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COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

Giorgio SICA COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

0312600096
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
HUMANITIES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
GIORGIO SICA T Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO STUDENTI CON 165 CFU09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO STUDENTI CON 165 CFU09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GENNAIO 13/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GENNAIO 13/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GENNAIO30/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GENNAIO30/01/2025 - 09:00
Objectives
TEACHING AIMS TO DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE UNDERSTOOD AS THE STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT LITERARY TRADITIONS, EUROPEAN AND NON-EUROPEAN, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL KNOW
- THE HISTORY AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE DISCIPLINE
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERATURES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LITERARY TEXT AND OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
- THE COMPLEXITY OF THE FACTORS DETERMINING THE GENESIS, DISSEMINATION AND FORTUNE OF LITERARY PHENOMENA
- THE FUNDAMENTALS OF TRANSLATION THEORY

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- ANALYZE FROM A LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY POINT OF VIEW DIFFERENT TEXTUAL FORMS
- COMPARE DATA FROM DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN A COMPARATIVE WAY
- COMPARE LITERARY TEXTS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS AND CONTEXTS COMPARATIVELY

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- FORMULATE HYPOTHESES, RECOGNIZE LOGICAL CONNECTIONS, ARGUE, COMPARE AND EVALUATE NARRATIVE AND POETIC TEXTS
- CRITICALLY SELECT INFORMATION, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEXTS AND LANGUAGES
- PLACE AND CONSIDER LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY PHENOMENA IN RELATION TO THEIR CULTURAL AND SPATIAL CONTEXTS OF REFERENCE AS WELL AS THEIR TEMPORAL EVOLUTION.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- COMMUNICATE IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- CONSCIOUSLY INTERVENE IN VARIOUS SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXTS IN A MANNER APPROPRIATE TO THEIR GOALS AND THE ABILITIES AND NEEDS OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE

LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS, WHETHER PUBLIC OR LITERARY;
- PROCEED TO THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
LOVE FOR READING
Contents
THE COURSE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE BILDUNGSROMAN OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN LITERATURE OF THE II POSTWAR PERIOD
Teaching Methods
LESSONS, SEMINARS
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAMS.
THE EXAM INCLUDES QUESTIONS RELATING TO BOTH THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF REFERENCE AND THE STYLISTIC-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE LITERARY AND CULTURAL VALUES OF THE LITERARY TEXTS INDICATED IN THE PROGRAM.
Texts
G. STEINER, CHE COS'È LA LETTERATURA COMPARATA (SAGGIO BREVE, DISPONIBILE ONLINE)


CHOOSING 3 NOVELS BETWEEN:

J. D. SALINGER, IL GIOVANE HOLDEN, EINAUDI;
JACK KEROUAK, SULLA STRADA, MONDADORI;
R. LA CAPRIA, FERITO A MORTE, FELTRINELLI;
R. BRAUTIGAN, AMERICAN DUST, MINIMUM FAX;
S. ROONEY, PERSONE NORMALI, EINAUDI;
D. STARNONE, VIA GEMITO, FELTRINELLI


ULTERIORI APPROFINDIMENTI BIBLIOGRAFICI VERRANNO FORNITI DURANTE IL CORSO.
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