22247 - Finnish B - 1

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0078)

Course contents

The main literary works, genres and literary movements of the first half of the 19th Century Finland in their cultural context. The development of the novel and of the poetry trough analysis of selected works and Finnish terminology related to literary analysis by applying the different tools to the analysis of selected literary pieces of the period.

Readings/Bibliography

Recommended reading:

Laitinen, Kai: La letteratura finlandese. Otava, 1995.

Kivi, A.: I sette fratelli. UTET, 1946.

Aho, J. Fedele. Prato, 1906.

Questa è la Finlandia. Scienza, commercio, cultura, industria, storia. Otava, 2002.

Sciamanesimo in Eurasia, dal mito alla tradizione. Roma, Aracne, 2008.

Simboli e miti della tradizione sciamanica. Bologna, Carattere, 2007.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons and individual readings.

Assessment methods

The course requirements are regular attendance and an oral exam covering the course work.

Teaching tools

CD, DVD, online materials and readings.

Office hours

See the website of Sanna Maria Martin