ITALIAN LITERATURE
Course objectives
In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of ITALIAN LITERATURE, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. Getting an overview of the development of Italian literature; knowing some aspects of the relationship between Italian culture and European culture; thinking over the connection between literary narrative and the use of narrative in anthropology.
Channel 1
SONIA GENTILI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Italian Poetry of the XIIIth century. The course will focus on the Italian poetry, starting form the origin until Dante.
Books
G. Contini, Letteratura italiana delle origini (the following chapters only: San Francesco d’Assisi, La scuola siciliana, I cosiddetti siculo-toscani, poesia comica toscana, poesia dell’Italia settentrionale, dolce stil novo, poesia sacra, dante alighieri)
G. Inglese- S. Carrai, La letteratura italiana del Medioevo, Roma, Carocci, 2003
S. Gentili, L'uomo aristotelico alle origini della letteratura italiana, Roma, Carocci, 2005
G. Inglese- R. Zanni, Metrica e retorica nel Medioevo, Rioma, Carocci 2011
Frequency
80 % of the course
Exam mode
check of the attended results
Lesson mode
frontal teaching
SONIA GENTILI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Italian Poetry of the XIIIth century. The course will focus on the Italian poetry, starting form the origin until Dante.
Books
G. Contini, Letteratura italiana delle origini (the following chapters only: San Francesco d’Assisi, La scuola siciliana, I cosiddetti siculo-toscani, poesia comica toscana, poesia dell’Italia settentrionale, dolce stil novo, poesia sacra, dante alighieri)
G. Inglese- S. Carrai, La letteratura italiana del Medioevo, Roma, Carocci, 2003
S. Gentili, L'uomo aristotelico alle origini della letteratura italiana, Roma, Carocci, 2005
G. Inglese- R. Zanni, Metrica e retorica nel Medioevo, Rioma, Carocci 2011
Frequency
80 % of the course
Exam mode
check of the attended results
Lesson mode
frontal teaching
Channel 2
LUCA FIORENTINI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Dante poet and philosopher (Sonia Gentili)
The course will focus on Dante’s Vita Nova and Convivio, in the Medieval cultural context.
Boccaccio's Decameron and its sources (Luca Fiorentini)
The course will be dedicated to the reading and commentary of Boccaccio's Decameron. Special attention will be given to the relationship that Boccaccio establishes with classical and medieval sources.
Prerequisites
Excellent knowledge of the Italian language. Familiarity with Classical literature and Italian literature, in particular from the Middle Ages.
Books
D. Alighieri, Vita nova, a cura di L. C. Rossi, introduzione di G. Gorni, Mondadori, Milano 2016
D. Alighieri, Convivio, a cura di G. Inglese, Rizzoli, Milano 1993
Recommended editions of the Decameron:
G. Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di V. Branca, Einaudi, Torino 1980 (reprinted several times)
G. Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di A. Quondam, M. Fiorilla e G. Alfano, Rizzoli, Milano 2013
G. Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di M. Veglia, Feltrinelli, Milano 2020
Frequency
Normal attendance in university classrooms.
Exam mode
Reading, paraphrasing and commenting on the text. To obtain a pass (18/30), it will be necessary to demonstrate a full grammatical understanding of the passages examined. The complexity and richness of the commentary will allow for higher marks. To obtain a mark of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate excellent knowledge of all the topics covered in the course, being able to link them together in a logical and coherent manner.
Bibliography
L. Battaglia Ricci, Boccaccio, Salerno, Roma 2000, or L. Surdich, Boccaccio, il Mulino, Bologna 2005
A. Asor Rosa, Decameron di Giovanni Boccaccio (1993), ora in Id., Genus italicum. Saggi sull’identità italiana nel corso del tempo, Einaudi, Torino 1997, pp. 143-253
S. Carrai-G. Inglese, La letteratura italiana del Medioevo, Carocci, Roma 2023
S. Gentili, L'uomo aristotelico alle origini della letteratura italiana, Carocci, Roma 2005
Lesson mode
The first lessons will be devoted to tracing a general profile of the author. The reading, formal analysis and commentary of the text will allow for an in-depth examination of its sources.
LUCA FIORENTINI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Dante poet and philosopher (Sonia Gentili)
The course will focus on Dante’s Vita Nova and Convivio, in the Medieval cultural context.
Boccaccio's Decameron and its sources (Luca Fiorentini)
The course will be dedicated to the reading and commentary of Boccaccio's Decameron. Special attention will be given to the relationship that Boccaccio establishes with classical and medieval sources.
Prerequisites
Excellent knowledge of the Italian language. Familiarity with Classical literature and Italian literature, in particular from the Middle Ages.
Books
D. Alighieri, Vita nova, a cura di L. C. Rossi, introduzione di G. Gorni, Mondadori, Milano 2016
D. Alighieri, Convivio, a cura di G. Inglese, Rizzoli, Milano 1993
Recommended editions of the Decameron:
G. Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di V. Branca, Einaudi, Torino 1980 (reprinted several times)
G. Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di A. Quondam, M. Fiorilla e G. Alfano, Rizzoli, Milano 2013
G. Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di M. Veglia, Feltrinelli, Milano 2020
Frequency
Normal attendance in university classrooms.
Exam mode
Reading, paraphrasing and commenting on the text. To obtain a pass (18/30), it will be necessary to demonstrate a full grammatical understanding of the passages examined. The complexity and richness of the commentary will allow for higher marks. To obtain a mark of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate excellent knowledge of all the topics covered in the course, being able to link them together in a logical and coherent manner.
Bibliography
L. Battaglia Ricci, Boccaccio, Salerno, Roma 2000, or L. Surdich, Boccaccio, il Mulino, Bologna 2005
A. Asor Rosa, Decameron di Giovanni Boccaccio (1993), ora in Id., Genus italicum. Saggi sull’identità italiana nel corso del tempo, Einaudi, Torino 1997, pp. 143-253
S. Carrai-G. Inglese, La letteratura italiana del Medioevo, Carocci, Roma 2023
S. Gentili, L'uomo aristotelico alle origini della letteratura italiana, Carocci, Roma 2005
Lesson mode
The first lessons will be devoted to tracing a general profile of the author. The reading, formal analysis and commentary of the text will allow for an in-depth examination of its sources.
- Lesson code1031889
- Academic year2024/2025
- CourseArchaeological Sciences
- CurriculumArcheologia preistorica, classica, medievale
- Year1st year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDL-FIL-LET/10
- CFU6
- Subject areaLingua e letteratura italiana