00562 - Italian Literature (A-L)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student has a decent knowledge of Italian literary tradition, a fair capacity for critical analysis and sufficient writing skills.

Course contents

                        

Academic Year 2017-2018

Italian Literature

Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilisations
(A.R.C.O. students A-L)

(Prof. Paola Daniela Giovanelli)
            12 cfu

(Half-year course: September 2017-December 2017)

The syllabus is divided in a monographic course (A) held by the professor and an institutional part (B), to be prepared by students as an individual study. A preliminary written exam (C) is foreseen for all students at their final oral exam, both tests will be considered in giving a single evaluation mark.

The student (attendee or non-attendee) is entitled to take the Italian Literature exam in two different exam sessions: the first will focus of on the institutional part the second on the monographic aspect.

A) MONOGRAPHIC PART

B) ISTITUTIONAL or GENERAL PART

A) MONOGRAPHIC PART

Magic potions, aphrodisiacs and poisons in Italian dramaturgy between the Fifth and the Twentieth Century

The monographic course includes some theoretical lessons on the motive of magic and eros and the analysis of comedies La mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli, I due gemelli veneziani by Carlo Goldoni, L’uomo, la bestia e la virtù by Luigi Pirandello and Il sorriso di Daphne by Vittorio Franceschi.

Non-attendees students will be required to read the following theatricap tests:

-Il negromante by Ludovico Ariosto

-L’uomo prudente by Carlo Goldoni

-La morte civile by Paolo Giacometti

and the essay:

-I. P. Culianu, Eros e magia nel Rinascimento, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 2006

DVDs will be provided for all programme texts.

Moreover, during the entire course term, meetings with researcher, writers, and actor are foreseen.

B) ISTITUTIONAL or GENERAL PART:

This part is to be prepared by the student: for a general methodological orientation, a preparatory seminar will be attended which students are invited to attend and which will be taken into account when examining and testing the preparation. To this end, teaching material will be provided at the Burchiellaro copy shop, via Zamboni, 66.

b 1) The attending student will have to choose one of the following works: the student will have to know the history of composition, sources, structure, themes, language, style and fortune. The preparation involves the study of the biography of the author with its historical-cultural framing, the contents of all his works, poetry and themes.

b 2) The non-attending student will have to choose two of the following works, one from the first series (from the 14th to the 17th century) and one from the second series (from the 18th to the 20th century): the student will have to know the history of composition, sources, structure, themes, language, style and fortune. The preparation involves the study of the biography of the author with its historical-cultural framing, the contents of all his works, poetry and themes.  

All students must strictly present to the exam interview with the chosen texts. Failure will affect the evaluation of the interview itself.

FIRST SERIES, Texts from 13th to 17th centuries:

- Dante, Inferno

- F. Petrarca, Canzoniere

- G. Boccaccio, Decameron

- N. Machiavelli, Il Principe

- L. Ariosto, Orlando furioso

- T. Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata

SECOND SERIES, Texts from 18th to 20th centuries:

- V. Alfieri, Vita or Saul and Mirra

- C. Goldoni, two comedies between: Il servitore di due padroni, La locandiera, I rusteghi, Una delle ultime sere di Carnovale

- U. Foscolo, Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis and Sepolcri

- G. Leopardi, Canti or Operette morali

- A. Manzoni, I promessi sposi

- G. Verga, Vita dei campi or I Malavoglia or Mastro-don Gesualdo

- L. Pirandello, Il fu Mattia Pascal

- I. Svevo, La coscienza di Zeno

- E. Montale, Ossi di seppia or Le occasioni

-Two texts between C. Levi, Cristo si è fermato a Eboli; P. Levi, La tregua; B. Fenoglio, Una questione privata

- I. Calvino, Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno or the trilogy of novels I nostri antenati (Il barone rampante, Il cavaliere inesistente, Il visconte dimezzato)

- P. P. Pasolini, Ragazzi di vita or La religione del mio tempo

- C. E. Gadda, La cognizione del dolore or Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana

- D. Fo, Mistero buffo and Morte accidentale di un anarchico

Recommended editions:

- D. Alighieri, Inferno, ed. by E. Pasquini and A. E. Quaglio, Milano, Garzanti, 2014.

- F. Petrarca, Canzoniere, ed. by P. Vecchi Galli, Milano, BUR, 2012.

- G. Boccaccio, Decameron, ed. by A. Quondam, M. Fiorilla, G. Alfano, Milano, BUR, 2013.

- N. Machiavelli, Il Principe, ed. by G. M. Anselmi and C. Varotti, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1992; or: ed. by G. Inglese, Torino, Einaudi, 2005; or: ed. by R. Ruggiero, Milano, BUR, 2008.

- L. Ariosto, Orlando furioso, ed. by E. Bigi and C. Zampese, Milano, BUR, 2012.

- T. Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, ed. by F. Tomasi, Milano, BUR, 2009.

- V. Alfieri, Vita or Saul and Mirra (any unabridged edition).

- C. Goldoni, Il servitore di due padroni, La locandiera, I rusteghi, Una delle ultime sere di Carnovale (any unabridged edition).

- U. Foscolo, Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (ed. by M. A. Terzoli, Roma, Carocci, 2012) and Sepolcri (any unabridged edition).

- G. Leopardi, Canti o Operette morali (ed. by Melosi, Milano, Rizzoli, 2009; Gallo-Garboli, Torino, Einaudi, 1993; Bazzocchi, Milano, Mondadori, 1991).

- A. Manzoni, I promessi sposi (ed. by E. Raimondi, L. Bottoni, Milano, Principato, 1988; or: ed. by S. S. Nigro, Milano, Mondadori, 2006).

- G. Verga, Vita dei campi or I Malavoglia or Mastro-don Gesualdo (any unabridged edition).

- L. Pirandello, Il fu Mattia Pascal (ed. by A. Casadei, Milano, BUR, 2007).

- I. Svevo, La coscienza di Zeno (any unabridged edition).

- E. Montale, Ossi di seppia or Le occasioni (Ossi di seppia, ed. by P. Cataldi, F. D’Amely, Milano, Mondadori, 2003; Le occasioni, ed. by T. De Rogatis, Milano, Mondadori, 2011).

- C. Levi, Cristo si è fermato a Eboli, Torino, Einaudi, 2014.

-P. Levi, La tregua, Torino, Einaudi, 2010.

-B. Fenoglio, Una questione privata, Torino, Einaudi, 2014.

- I. Calvino, Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno or the trilogy of novels I nostri antenati (any unabridged edition).

- P. P. Pasolini, Ragazzi di vita or La religione del mio tempo (any unabridged edition).

- C. E. Gadda, La cognizione del dolore or Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (Pasticciaccio: any unabridged edition; Cognizione: ed. by E. Manzotti, Torino, Einaudi, 1987).

- D. Fo, Mistero buffo and Morte accidentale di un anarchico (Einaudi editions).

The students may also use other editions with the warning to compare them with the aforementioned ones, in order to ensure both the accurate understanding of the works and the knowledge of the authors' biography and the complete analysis of the texts (historical-cultural framing, history of Composition, sources, structure, themes, language, style and fortune).

b 3) Attending students:  

Attendees will be asked to prepare one century of Italian Literary History.

[Recommended textbook: G. Ferroni, Profilo storico della letteratura italiana, Milano, Einaudi scuola, 2001 (several times reprinted)]. The student is free to use other manuals as long as they are compared to the one mentioned above.

b 4) Non-attending students:

Non-attendees will be asked to prepare two centuries of Italian Literary History.

[Recommended textbook: G. Ferroni, Profilo storico della letteratura italiana, Milano, Einaudi scuola, 2001 (several times reprinted)]. The student is free to use other manuals as long as they are compared to the one mentioned above.

ERASMUS students should contact the Professor to define the program.

Teaching methods

-Lectures

-Lessons

-Reading, analysis and commentary on texts

-Critical discussions

-PowerPoint presentations

-Audio visual materials

Assessment methods:

The oral exams take place nine times during the year. The student may check the exam dates on Alma exams.

Please note that, in order to protect the rights of all students, the order of application form for oral exam candidates cannot be altered by the Commission.

C) For all students, a written examination is held, which takes place four times a year (January, March, May, September) for the purpose of verifying the language and literary competences.

The written test consists of carrying out a theme. Students are offered the opportunity to choose a track from different titles touching specific problems and authors of the history of Italian literature from the beginning to the twentieth century. There are no additional texts for the preparation than those already mentioned in the institutional part of the program. At the written test you can only bring the vocabulary of the Italian language.

The outcome of the written exam (passed/not passed) will be published online on Alma Exams. The student will be able to see his corrected work only at the reception.

The written exam dates are not set by the Professor, but by the Department and only at the end of each appeal. The Professor will enter those dates from time to time in Alma Exams.

Method of assessment

The assessment of knowledge and skills acquired by the student is divided into two phases: a pre-written test on specific topics of the program and an oral exam to verify the general preparation of all the subjects of the course.

The written test must meet the criteria of correct spelling, morphological, syntactic and semantic rules, expressive clarity and synthesis skills, and contain, where possible, considerations arising from the personal elaboration of the student.

The oral test consists of an interview aimed at evaluating the critical and methodological abilities matured by the student, who will be invited to discuss the program texts. The student must demonstrate appropriate knowledge of the bibliography indicated in the program.

Excellent mares will be granted to students who manage to have an organic vision of the themes discussed on the lessons along a critical use, who demonstrate expressive mastery and specific language.

Mostly mnemonic knowledge of the subject, incomplete synthesis and analysis skills and a correct but not always appropriate language will lead to discrete evaluations.

Approximate knowledge, superficial understanding, poor analytical skills and inappropriate expression will lead to judgments between sufficient and little more.

Lack of training, inappropriate language, lack of orientation within the bibliographic materials offered in the program will only be evaluated negatively.

Start Date: Monday 25^th September, 2017

Hours of lessons:

Monday h. 11.00-13.00 AM Aula VI (Via Zamboni, 38)
Tuesday h. 11.00-13.00 AM Aula VI (Via Zamboni, 38)
Wednesday h. 11.00-13.00 AM Aula VI (Via Zamboni, 38)

Reception date, consulting hours and course changes:

Students reception: Professor Paola Daniela Giovanelli:
Department of Classical and Italian Philology, Via Zamboni, 32, Office 30
Tel. 051-2098597
- Every Tuesday h. 9:00-11:00 A.M. (from September 2017)

For information about the institutional or general part of the Italian Literature course:
Students reception: Dr. Luca Vaccaro (luca.vaccaro2@unibo.it [mailto:luca.vaccaro2@unibo.it] ): department of Classical and Italian Philology, Via Zamboni 32, Office 30.

Course changes:

The students A.R.C.O. of the Italian Literature course that have not passed all their exams within the prescribed period of time and the students that want to change the course, during the academic year 2017/2018, must write an email to both teachers (professor Paola Daniela Giovanelli and dr. Andrea Campana). Only after receiving a positive response from both teachers will it be possible to consider the change. The deadline for submitting the applications is set at 30 September 2017. Following this deadline, such requests may only be sent during the following period: March 15^th -March 31^st, 2018.

Office hours

See the website of Paola Giovanelli