ITALIAN LITERATURE

Gabriele FRASCA ITALIAN LITERATURE

4312400048
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC AND THEATRE STUDIES
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO MAGGIO21/05/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO GIUGNO12/06/2025 - 10:30
APPELLO LUGLIO10/07/2025 - 10:30
APPELLO SETTEMBRE10/09/2025 - 10:30
APPELLO DICEMBRE10/12/2025 - 10:30
Objectives
GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES:
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS AND THEMES OF ITALIAN LITERATURE AS THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF A COMMUNITY OF SPEAKERS WHO RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW:
- THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AUTHORS OF ITALIAN LITERATURE IN PROSE AND VERSE ;
- THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS (IN PARTICULAR PERFORMING ARTS);
- SOME OF THE MAIN METHODOLOGIES OF LITERARY STUDIES.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR LITERARY PHENOMENA;
- HANDLE THE BASIC TOOLS OF LITERARY PRODUCTION;
- ANALYZE THE COMMON DISSEMINATION OF THEMES, FORMS AND GENRES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE.

MAKING JUDGMENTS:
STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO AUTONOMOUSLY ANALYZE THE SOURCES OF THE DISCIPLINE AND APPRECIATE THE VALUE AND ORIGINALITY OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN PROFESSIONAL AND NONPROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS, MASTERING THE LANGUAGE OF THE DISCIPLINE AND ADOPTING THE MOST APPROPRIATE REGISTER.

LEARNING SKILLS:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND COMPLEX TEXTS AND SELECT AND USE BOTH TRADITIONAL AND ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS IN ORDER TO UPGRADE THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
Prerequisites
GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ITALIAN
Contents
THE MAKING OF QUER PASTICCIACCIO BRUTTO DE VIA MERULANA
Teaching Methods
LECTURES IN ITALIAN (45 HOURS). EXCERPTS FROM THE WORKS OF CARLO EMILIO GADDA WILL BE READ AND ANALYSED DURING THE COURSE.
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM. STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE TO BE ABLE TO: DISCUSS THE TEXTS AND THE THEMES OF THE COURSE; EXPRESS THEMSELVES CLEARLY AND FLUENTLY IN ITALIAN; READ AND UNDERSTAND CHOSEN PASSAGES FROM THE PRIMARY TEXTS INCLUDED IN THE READING LIST; RELATE AUTHORS AND TEXTS TO THEIR HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT; SELECT AND MEMORIZE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DATA.
Texts
– CARLO EMILIO GADDA, QUER PASTICCIACCIO BRUTTO DE VIA MERULANA, A CURA DI GIORGIO PINOTTI, ADELPHI, MILANO, 2018
— GABRIELE FRASCA, UN QUANTO DI EROTIA. GADDA CON FREUD, SCHRÖDINGER E JOYCE, LUCA SOSSELLA, ROMA, 2023.
More Information
THE TEXT IN QUESTION MUST BE READ IN ITS ENTIRETY
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