COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

Giorgio SICA COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2020/2021

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
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
We recommend a decent knowledge of Italian, French and Anglo-American literatures, between the second half of XIXth century and the first half of 20th century.
Contents
THE COURSE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE RECEPTION OF JAPANESE AESTHETICS IN THE WEST, FROM THE SECOND HALF OF XIXTH CENTURY. WE WILL RETRACE THE KEY MOMENTS OF THE MEETING THAT WESTERN ARTISTS AND WRITERS HAD WITH JAPANESE WORLD, HIGHLIGHTING ITS ROLE IN EUROPEAN THE RENEWAL OF EUROPEAN FIGURATIVE ARTS AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW POETRY.
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, CAP. I.
- KAWABATA YASUNARI, IL GIAPPONE, LA BELLEZZA ED IO, IN RACCONTI IN UN PALMO DI MANO, A CURA DI O. CIVARDI, VENEZIA, MARSILIO, 2006.
- GIORGIO SICA, IL VUOTO E LA BELLEZZA. COME L’OCCIDENTE INCONTRÒ IL GIAPPONE, NAPOLI, GUIDA, 2012.
- G. SICA, UNA CATENA TRA ORIENTE E OCCIDENTE. OCTAVIO PAZ, LA POESIA GIAPPONESE E IL RENGA DI PARIGI. NOCERA INFERIORE OEDIPUS (CAP. I E II).
- 101 STORIE ZEN, A CURA DI N. SENGAKI E P. REPS, MILANO, ADELPHI.
- IL MUSCHIO E LA RUGIADA. ANTOLOGIA DI POESIA GIAPPONESE, MILANO, RIZZOLI (AUTORI SCELTI)

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ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
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