29029 - Literature and Rhetoric (1) (2nd cycle)

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to study nomenclature, definitions, statements and persuasive applications of rethorical technics, with main attention to art of speaking, rethorical figures and their classification. The student is able to implement this knowledge in literary works.

Course contents

Shorts and quotations, aphorisms, epigrams and fables in Italian and European Literature

(with main attention to rhetorical figures and their classification)

Scrittori italiani di aforismi, 2 voll, “Meridiani” Mondadori, 1994-1996;

Epigrammi italiani, Einaudi, 2001;

Favole, apologhi e bestiari, Bur 2007.

Readings/Bibliography

The aim of this course is to study and critically analyse examples of shorts and quotations, aphorisms, epigrams and fables in Italian and European Literature, with main attention to rhetorical figures and their classification.

Examples from:

Scrittori italiani di aforismi, 2 voll, “Meridiani” Mondadori, 1994-1996;

Epigrammi italiani, Einaudi, 2001;

Favole, apologhi e bestiari, Bur 2007.

Critical Bibliography

- S. Ghiazza - M. Napoli, Le figure retoriche. Parola e immagine, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2007;

- Scuola di retorica, a cura di A. Varni, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2006;

- B. Capaci, Presi dalle parole. Gli effetti della retorica nella letteratura e nella vita, Bologna, Pardes, 2010;

- G Ruozzi, Forme brevi. Pensieri, massime e aforismi nel Novecento italiano, Pisa, Goliardica, 1992;

- G Cantarutti, La scrittura aforistica, Bologna, il Mulino, 2001

Teaching methods

- Lessons

- Lectures andnotes to the texts

- Critical Discussions

Assessment methods

- Critical and bibliographical essay.

It must be done before the oral examination.

- Final Oral Examination

Teaching tools

- Books

- Seminars

- Workshops

Office hours

See the website of Gino Ruozzi