IJ0B609 New italian authors I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Jiří Špička, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Zuzana Šebelová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Timetable
each even Thursday 15:00–18:15 G25
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those 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, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the contemporary Italian literature, i. e. with the last 15 years in fiction, with wider chronogical context in poetry. At the end of this course, students will be able to orientate themselves in the contemporary Italian literature, in its genres, its most interesting authors and its movements. In the same time students will train their interpretation abilities and expressing their own critical opinions in spoken and written language.
Syllabus
  • Niccolò Ammaniti and the poetics of pulp Niccolò Ammaniti and the poetics of pulp. Ermanno Cavazzoni and the poetics of bizarre. Lyrical short stories by Marco Lodoli and Pino Roveredo. Michele Mari and a literary childhood. Enrico Brizzi a and the generation literature. Double poetics of vice (Aldo Busi and Aldo Nove). Saltatempo: epic by Stefano Benni. Woomen’s vivisection (Elena Ferrante). Cruise into one’s heart (Fleur Jaeggy). Enlightenment’s manias by Daniele Del Giudice. Civil epic by Attilio Bertolucci. Language decomposition by Edoardo Sanguineti.
Literature
  • Spinazzola, Vittorio (ed.): Tirature 91 – Tirature 08. Milano: Il Saggiatore, 1991-2008
  • Italská čítanka : Gutenbergova čítanka současné italské prózy : italsko-české vydání. Edited by Jiří Špička. Vyd. 1. Praha: Labyrint revue, 2008, 325 s. ISBN 9788086349251. info
  • Hořký život : antologie současné italské prózy a dramatu. Translated by Kateřina Bohadlová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Havran, 2007, 368 s. ISBN 9788086515755. info
Assessment methods
Student will have to read at home selected texts for each lesson. In some cases a couple of students will analyse a particular aspect of text. The interpretation activity will make part of evaluation. Students will write a review of a book from contemporary Italian literature chosen by themselves. Final oral exam is based on discussion of the review, of the relation between the book and texts read on lessons, of individual critical approach and on critical conclusions.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
General note: Určeno primárně pro studenty od 4. semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001.
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