Comparative Literature

Giorgio SICA Comparative Literature

4322100096
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2020/2021

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
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
NONE
Contents
THE COURSE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE ANALYSIS OF NOVELS AND DIARIES OF WESTERN WRITERS RELATED TO JAPANESE AESTETHICS AND CULTURE.
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
- G. STEINER, CHE COS’È LA LETTERATURA COMPARATA (SAGGIO BREVE DISPONIBILE ON-LINE).
- E. HERRIGEL, LO ZEN E IL TIRO CON L’ARCO, MILANO, ADELPHI.
- J. D. SALINGER, ALZATE L’ARCHITRAVE CARPENTIERI. SEYMOUR, UN’INTRODUZIONE. TORINO, EINAUDI.
- J. KEROUAC, SULLA STRADA, MILANO, MONDADORI.
- G. PARISE, L’ELEGANZA E’ FRIGIDA, MILANO, ADELPHI.
- R. BRAUTIGAN, 102 RACCONTI ZEN, TORINO, EINAUDI.

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ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
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