31342 - Polish Literature 3

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will know the history of Polish literature from Middle Ages up to the end of the XVIII century. A special attention will be paid to the relationship betweenthe literary texts and their historical, ideological and linguistical contexts, and - in a comparative perspective -to the cultural connections between Italy and Poland. The student will be introduced to the methods for analysis and interpretation of a literary text.

Course contents

The course will will consist of two parts: a monographic part and a general part.

Monographic part:

An introduction to Wisława Szymborska's work

The monographic part is common forall years.

General part:

An introduction to the Polish literature and culture

Lessons will be about themes, works, authors of particular importance in the history of Polish culture. These lessons are meant to help the student better understand the general part of literary history (different for any year of course), which every student is expected to study:

1styear students: from the beginnings to the half of XIX century (Romanticism included)

2ndyear students: from thehalf of XIX centuryto contemporaryliterature

3rd year students: from 1918 to contemporary literature.

Readings/Bibliography

Monographic part:

Wisława Szymborska's works:

Opere, a cura di P. Marchesani, Adelphi, Milano 2008.

La gioia di scrivere. Tutte le poesie (1945-2009), a cura di P. Marchesani, Adelphi, Milano 2009.

Secondary bibliograpghy will be indicated during the course.

General part:

1st year:

• Readings:

1) J. Kochanowski, Fraszki (a selection to be establishedby the professor);

2) J. Kochanowski, Treny;

3) J. Kochanowski, Czego chcesz od nas, Panie ;

4) I. Krasicki, Mikolaja Doswiadczynskiego przypadki ;

5)J. Potocki, Manuscrit trouvé a Saragoze (Rękopis znaleziony w Saragosie).

6)A. Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz ;

7) A. Mickiewicz, Dziady part III;

8) Z. Krasiński, Nieboska komedia.

2nd year:

1)B. Prus, Lalka;

2 H. Sienkiewicz, Ogniem i mieczem;

3)S. Wyspiański, Wesele;

4)S.I. Witkiewicz, Nienasycenie (orone drama: Matka, Szewcy or Wariat i Zakonnica);

5)B. Schulz, Sklepy cynamonowe;

6) W. Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke;

7) Cz. Miłosz, Rodzinna Europa;

8) G. Herling-Grudziński, Inny świat.

3nd year:

1) A work by one of these authors: T. Konwicki, J. Andrzejewski, A. Szczypiorski, J. Stryjkowski, R. Kapuśćinski.

2) A work by one of these authors: P. Huelle, A. Stasiuk, O. Tokarczuk.

3) A play by one of these authors: S. Mrożek, S.I. Witkiewicz, W. Gombrowicz, T. Kantor.

4)3 poems by each of these authors: Czeslaw Milosz, Zbigniew Herbert, Wislawa Szymborska, Tadeusz Rozewicz, Jan Twardowski.

5) Inattese vertigini. Antologia della poesia polacca dopo il 1989, a cura di Alessandro Amenta e Lorenzo Costantino, Forum, Udine 2010.

For all years:

- Literary history:

(the part concerning the year of study)

Storia della letteratura polacca , a cura di L. Marinelli, Einaudi, Torino 2004 (polish edition: Historia literatury polskiej, Ossolineum, Wroclaw 2009).

Cz. Miłosz, History of Polish Literature.

- Notions about Polish history

(the part concerning the year of study)

J. Łukowski, H. Zawadzki, Polonia. Il paese che rinasce, Beit, Trieste 2009.

N. Davies, God's Playground: A History of Poland , Oxford University Press 2005 (the part concerning the year of study).

Critical readings

2nd year:

F. Jameson,Il borghese fuori posto. Bolesław Prus. La bambola, 1890, in Il romanzo, vol.5: Lezioni, a cura di F. Moretti, Einaudi, Torino 2003, pp. 375-383.

A. Ceccherelli, Simbologia nazionale e critica della cultura nelle “Nozze” di Wyspiański . In: Pensare per immagini. Stanisław Wyspiański drammaturgo e pittore , Convegno internazionale nel centenario della morte dell'artista, 19-20 dicembre 2007, a cura di Andrea Ceccherelli, Elżbieta Jastrzębowska, Marcello Piacentini, Anton Maria Raffo, Accademia Polacca delle Scienze, Biblioteca e Centro di Studi a Roma (Conferenze 124), Roma 2008, pp. 27-45.

3rd year:

Polonia tra passato e futuro. Percorsi di cultura contemporanea , a cura di K. Jaworska , Franco Angeli 2008 (2 essays chosen by the student);

Introductions to the Italian editions ofMilosz (P. Marchesani, Nota su Milosz, in Cz. Milosz, Poesie, Adelphi, Milano 1983 e succ. ediz.), Herbert (P. Marchesani, La Polonia, ossia ovunque, in Z. Herbert, Rapporto dalla città assediata, Adelphi, Milano 1993; A. Ceccherelli, "Rovigo": elementi di geografia intima herbertiana, in Z. Herbert, Rovigo, Il Ponte del Sale, Rovigo 2008), Szymborska (P. Marchesani, Una pensosa leggerezza, in W. Szymborska, Vista con granello di sabbia, Adelphi, Milano 1998 o ediz. succ.), Rozewicz (S. De Fanti, La poesia di Tadeusz Rozewicz, in T. Rozewicz, Le parole sgomente, Metauro, Pesaro 2007), Twardowski (A. Ceccherelli, Jan Twardowski, giullare di Dio, in J. Twardowski, Affrettiamoci ad amare, Marietti, Genova-Milano 2009).

Section about "newspeak" in pl.it - rassegna italiana di argomenti polacchi,2007, pp. 170-213, e 2008, pp. 248-294

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods

Oral exam about both the monographic and the generale part.

Students who cannot attend the classes or find the texts are requested to contact the teacher during the office hours (see teacher's website) or by e-mail( andrea.ceccherelli@unibo.it )

Teaching tools

In addition to lessons and readings, parts of films will be shown.

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Ceccherelli