ITALIAN LITERATURE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020/2021

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:

Professor and Collaborators:

FARNETTI Monica

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.

AF code:

40002726

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 historical interpretation.

Contents

The Decameron of Boccaccio
Reading of the whole book of Boccaccio and discussion on the basis of the follows concepts: the genre of the short story; telling stories and other practices of civil common life; the theme of listening; the relationship between women and men; love and friendship; the value of eloquence.

Recommended Bibliography

- G. Boccaccio, Decameron, ed. by A. Quondam et al., Rizzoli 2013.
- F. Bausi, Leggere il Decameron, Il Mulino 2017, pp. 12-36.
- A. Ronchetti, Il “Decameron, le donne, la critica, in Dentro/fuori, sopra/sotto, ed. by Ead. E - M.S. Sapegno, Longo 2007, pp. 83-92.
- F. Cardini, Le cento novelle contro la morte, Salerno Editrice 2020, pp. 64-85 e 113-124.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Frontal Courses

Contacts/More Information

Possible light integrations and amendments of the learning material.

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