- Docente: Francesca Gatta
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-FIL-LET/12
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Languages and Technologies for Intercultural Communication (cod. 6604)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to develop the ability to analyse a wide variety of texts including the multimodal ones.
The reading and analysis of texts aims to stimulate "linguistic awareness" also through writing exercises.
Course contents
The course is divided in two parts.Topics of the first part are:
Language and communication;
text and medium (oral text and written text); multimodal texts;
text types and genres;
the concept of "clarity".
The second part will be dedicated to reading and analysing the texts. Part of the lessons will be dedicated to the discussion of student's texts.
Readings/Bibliography
L. Serianni, Leggere, scrivere, argomentare, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2013.
A. Ferrari, Che cos'è un testo, Carocci, 2019
I. Calvino, L'italiano, una lingua tra le altre lingue, in Una pietra sopra, Torino, Einaudi, 1980, pp. 116-122.
Luca Serianni, Italiani scritti, Bologna il Mulino, 2021 (III edizione)
Further bibliography will be provided during the course.
Teaching methods
seminar lessons
Assessment methods
The assessment consists of the writting essays done during the course and of a final paper (lenght around 8 pages). The paper consists of analysis and commentary of texts chosen by the student.
The topic of the paper must be agreed with the teacher.
Those who do not attend classes are requested to agree on the program and exam with the teacher.
Students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) or with disabilities that can affect their ability to attend courses are invited to contact the University service for students with disabilities and SLD at the earliest opportunity -- ideally before the start of the course: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students. The University service will suggest possible adjustments to the course work and/or exam, which must then be submitted to the course leader so they can assess their feasibility, in line with the learning objectives of the course. Please note that adjustments to the exam must be requested at least two weeks in advance.
Office hours
See the website of Francesca Gatta