67007 - Analysis Methodologies (2) (LM)

Learning outcomes

The course deepens the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of the semiotic discipline, continuing the work of the course of Methodologies (1).

Course contents

The Methodology 2 course aims at deepening the knowledge of the methodological tools introduced during the course of Methodologies 1, also widening the field of application of these ones. For this reason, the course will be divided into three modules of 10 hours each (corresponding to 5 lessons), in an order that will be defined near the beginning of the course: a module that we will call Semiotics and cooking, in which we will analyze the universe of food and its communication; a module that we will call Semiotics of places, in which urban and spatial realities in general will be analyzed from the morphological, practical and representational point of view; a module that we will call Semiotics of the Literary text, in which specific tools and examples will be introduced for both prose and poetry texts.

Readings/Bibliography

Alice Giannitrapani, Introduzione alla semiotica dello spazio, Carocci, 2013

Maria Pia Pozzato, La camera di Henriette. Schizzi disegni mappe di luoghi identitari, Roma, Meltemi, 2020

Daniela Panosetti, Semiotica del testo letterario, Carocci, 2015

Daniele Barbieri, Il linguaggio della poesia, Bompiani, 2011

Gianfranco Marrone, La cucina del senso: gusto, significazione, testualità, ed. Mimesis 2012

Jean-Jacques Boutaud, Il senso goloso. La commensalità, il gusto, gli alimenti, ed. ETS, 2012

For the purpose of the examination, the bibliography can be adapted according to the chosen corpus.

Teaching methods

Based on the current provisions (July 2020), the lessons will be held in a mixed mode, half in presence with admission of one third of the students; and half remotely. Confirmation of this modality depends on the state of the health situation at the autumn recovery.

Assessment methods

Students can choose which of the three modules to focus their analysis on. Their analysis will be exposed in PowerPoint (even on Teams) or in a paper which must be send to the teacher. Attending and non-attending students have the same modality for the their examination. Students can work as a group or individually.

Teaching tools

Nothing specific except slides and any hand outs

Office hours

See the website of Maria Pia Pozzato