LITERARY CRITICISM AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

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Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in ITALIAN LITERATURE, MODERN PHILOLOGY AND CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

LITERARY CRITICISM AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

The course expects students to have a basic knowledge of the history of 20th century Italian Literature and of the main critical methods of interpretation of history and literary texts.

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LITERARY CRITICISM AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

ITALIAN LITERATURE, MODERN PHILOLOGY AND CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS

AF code:

20001461

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

Students will reach an in depth knowledge of the history of literary criticism and the theory of 20th century literature, but also of the works of some contemporary author/critics so that they will be skilled in the use of the specific linguistic and cultural tools required by the subject.

Contents

The history of literature, the canon and literary criticism: Harold Bloom and George Steiner
The course includes a detailed analysis of the relationship between
history of literature, the canon and literary criticism in two samples of the twentieth century.

Recommended Bibliography

General part:
Massimo Onofri, La ragione in contumacia, Donzelli
Massimo Onofri, Verticale 1975. D'Arrigo, Morante, Pasolini, Volponi, Bompiani

Monographic part:
George Steiner, Vere presenze, Garzanti
George Steiner, I libri che non ho scritto, Garzanti
Harold Bloom, Il canone occidentale, Rizzoli
Harold Bloom, Come si legge un libro, Rizzoli

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