Giorgio SICA | Comparative Literature
Giorgio SICA Comparative Literature
cod. 4322100096
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
| 4322100096 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| EQF7 | |
| MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES | |
| 2025/2026 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-FIL-LET/14 | 6 | 30 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE AIMS TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE SEEN AS THE STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT LITERARY TRADITIONS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW IN DEPTH: -THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LITERATURES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES; -THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE LITERARY TEXT AND OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION; -THE METHODOLOGIES OF ANALYSIS OF THE LITERARY TEXT AND THE CURRENT CRITICAL DEBATE ON LITERATURE AND CULTURE. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: -COMPARE AND ANALYSE COMPLEX LITERARY TEXTS -DEVELOP A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ABOUT THE EXAMINED TEXTS, CONNECTING THEM WITH THEIR CULTURAL CONTEXT MAKING JUDGEMENTS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: -SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEXTS AND LANGUAGES -CONNECT LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY PHENOMENA TO THEIR CULTURAL AND SPATIAL CONTEXTS AND APPRECIATE THEIR EVOLUTION IN TIME. COMMUNICATION SKILLS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: -COMMUNICATE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES -APPROPRIATELY ACT IN VARIOUS SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS . LEARNING SKILLS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: -USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND COMPUTING RESOURCES OF ANALYSIS AND STORAGE; -RESEARCH, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES; - CONSTANTLY UPGRADE THEIR KNOWLEDGE USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| NONE |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE CONCEPT OF ALIENATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, THROUGH THE COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC NOVELS OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND THEIR CINEMATOGRAPHIC TRANSPOSITION. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| LESSONS, SEMINARS |
| Verification of learning | |
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| 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 | |
|---|---|
| STUDENTS WILL CHOOSE THREE FROM THE FOLLOWING NOVELS: * FRANCIS SCOTT FITZGERALD, IL GRANDE GATSBY, MONDADORI. * LUCIANO BIANCIARDI, LA VITA AGRA, FELTRINELLI. * PHILIP ROTH, LAMENTO DI PORTNOY, EINAUDI * IRVINE WELSH, TRAINSPOTTING, GUANDA. * CHUCK PALAHNIUK, FIGHT CLUB, MONDADORI. * MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ, LE PARTICELLE ELEMENTARI, LA NAVE DI TESEO. * JESSICA BRUDER, NOMADLAND. UN RACCONTO D'INCHIESTA, EDIZIONI CLICHY. FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS, THE STUDY OF AN ADDITIONAL NOVEL IS PLANNED. |
| More Information | |
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| ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED |
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