IJIA011 Italian Literature I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Šebelová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Timetable
Wed 8:20–9:55 G25
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJIA003 Practical Italian I
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
A succint survey of the history of Italian literature from its beginnings to the end of the 18th century, with stress on the main historical periods.
Syllabus
  • The core of the course consists in the explanation and discussion of texts by key writers from the very beginning to the end of the 18th century. Literary genres in the 13th century, Dante. Petrarca, Boccaccio and the 14th century. Poetry and prose during Humanism and Renaissance; Classicism, the codification of the literary language; Ariosto. The transition to Mannerism, Tasso. The Italian literary Baroque, Marino, the trends in theatre: commedia dell’arte, melodrama. Scientific and philosophical treatises. Literature in the period of the Academy of Arcadia. Vico’s philosophy. Theatre: Gozzi, Goldoni. The Age of Enlightenment.
Literature
  • Seidl, Ivan. La letteratura italiana dal Duecento al Settecento. Praha: 1986.
  • PELÁN, Jiří. Slovník italských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2004, 751 s. ISBN 8072771809. info
  • DIGRIN, Zdeněk. Slovník světových dramatiků. Edited by Ludmila Kopáčová. 1. vydání. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1983, 355 stran. info
  • DE SANCTIS, Francesco. Dějiny italské literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1959, xiii, 601. URL info
  • MONTANELLI, Indro. Dante a jeho doba. Translated by Alena Hartmanová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1981, 260 s. URL info
  • Navštívení krásy : (italská renesanční lyrika). Translated by Emanuel Frynta - Jaroslav Pokorný - Jan Vladislav. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1964, 222 s. URL info
  • Italské renesanční novely. Edited by Josef Bukáček, Translated by Adolf Felix. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2000, 413 s. ISBN 8070212489. info
  • PATER, Walter. Renesance :studie o výtvarném umění a poezii. Vyd. 2. upr., ve Votobii 1. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1996, 195 s. ISBN 80-7198-058-7. info
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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