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COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

Giorgio SICA COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2019/2020

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
GIORGIO SICA T Curriculum
Objectives
TEACHING AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENT TO COMPARATIVE LITERATURE SEEN AS THE STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT LITERARY TRADITIONS, AND OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS. STUDYING THE THEMES OF TRANSLATION, DISTRIBUTION AND RECEPTION OF LITERARY WORKS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WILL CONSTITUTE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO HELP THE STUDENT TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEX OF FACTORS DETERMINING THE GENESIS AND THE DISSEMINATION AND LUCK OF LITERARY TEXTS.
Prerequisites
LOVE FOR READING.
Contents
THE COURSE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE RECEPTION OF JAPANESE AESTHETICS IN THE WEST, FROM THE SECOND HALF OF XIXTH CENTURY.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND TEACHER-LED DISCUSSIONS.
Verification of learning
Orals to evaluate the student’s ability to move coherently between different texts and cultural contexts.
Texts
- GEORGE STEINER, CHE COS’È LA LETTERATURA COMPARATA (SAGGIO BREVE DISPONIBILE ON-LINE).
- GEORGE STEINER, DOPO BABELE. ASPETTI DEL LINGUAGGIO E DELLA TRADUZIONE, MILANO, GARZANTI, 2006 (CAPITOLI SCELTI).
GIORGIO SICA, IL VUOTO E LA BELLEZZA. COME L’OCCIDENTE INCONTRÒ IL GIAPPONE, NAPOLI, GUIDA, 2012.
- 101 STORIE ZEN, A CURA DI N. SENGAKI E P. REPS, MILANO, ADELPHI.

DUE LIBRI A SCELTA TRA:
- R.BRAUTIGAN, 102 RACCONTI ZEN, TORINO, EINAUDI
- J. KEROUAC, I VAGABONDI DEL DHARMA, MONDADORI
- J. D. SALINGER, ALZATE L'ARCHITRAVE CARPENTIERI, EINAUDI
- M. BARBERY, L'ELEGANZA DEL RICCIO, E/O
-G. PARISE, L'ELEGANZA È FRIGIDA, ADELPHI
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ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
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