Strengthening the historical-literary knowledge of learners and refine their critical abilities; enabling them to acquire further stylistic, rhetorical and formal skills, to properly evaluate literary phenomena and incorporate them into a broader and multidisciplinary; providing learners with methodological and theoretical-practical elements related to Italian literature in a didactic perspective.

GENERAL PART: Outlines of the history of Italian culture and literature of the late nineteenth century

1) Roberto Carnero - Giuseppe Iannaccone, Al cuore della letteratura, volume 5. Il secondo Ottocento, Giunti TVP - Treccani Editori

MONOGRAPHIC PART: "Making the Italians": literature, national identity and civil consciousness after Unity

2) Giosuè Carducci, Poesie, a cura di Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti e Mario Rettori, "I Grandi Libri" Garzanti; oppure Giosuè Carducci, Poesie, introduzione di Giovanni Getto, scelta e commento a cura di Guido Davico Bonino, Rizzoli-BUR; oppure Giosuè Carducci, Poesie, a cura di William Spaggiari, "Universale Economica" Feltrinelli

3) Edmondo De Amicis, Cuore, a cura di Luciano Tamburini, Einaudi [or another edition of your choice with full text]

4) AA.VV., Racconti scapigliati, a cura di Roberto Carnero, Rizzoli-Bur

A basic knowledge of Italian literature and language is assumed.

At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate: to be able to read and comment, even from the formal point of view, texts of modern and contemporary Italian literature; -to be able to place the authors and works examined within the historical and critical context; to have acquired an adequate awareness of the literary dimension within the teaching of Italian.

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

Teaching

Frontal lessons of general framework (cultural and literary) and aimed at reading and commenting on the texts included in the bibliography of the exam program. Occasional use of multimedia products.

Attendance

Course attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended to all students.

Course books

1) Roberto Carnero - Giuseppe Iannaccone, Al cuore della letteratura, volume 5. Il secondo Ottocento, Giunti TVP - Treccani Editori

2) Giosuè Carducci, Poesie, a cura di Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti e Mario Rettori, "I Grandi Libri" Garzanti; oppure Giosuè Carducci, Poesie, introduzione di Giovanni Getto, scelta e commento a cura di Guido Davico Bonino, Rizzoli-BUR; oppure Giosuè Carducci, Poesie, a cura di William Spaggiari, "Universale Economica" Feltrinelli

3) Edmondo De Amicis, Cuore, a cura di Luciano Tamburini, Einaudi [or another edition of your choice with full text]

4) AA.VV., Racconti scapigliati, a cura di Roberto Carnero, Rizzoli-Bur

Assessment

Written test (with open-ended questions).
For all students, attending and not attending lectures, the assessment of learning outcomes includes a written test, with the aim of verifying:
• analytical knowledge of the topics of the program;
• the ability to reflect and elaborate around some problematic points;
• the critical skills acquired in the analysis of texts.
The written test will cover all the topics of the program.

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

As for attending students.

Attendance

Course attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended to all students.

Course books

As for attending students.

Assessment

As for attending students.

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.