IJ0B623 G. Verga and verism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Kulifaj (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 17:30–19:05 G12
Prerequisites
IJIA016 Italian Literature II
Courses Italian literature I and Italian literature II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to classify the writing of Giovanni Verga in the context of european and italian realism; to understand cultural, historical and social circumstances of constitution of Italian verism; to analyze novellas of Giovanni Verga; to interpret the text considering poetic of Verga and poetic of verism; to utilize the knowledge for interpretation of other texts of Giovanni Verga as well as another writers of italian verism and realism
Syllabus
  • 1. Cultural and historical circumstances of constitution of verism
  • 2. The biography of Giovanni Verga, novel "Primavera"
  • 3. Novel "Nedda"
  • 4. Novel "La Roba"
  • 5. Novel "Jeli il pastore" - part I
  • 6. Novel "Jeli il pastore" - part II
  • 7. Novel "La lupa"
  • 8. Novel "Pane Nero"
  • 9. "I Malavoglia" - main aspects
  • 10. "Mastro Don Gesualdo" - main aspects
  • 11. Later production of Giovanni Verga
  • 12. Impact of Verga's work on Italian and european literary tradition
Literature
  • Verga, Giovanni: Tutte le novelle, Milano 2008. Verga, Giovanni: I Malavoglia, Torino 1995. Pellini, Pierluigi: Naturalismo e verismo. Zola, Verga e la poetica del romanzo, Firenze 2010. Carnazzi, Giulio: Verga e i veristi, Padova 1991. Luperini, Romano:
Teaching methods
Preparation - reading of the text at home Analysis of text during the lesson Discussion
Assessment methods
Credit assigned after admission of essay
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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