- Docente: Marco Veglia
- Credits: 12
- SSD: L-FIL-LET/10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Marco Veglia (Modulo 1) Marco Veglia (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Visual Arts (cod. 9071)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the cours of lessons, the students will be able to know the most important authors of Italian Literature, above all Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio.
Course contents
Beauty, Love and Truth: Beatrice, Laura and Fiammetta in the literary perspective of Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio.
The first part of the course is dedicated to stress the importance of the meaning of beauty and truth. The second part of the course concerns the figures of Beatrice, Laura and Fiammetta and their deep relevance for Commedia, Canzoniere and Decameron.
Readings/Bibliography
About the introduction of ideas and cultural perspectives of Medieval Thought:
A.K. COOMARASWAMY, Il grande brivido. Saggi di simbolica e arte, trad. it., Milano, Adelphi, 2005, pp. 13-73, per i saggi Figura di parola o figura di Pensiero? e La filosofia dell'arte medioevale e orientale.
U. ECO, Scritti sul pensiero medievale, Milano, Bompiani, 2012, per il primo saggio (Arte e bellezza nell'estetica medievale, pp. 21-260).
On the authors: D. ALIGHIERI, Rime giovanili e della "Vita Nova", a cura di T. Barolini e M. Gragnolati, Milano, BUR, 2009.
F. PETRARCA, Canzoniere, a cura di P. Vecchi Galli, annotazioni di P. Vecchi Galli e S. Cremonini, Milano, BUR, 2012.
G. BOCCACCIO, Decameron, a cura di M. Veglia, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2020.
For a futher and necessary deepening: M. ARIANI, Petrarca, Roma, Salerno, 1999, pp. 19-60, 214-285; N. TONELLI, Leggere il "Canzoniere", Bologna, il Mulino, 2017; M. SANTAGATA, Boccaccio indiscreto. Il mito di Fiammetta, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019.Teaching methods
Lectures should be a sort of dialogue between the teacher and his students.
Assessment methods
The assessment consists in an oral exam.
Teaching tools
Books and, above all, the curiosity of the students.
Office hours
See the website of Marco Veglia