08846 - Comparative Literatures

Learning outcomes

Course contents

TOPIC

Characters and fictional worlds: Rewriting, adaptation, prequel, sequel, expansion,counternarration.

Readings/Bibliography

1.Literary texts

► J. Austen, Orgoglio e pregiudizio, Torino, Einaudi (oppure Milano, Garzanti)

► Ch. Brontë, Jane Eyre, Milano, Garzanti

► J. Rhys, Il grande mare dei Sargassi, Milano, Adelphi

► Ch. Dickens, Grandi Speranze, Milano, Garzanti

► R. Frame, Havisham, Picador [testo in inglese]

► Jo Baker, Longbourn House, Torino, Einaudi (o, in alternativa, P.D. James, Morte a Pemberley, Milano, Mondadori)

2. Critical texts

► G. Genette, Palinsesti. La letteratura al secondo grado, Torino, Einaudi (solo i capitoli XXVIII-XXXVIII, pp. 188-241, e LVII-LXIX, pp. 334-414).

► L. Hutcheon, Teoria degli adattamenti, Roma, Armando.

► I. Fantappiè, “Riscritture”, in F. de Cristofaro (a cura di), Letterature comparate, Roma, Carocci, pp. 135-166.

3. Filmografia di riferimento (i film saranno visti e commentati durante le lezioni):

►Pride and Prejudice [Orgoglio e pregiudizio],1995, diretto da Simon Langton, serie televisiva BBC

►Pride and Prejudice [Orgoglio e pregiudizio], 2005, diretto da Joe Wright

►Becoming Jane, 2007, diretto da Julian Jarrold

►Death Comes to Pemberley, 2013, diretto da Daniel Percival, serie televisiva BBC

► Jane Eyre, 1996, diretto da Franco Zeffirelli

► Jane Eyre, 2011, diretto da Cary Fukunaga

► Great Expectations [Paradiso perduto], 1998, diretto da Alfonso Cúaron

Teaching methods

Assessment methods

Evaluation methods

 

The abilities acquired during the course will be evaluated through an oral test aimed at ascertaining a deep knowledge of all the topics covered during the course. The oral test consists in an interview aimed at evaluating the students' critical and methodological skills. Students will be invited to discuss the texts in the reading list and comment on them. Therefore students must demonstrate an appropriate knowledge of the recommended reading list.

Students who are able to demonstrate a wide and systematic understanding of the issues covered during the course, to tackle them critically, and who master the critical jargon of the discipline will be given a mark of excellence. Students who demonstrate a mere mnemonic knowledge of the subject together with a more superficial analytical ability to synthesize, a correct command of the critical jargon but not always appropriate, will be given a ‘fair' mark. A superficial knowledge and understanding of the course topics, a scarce analytical and expressive ability will be rewarded with a pass mark or just above a pass mark. Students who demonstrate gaps in their knowledge of the main topics, inappropriate language skills, lack of familiarity with the syllabus reading list will not be given a pass mark.

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