South Slavic literatures III

Course objectives

Knowledge and comprehension of the main phenomena (periodisation, styles, main authors, main works) of modern and contemporary history of Croatian literature and of Serbian literature with special regard to narrative prose and the novel; learning the main elements of literary text analysis; learning the main elements of the translation of literary texts and improvement of the morphosyntactic and stylistic knowledge of Croatian and Serbian through translation.

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Introduction to modern and contemporary South Slavic literatures; presentation of the main authors and works, with special regard to narrative prose, novel, lyric poetry; reading and commenting selected passages from literary works.
Prerequisites
To pass the South Slavic Languages II (Letteratura slave meridionali II) exam
Books
PRIMARY TEXTS: - Obradović, Dositej, Vita e avventure, trad. e cura di M.R. Leto, Argo, Lecce 2007 - Andrić, Ivo, La cronaca di Travnik. Il tempo dei consoli, trad. di D. Badnjević, Mondadori, Milano 2001 (ed edd. successive), oppure Id., La cronaca di Travnik, trad. di L. Salvini, Bompiani, Milano 1961 (ed edd. successive) - Leskovar, Janko, Castelli in rovina, tradotto e curato da C. Beretta, Herrenhaus, [Milano] 2005 - Matoš, Antun Gustav, Camao e altri racconti, trad. e cura di R. Morabito, Besa Muci, Nardò (LE) 2024 - Other selected literary texts
Frequency
In class
Exam mode
Oral exam
Bibliography
(Selected) SECONDARY TEXTS: - Frangeš, Ivo, Povijest hrvatske književnosti, Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske - Cankarjeva založba, Zagreb - Ljubljana 1987 - Jelčić, Dubravko, Storia della letteratura croata, pref. di A. Stamać, contributi di R. Katičić e D. Žubrinić, a cura di R. Cattaneo, Guépard Noir, Milano 2005 - Deretić, Jovan, Kratka istorija srpske književnosti, treće, prerađeno i dopunjeno izd., Svetovi, Novi Sad 2001 - Mitrović, Bojan - Marija Mitrović, Storia della cultura e della letteratura serba, Argo, Lecce 2015 - Leto, Maria Rita, Il capolavoro imperfetto. Forme narrative e percorsi culturali in Vita e avventure di Dositej Obradović, Liguori Editore, Napoli 2011 - Bourneuf, Roland - Ouellet, Réal, L’universo del romanzo, Einaudi, Torino 2000 (o altre edd.) - Further readings will be mentioned during the lessons
Lesson mode
Frontal lessons; writing a paper.
  • Lesson code1047688
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseLanguages, Cultures, Literature, Translation
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Duration12 months
  • SSDL-LIN/21
  • CFU12