The course is aimed at the acquisition of the fundamental historical-critical and methodological tools for the knowledge of Italian literature. An adequate acquisition of the essential concepts for the study of literary phenomena is expected, in accordance with one of the fundamental aspects of the Bachelor's Degree and in particular with the specific skills that the Modern Literary Philological Curriculum provides to train. In particular, the course provides specific methodological notions and tools around the work of Dante Alighieri, and also on ancient Italian literature, its geography and periodization, and the philological and historical-linguistic problems connected to it.

Ancient and modern biographies of Dante - Florentine political Dante - Literary geography of the origins - The Comedy and its title: The Epistle to Cangrande - The political songs of Hell - Dante's songs - After the exile: Dante Ghibellino - I political songs of Purgatory - The De monarchia - The political songs of Paradise

The exam is accessed after passing the written test of the supplementary course of "Language and writing laboratory". This preparatory course takes place in the second semester for an expected duration of 18 hours, with lectures, learning simulations and self-assessment through blended learning, final written test, subsequent correction and grade by the teacher in charge. The course in question will receive the recognition of 1 extracurricular cfu. Attendance at the course is not compulsory, but it is desirable that all students attend at least the first lesson of the course so that they can ascertain the degree of skills and knowledge possessed. The final written test is compulsory. The useful information, and the dates of the exam sessions for the written test, will be communicated together with those of the summer session.

Basic knowledge related to ancient Italian literature, with particular reference to its elements of literary geography, periodization, literary and poetic genres. - The student must show an understanding of the concepts and contents of the course; he must also provide examples of reading the texts, showing adequate analytical skills and the ability to connect specific analyzes to the general historical framework. - The student must show adequate competence in the specific language of literary studies, such as to allow reasoning according to the tools 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

In addition to the lectures held by the teacher, there will be lectures by guest lecturers, in the historical-critical and literary fields, around subjects relating to the course or parallel and complementary to the course subject.

Teaching

Frontal lessons. Students may be required to read during the course in order to be able to attend some lessons with due preparation.

Attendance

Compulsory attendance for attending students.

Course books

A booklet of teaching materials (handout) will be made available to students after the start of the course. The booklet includes texts related to some topics of the lectures, and is in effect a subject of examination for attending students. During the exam, in addition to all the topics presented by the teacher, attending students must prepare the following texts (some of which included in the aforementioned dispensation):

TEXTS D. Alighieri, Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio - reading of at least 50 cantos - D. Alighieri, Epistle to Cangrande - material supplied in the booklet - D. Alighieri, Monarchia, a c. di D. Quaglioni, Milano, Mondadori, 2015 (or other economic edition) - E. Auerbach, Farinata and Cavalcante, in Mimesis - material supplied in the booklet - E. Fenzi, Dante ghibellino - material supplied in the booklet - P. Chiesa, A. Tabarroni, Introduction, in Dante, Monarchia, Rome, Salerno Ed., 2013 - material provided - J. Scott, The myth of the emperor in Dante's writings, in Dante. Myth and poetry, edited by M. Picone and T. Crivelli, Florence, Cesati, 1999 - material provided in the booklet

Assessment

Oral exam, after passing the written exam of the preparatory course "Language and writing". (See the section "Possible Prerequisites"). The aim is to enhance the oral argumentative skills of individual students in relation to a discipline that requires the possession of a specific vocabulary. During the test, the attending student is required to report, during the interview, on the topics covered by the study texts, which must demonstrate that they have read and understood every textual and critical aspect. Students will be assessed using the following criteria: (1) subject knowledge. - (2) ability to reason appropriately on the subject matter of the application. - (3) ability to expose matter with language properties. Those tests that demonstrate the student's possession of good critical and in-depth skills will be evaluated as "excellent"; the ability to orient oneself with certain mastery of the subject within the main topics covered in class, also establishing, if necessary, links; the ability to use the technical vocabulary of the discipline in a safe and accurate way. Those tests which demonstrate the student's possession of a mnemonic knowledge of the contents will be evaluated as "fair"; a minimum critical ability and connection between the main themes with the use of the language and the technical lexicon of the discipline. Those tests that demonstrate the achievement by the student of a minimum amount of knowledge regarding the fundamentals of the discipline, even in the presence of some training gaps, as well as the use of a language that is not entirely appropriate will be evaluated as "sufficient". Those tests that highlight difficulties in orientation of the student with respect to the topics addressed in the exam texts, serious training gaps with respect to the founding principles of the discipline and the non-use or improper use of the specific vocabulary will be evaluated negatively.

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

The non-attending student must strictly adhere to the program indicated online, preparing all the texts.

Attendance

There are no attendance obligations for students who choose to take the exam as a non-attending student.

Course books

D. Alighieri, Comedy: 50 cantos of your choice

[to find the following texts the student can ask the teacher]

D. Alighieri, De vulgari eloquentia, first book

D. Alighieri, Epistle to Cangrande

D. Alighieri, Monarchia, a c. di D. Quaglioni, Milano, Mondadori, 2015 (or other economic edition)

E. Fenzi, Dante Ghibellino

P. Chiesa, A. Tabarroni, Introduction, in Dante, Monarchia, Rome, Salerno Ed., 2013 - material provided in the booklet

J. Scott, The myth of the emperor in Dante's writings, in Dante. Myth and poetry, edited by M. Picone and T. Crivelli, Florence, Cesati, 1999 - material provided in the booklet

Assessment

Oral exam, after passing the written exam of the preparatory course "Language and writing". (See the section "Possible Prerequisites"). The aim is to enhance the oral argumentative skills of individual students in relation to a discipline that requires the possession of a specific vocabulary. In the test, the non-attending student is required to report, during the interview, on the topics covered by the study texts, which must demonstrate that they have read and understood every textual and critical aspect. Students will be assessed using the following criteria: (1) subject knowledge. - (2) ability to reason appropriately on the subject matter of the application. - (3) ability to expose matter with language properties. Those tests that demonstrate the student's possession of good critical and in-depth skills will be evaluated as "excellent"; the ability to orient oneself with certain mastery of the subject within the main topics covered in class, also establishing, if necessary, links; the ability to use the technical vocabulary of the discipline in a safe and accurate way. Those tests that demonstrate the possession by the student of a mnemonic knowledge of the contents will be evaluated as "fair"; a minimum critical ability and connection between the main themes with the use of the language and the technical lexicon of the discipline. Those tests that demonstrate the achievement by the student of a minimum amount of knowledge regarding the fundamentals of the discipline, even in the presence of some training gaps, as well as the use of a language that is not entirely appropriate will be evaluated as "sufficient". Those tests that highlight difficulties in orientation of the student with respect to the topics addressed in the exam texts, serious training gaps with respect to the founding principles of the discipline and the non-use or improper use of the specific vocabulary will be evaluated negatively.

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.