- Docente: Alessandro Zironi
- Credits: 3
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Italian Culture and Language for Foreigners (cod. 0983)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Modern, Post-Colonial and Comparative Literatures (cod. 0981)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Language, Society and Communication (cod. 8874)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Languages, Markets and Cultures of Asia and Mediterranean Africa (cod. 9264)
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from Nov 13, 2023 to Dec 21, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the seminar (activity strictly related to the objectives of the degree course) the student acquires specific skills and notions to deal with linguistic and / or philological and / or literary and / or historical and / or artistic issues and problems. The seminar aims to provide basic knowledge about Estonia's Finno-Ugric culture in the geopolitical context of the Northern Baltic Sea area.
Course contents
The Estonian language and culture seminar with native Estonian speaking teacher for absolute beginners. The seminar aims to expand the cultural formation of the student interested in the Finno-Ugric world.
1. Culture:
Estonian and Finno-Ugric languages.
Main linguistic, historical and political data. Estonia 2022, digital nation.
Tallinn, the European green capital of 2023. Tartu, the European capital of culture 2024
The "recipe" for being an Estonian by Valdur Mikita.
Estonian authors in Italian.
The twentieth century, Jaan Kross and “The czar's madman”.
Poets Maarja Kangro and Doris Kareva.
Composer Arvo Pärt.
Language:
Pronunciation (palatalization, three lengths)
Declination, 14 cases (in particular nominative, genitive and partitive, singular and plural)
Pronouns Interrogative pronouns
Compound words
Adjectives and derivation
Verb conjugation (infinitive in -ma and in -da, present)
Readings/Bibliography
Dictionaries
Estonian spelling dictionary "Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018“, Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, Tallinn, 2018 (https://www.eki.ee/dict/qs/) [https://www.eki.ee/dict/qs/]
Etymological dictionary online (http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=ema&F=M&C06=et) [http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=ema&F=M&C06=et]
English-Estonian Dictionary (http://www.eki.ee/dict/ies/index.cgi?C06=en )
Online courses
0-A2keeleklikk.ee
0-A2 keeletee.ee
https://www.speakly.me/
Compulsory readings
Jaan Kross “Il pazzo dello zar”, Iperborea, 2016
“Tabula rasa. Alla ricerca di Arvo Pärt” from Jan Brokken "Anime Baltiche", Iperborea, 2017
Maarja Kangro “La farfalla dell'irreversibilità”, Gattomerlino, 2011
Doris Kareva “L'ombra del tempo”, Gattomerlino, 2011
Vite poetiche. Maarja Kangro
Vite poetiche. Seconda stagione. | Biblioteca Italiana delle Donne (women.it) [https://bibliotecadelledonne.women.it/news/vite-poetiche-seconda-stagione/]
Useful readings
Emil Tode "Terra di confine" (Iperborea, 1996)
Teaching methods
Lectures and classroom activities with native speaker.
Assessment methods
Written assessment on the grammatical and lexical topics learned during the seminar.
Teaching tools
Audiovisual support and online materials.
Office hours
See the website of Alessandro Zironi
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.