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.

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PAOLO FALZONE Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Boccaccio's Decameron. Reading, analysis, contexts The course, which focuses on reading the text, guides students through the linguistic, literary and historical-cultural analysis of Boccaccio's masterpiece.
Books
Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di V. Branca, Einaudi o Mondadori (studio integrale) L. Battaglia Ricci, Boccaccio, Salerno E. Menetti, Boccaccio: guida al Decameron A. Asor Rosa, Il Decameron (dispensa fornita dal docente) Carrai, Inglese, La letteratura italiana del medioevo, Carocci (only the chapters on Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio).
PAOLO FALZONE Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Boccaccio's Decameron. Reading, analysis, contexts The course, which focuses on reading the text, guides students through the linguistic, literary and historical-cultural analysis of Boccaccio's masterpiece.
Books
Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di V. Branca, Einaudi o Mondadori (studio integrale) L. Battaglia Ricci, Boccaccio, Salerno E. Menetti, Boccaccio: guida al Decameron A. Asor Rosa, Il Decameron (dispensa fornita dal docente) Carrai, Inglese, La letteratura italiana del medioevo, Carocci (only the chapters on Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio).
  • Lesson code1031889
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseArchaeological Sciences
  • CurriculumArcheologia orientale
  • Year1st year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDL-FIL-LET/10
  • CFU6