

Office hours

See the website of Nicola Bonazzi