Provide the historical-literary knowledge for the contextualization of an author and a work

acquire the skills of critical analysis of a fourteenth-century text

acquire the ability to identify the peculiarities of the different genres of the narrative

Forms of narration: Fairy tale, poem, short story

The course will open with an analysis of the narrative that can be conducted across different literary genres. We will examine poem, short story and fairy tale, seen in their peculiarities. We will proceed to the identification of the fairy-tale structures of two masterpieces of Italian literature of the fourteenth century. Some songs from Dante's Comedy will be proposed, paraphrased and analyzed, read in the key of the hero's quête subjected to the most traditional initiatory test: the catabasis, which is followed by a complete rebirth. The following songs will be read: Inferno I, II, III, XVII, XXVII, XXXIV Purgatorio I, V, XXVII, XXVIII.

We will move on to the Decameron by prioritizing the analysis of some short stories that rework evident fairy tale plots, we will note the processes of historicization and verisimilitude implemented by Boccaccio in order to obtain a rationalization of the elements belonging to the fairy tale genre. We will read Decameron II 3; II 5; II 9; V 3; V 7; V 8, V 9.

At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate

know the main formal and thematic characteristics of the Comedy and the Decameron

knowing how to contextualize authors and works within a specific literary context

distinguish the peculiarities of the different forms of narration

see differences and overlaps between different narrative genre

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

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Teaching

frontal lessons

Course books

Dante, Commedia a cura di Anna Maria Chiavacci Leonardi

G. Boccaccio, Decameron a cura di Vittore Branca
 

V. J. Propp, Le radici storiche dei racconti di fate, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri 1972; For those who have another edition: Chapter I: Premises, Chapter II: The plot; chapter III: The mysterious forest; Chapter X: The Tale of Fairies as a Complex

V. J. Propp, Morfologia della fiaba in blended)

Assessment

Written test with open questions.

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

individual study

Course books

Dante, Commedia a cura di Anna Maria Chiavacci Leonardi

G. Boccaccio, Decameron a cura di Vittore Branca
 

V. J. Propp, Le radici storiche dei racconti di fate, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri 1972; For those who have another edition: Chapter I: Premises, Chapter II: The plot; chapter III: The mysterious forest; Chapter X: The Tale of Fairies as a Complex.

V. J. Propp, Morfologia della fiaba ( blended)

Assessment

the method of assessment will consist in the proposal of questions with open and closed answers; evaluation method: overall grade out of thirty.

The same test is foreseen for both attending and non-attending students.

Evaluation criteria:

30 cum laude: excellent: excellent knowledge of the contents, critical and personal reworking, precise and adequate language

27-30 excellent: broad knowledge of the contents; appropriate language; organicity of the discourse, coherent and effective arguments

24-26: good: adequate knowledge of the contents, appropriate language; good organization of arguments

21-23 discreet: more than enough knowledge, overall correct language, suitable arguments

18-20 sufficient: relative knowledge of the contents with some imprecision and / or simplification of concepts, simple language with some improprieties, linear exposition

Insufficient evidence: serious gaps in knowledge and / or misunderstandings in concepts, inadequate and incorrect language, incoherent exposure.

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.