IJIA021 Italian Literature III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:50–12:25 G11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJIA016 Italian Literature II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
History of Italian literature of the 20th century (first part: from late 19th Century till World War II). The course aims at providing a general knowledge, from an historical-philological point of view, of the most renowned authors and literary movements in Italian literature for the period taken into account. Specific attention is given to texts and context, linguistic and stilistic aspects, metre and philological questions (sources, genetic/evolutionary variants, transmission).
Syllabus
  • You should be familiar with the following authors, works and topics (to be studied on Ferroni's History of literature or an equivalent): Giuseppe Giacosa; decadentism; Gabriele D'Annunzio; Crepuscolarismo; Guido Gozzano; "La Voce" and the writers who were connected with this journal; Dino Campana; Sibilla Aleramo; Italo Svevo; Luigi Pirandello; ermetism; Giuseppe Ungaretti; Umberto Saba; Salvatore Quasimodo; Eugenio Montale. You should also be familiar with ALL the excerpts that were read during lectures and any other author that was eventually dealt with during the course.
Literature
    required literature
  • FERRONI, Giulio. Storia della letteratura italiana. Milano: Einaudi scuola. 803 s. ISBN 88-286-0076-4. 1991. info
  • Cesare Segre, La letteratura italiana del Novecento, Bari, Laterza, 2004
Teaching methods
Lecture: description of the literary field, explanation and definition of basic notions and their demonstration on concrete texts by concrete authors. Seminar: Application of the acquired theoretical knowledge on authentic texts. In the form of a presentation the students show their capability to connect their theoretical knowledge while working with a concrete text.
Assessment methods
Credit - oral exam.
Language of instruction
Italian
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/www/204706/index.html
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