The purpose of the course is the acquisition of the foundmental historical and critical competences in Italian Literature. This implies, as an ultimate target, the control of the essential concepts which can guide the student through the study of literary phenomena, according one of the main aims of the Laurea Triennale and of the Philological Curriculum. In detail, the course will offer a critical survey and some appropriate methodological competences about ancient Italian Literature, its geography and periodization, and about its main philological and linguistic aspects.

First semester. 

Second semester. 

- The students are expected to demonstrate the owning and competence of the basic knowledge on the ancient Italian Literature, with a special reference to its elements of literary geography, of periodization, and to the literary and poetical genres.

 - The students are expected to demonstrate the comprehension of the concepts and contents included in the course; and to show a capacity to read the texts, and some adequate analytic skill and the capacity of puttng the specific analysis to the general historical pattern.

 - The students are expected to demonstrate the owning and competence of the sectorial language of literary studies, in order to be able to reason according the basic elements of the discipline.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Besides the lectures held by the official teacher, there will be held other supplementary lectures by some guest professors, about subjects related to the course or about subjects near and complementary to the subject of the course.     

Teaching

Lectures in the class. The students may be requested some readings during the course, in order to be able to attend the classes with a specific preparation.

Attendance

Attendance is compulsory

Course books

Some didactic materials will be at the attending students disposal at the beginning of the course. Those materials include some texts related to the matter of the lectures, and they will be in fact a subject for the final exam. At the exam the student will have to prepare the following texts (some of which included in the mentioned folder).

Dante Alighieri, Commedia. Inferno, ed. commentata a scelta

Boccaccio, Scelta dal Decameron, ed. commentata a scelta

E. Auerbach, Mimesis. Il realismo nella letteratura occidentale, Einaudi – saggi su Dante e Boccaccio

Burchiello, Selezione di testi (materiale in dispensa)

F. Berni, Selezione di testi (materiale in dispensa)

N. Machiavelli, Discorso o dialogo (materiale in dispensa)

L. Ariosto, Satire, ed. D’Orto 2002

U. Eco, Il nome della rosa (1980), ed. economica a scelta.

Testi opzionali:

G. Tellini, Letteratura Italiana. Un metodo di studio, Le Monnier, seconda edizione. 

E. M. Guidi, Urbino nella letteratura italiana. Da Dante a D’Annunzio, Fano, Aras Edizioni, 2017.

Assessment

Oral exam. The attending student is expected to discuss any subject treated by the teacher during the classes, including the lectures held by other guest teachers. He is expected, in addition, to demonstrate the knowledge and comprehension of the above mentioned texts. All the students will be equally judged according the following criteria: (1) Konowledge of the matter. (2) Capacity of reasoning adequately on the subject of the questions. (3) Capacity of exposing the matter with an appropriate language.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Non-attending students are invited to follow the program on line and prepare allt the texts. All the students will be equally judged according the following criteria: (1) Konowledge of the matter. (2) Capacity of reasoning adequately on the subject of the questions. (3) Capacity of exposing the matter with an appropriate language.

Attendance

Attendance is non compulsory.

Course books

Students are expected to prepare the following texts:

Dante Alighieri, Commedia. Inferno, ed. commentata a scelta

G. Boccaccio, Decameron, ed. commentata a scelta - Giornate I-IV, VI-VII, X

E. Auerbach, Mimesis. Il realismo nella letteratura occidentale, Einaudi – saggi su Dante e Boccaccio

F. Berni, Rime, Ed. D. Romei, Milano, Mursia

L. Ariosto, Satire, ed. D’Orto 2002

U. Eco, Il nome della rosa (1980), ed. economica a scelta.

One of the following texts:

G. Tellini, Letteratura Italiana. Un metodo di studio, Le Monnier, seconda edizione. 

E. M. Guidi, Urbino nella letteratura italiana. Da Dante a D’Annunzio, Fano, Aras Edizioni, 2017.

Assessment

Oral exam. The non-attending students are invited to follow the program on line and prepare all the texts. They are expected, in addition, to demonstrate the knowledge and comprehension of the above mentioned texts. All the students will be equally judged according the following criteria: (1) Konowledge of the matter. (2) Capacity of reasoning adequately on the subject of the questions. (3) Capacity of exposing the matter with an appropriate language.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.