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ITALIAN LITERATURE - WOMEN'S WRITING

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Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL MEDIATION

Disciplinary Sector:

ITALIAN LITERATURE

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Availability to listen and to be introduced to the reading and interpretation of the text; an overview of the history of Italian and western literature.

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ITALIAN LITERATURE

LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

AF code:

40009078

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral Examination

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Acquisition of philological, metrical, rethorical, linguistic, sylistic, cultural and philosophical instruments for the analysis of the text and its hystorical interpretation

Contents

The historical novel. I. Alessandro Manzoni
Reading of the whole novel “I promessi sposi” and discussion of the author's work in the context of the follows concepts: historical novel; History and Story; interweaving of story’s time and human time; relationsheep between historical and subjective truth; gendered writing.

The historical novel. II. Elsa Morante
Reading of the whole novel La Storia; discussion of the author's work in the context of feminine thought explored throughout the contribute of some authorities (Virginia Woolf, María Zambrano, Marguerite Yourcenar, Nicole Loraux among them); reflections about relationships between literature and life, history, memory, philosophy, politics.

Recommended Bibliography

I.
A. Manzoni, I promessi sposi, a c. di F. de Cristofaro, Garzanti 2014 (ed. di riferimento; possibili anche altre).
P. Frare, Leggere i “Promessi sposi”, Il Mulino 2016.
Il letterato e lo storico, a c. di P. Favilli, Franco Angeli 2013, 1 saggio (max. 20 pp.).
S.S. Nigro, La tabacchiera di don Lisander, Einaudi 1996, 1 capitolo (max. 25 pp.)
OPPURE
D. Brogi, Un romanzo per gli occhi, Carocci 2018, 1 capitolo (max. 25 pp.).

II.
E. Morante, La Storia, Einaudi 1974, pp. 7-649.
M. Farnetti, Anacronismi, “Ermeneutica Letteraria”, 2018, pp. 137-143.
V. Woolf, Una stanza tutta per sé, tr. it. Il Saggiatore 1980, pp. 3-128.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Frontal Courses (DIP and/or DAD)

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