85107 - MIDDLE AGE AND RENAISSANCE CANON (1) (LM)

Anno Accademico 2018/2019

  • Docente: Angelo Maria Mangini
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: L-FIL-LET/10
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Italianistica, culture letterarie europee, scienze linguistiche (cod. 9220)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course, students, by reading a series of texts, will be capable of acquiring in-depth knowledge of how the Italian literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance evolved, with particular reference to the texts that profoundly influenced the subsequent literature and culture, so confirming the canon. Students will be capable of analysing texts, reading them with a critical eye and relating them to various temporal and social-cultural periods.

Contenuti

The works of Dante Alighieri are a landmark of both the Italian and the European medieval literary canon, and have exercised a paramount influence on the Western cultural tradition as a whole. The course will introduce students to a selection of crucial themes and episodes from the Commedia and other minor works; lectures and seminars will explore the context of late medieval Italian culture and society in which Dante's oeuvre has been produced, and will examine its afterlife and significance for modern literature and visual culture.

Testi/Bibliografia

Dante, Vita Nuova, ed. by Mark Musa, Oxford University Press

Dante, Divine Comedy, ed. by Robert Durling and Ronald Martinez, Oxford University Press

The Cambridge Companion to Dante, ed. by Rachel Jacoff, Cambridge University Press

Metodi didattici

Lectures and seminars involving class discussion and text analysis

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

2 essays (approx. 3,000 words each)

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

  • PowerPoint presentations
  • 'Insegnamenti online' e-learning platform

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Angelo Maria Mangini