Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

a.a.: 2021/2022

Settore L-OR/15 - CFU 6 - Second Term - Codice 1027024

Cdl associati 1 - L-11 Lingue e Civilta' Orientali ( L ) - 30852

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Course Program

The course aims at providing students with a general knowledge of the history of Persian literature and its main literary genres, from its origins to the contemporary era, through the reading of selected texts in prose and poetry by authors belonging to different periods:

1) Persian literature in the Eurasian context.
2) Fields and genres of classical Persian literature:
- narrative
- historiography
- religious literature
- didactic literature
- manuals and essays
- lyric poetry
3) The crisis of the traditional system and the encounter with European models:
4) Fields and genres of contemporary Persian literature:
- narrative (novels and short stories)
- essay writing
- poetry
- children’s literature
 

Obiettivi

Assessment

- Oral exam

Testi

Bibliography
A. Bausani, La letteratura neopersiana, Roma, Nuova Cultura, 2011.

Altri materiali rilevanti verranno forniti dal docente durante il corso e resi disponibili su e-learning.

Bibliografia di riferimento

A. Bausani, La letteratura neopersiana, Roma, Nuova Cultura, 2011.

A.M. Piemontese, Storia della letteratura persiana, 2 voll., Milano, Fabbri, 1970.

J. Rypka, History of Persian Literature, Dordrecht, Reidel, 1968.

E. Yarshater (General Editor), A History Of Persian Literature, 20 voll., London, I.B. Tauris, 2008-in corso.