- Docente: Chiara Conterno
- Credits: 9
- SSD: L-LIN/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Humanities (cod. 8850)
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from Feb 10, 2025 to May 14, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students should know the literature of Enlightenment. Morevoer, they should be able to understand and contextualize a text in German language.
Course contents
Cultural Heritage and the literature of the Enlightenment and its literary forms and expressions: novel, epistolary novel, theatre, newspapers, journals, exchanges of letters.
Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.
Readings/Bibliography
A) Books for the study of the history of literature:
In Italian:
1. Emilio Bonfatti, Agli albori dell’Illuminismo, in Emilio Bonfatti, Anna Morisi, La nascita della letteratura tedesca, Carocci, Roma, 2005, pp. 229-245; 253-272.
2. Chiara M. Buglioni, Marco Castellari, Alessandra Goggio, Moira Paleari, Letteratura tedesca. Epoche, generi, intersezioni. Dal Medioevo al primo Novecento (vol. 1), Le Monnier Università, Firenze, 2019, pp. 65-164.
Or in German:
Wolfgang Beutin [et al.], Deutsche Literaturgeschichte : von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart, Weimar, J. B. Metzler, 2001 (only the chapters on the 18th century)
Or:
Reiner Ruffing, Deutsche Literaturgeschichte, Stuttgart, UTB, 2019 (only the chapters on the 18th century)
B) Works:
- Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Le tenere sorelle, in Commedie, a cura di Maurizio Pirro, Mucchi, Modena, 2020, pp. 129-199;
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan il saggio, transl. by A. Casalegno, Garzanti, 2013;
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werther / I dolori del giovane Werther, a cura di Giuliano Baioni, note al testo di Stefania Sbarra, Torino, Einaudi, 1998;
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Faust e Urfaust. Testo tedesco a fronte, a cura di Giovanni Vittorio Amoretti, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2014. (Ci concentreremo sull'Urfaust.)
Moreover, one of these two works:
- Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, trad. di Italo Alighiero Chiusano, a cura di Emilio Bonfatti, Marsilio, Venezia, 2004;
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Sulla fisiognomica a cura di G. Cantarutti, La scuola di Pitagora editrice, Napoli, 2017.
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A selection of tests will be given by the lecturer during the course.N.B.:
Students from Lettere who have to collect 6 CFU have to read two of these works:
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Commedie, a cura di Maurizio Pirro, Mucchi, Modena, 2020;
- Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, trad. di Italo Alighiero Chiusano, a cura di Emilio Bonfatti, Marsilio, Venezia, 2004;
- Lessing, Nathan il saggio, trad. di A. Casalegno, con introduzione di Emilio Bonfatti, Garzanti, Milano, 2013;
Moreover, they don't have to study the chapters about Sturm und Drang.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
An oral exam of three questions.
One question is on Lessing.
Non attending-students: The program is the same, but it is advisable to contact the teacher.Teaching tools
The projector will be used.
Links to further information
https://site.unibo.it/fucuhe/it
Office hours
See the website of Chiara Conterno
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.