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COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

Giorgio SICA COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

TU22100018
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN PHILOLOGY
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2025
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
GIORGIO SICA T Curriculum
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
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
ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Lessons Timetable

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