GERMAN LANGUAGE I - Lecturer: Giovanni Giri - A.Y. 2021/2022

GERMAN LANGUAGE I
LINGUA TEDESCA I

Gianni Rodari in the German-speaking countries
Gianni Rodari nei paesi di lingua tedesca

A.Y.	Academic discipline	Credits	Duration (hours)	Year	Period	Location
2021/2022	L-LIN/14	9	30	1	Annual Course	URBINO

Lecturer	Email	Office hours for students
Giovanni Giri	giovanni.giri@uniurb.it

Teaching in foreign languages
Course partially taught in a foreign language German This course is taught partially in Italian and partially in a foreign language. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language.

Assigned to the Degree Course

Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies (LM-37)

Curriculum: DIDATTICA E RICERCA

Lectures Timetable

Date	Time	Period	Classroom / Location

Examinations Timetable

Date	Time	Session	Classroom / Location

Learning Objectives

The course aims to provide students with the basis for the cultural, social and linguistic analysis of the "export" of one of the most important Italian authors of children's literature in German-speaking countries. The skills are divided into two levels:

- analysis of the historical / editorial phenomenon (in Italy and Germany);

- analysis of the phenomenon from the linguistic point of view (the problems of the translation of the various texts, in the various decades);

Program

The first part of the program (8-10 hours) aims at reconstructing Gianni Rodari's literary career and at his position in the Italian publishing and cultural field; the second part (4-6 hours) will reconstruct the history of translations of Rodarian works in German-speaking countries, with particular reference to the socio-political conditions that influenced their reception; the third part of the program will deal with the linguistic analysis of translations on the basis of textual examples taken from the various German versions.

Bridging Courses

At the beginning of the course, introductory texts will be suggested about Translation Studies and the work of Gianni Rodari.

Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)

Knowledge and understanding: students will learn methods and techniques of translation and linguistic investigation starting from a literary phenomenon, and analyse into depth the figure of Gianni Rodari and his works.

Applied knowledge and comprehension skills: students, in group work, will use the knowledge accumulated especially in the initial part of the course to reflect actively and on different levels on the linguistic issues posed by any literary text, a very useful activity for those approaching the teaching of foreign languages and cultures.

Making judgment: students will learn how to discriminate between relevant and irrelevant data in order to articulate an autonomous and personal reading of literary manifestations, both in the cultures of origin and in the cultures with which they come into contact.

Communication skills: students will have to develop the ability to explain and describe literary and linguistic phenomena to specialists and non-specialists with the right references not only to the research areas that naturally deal with these phenomena, but also the ability to broaden their vision to other spheres of investigation (historical, social, cultural, political, etc.)

Learning skills: students will have to develop the cultural tools in order to independently investigate any other literary or cultural phenomenon with the same wealth of resources and ideas.

Teaching Material

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

Supporting Activities

Group work

Various materials available online and made available by the teacher

Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment

Teaching

Frontal lesson

Dialogue lessons

Group or individual work

Attendance: Students are recommended to follow all the lessons: during the course they will be assigned the task of commenting on the translation choices of a German edition of Gianni Rodari's works.

Course books

Pino Boero, Una storia, tante storie. Guida all'opera di Gianni Rodari, Einaudi Ragazzi-Edizioni EL, San Dorligo della Valle 2020, edizione aggiornata

Pino Boero, Lino Cerutti, Roberto Cicala (a cura di), Rodari - Le storie tradotte, Interlinea Edizioni, Novara 2002

Gianni Rodari, Gli affari del signor Gatto, Einaudi Ragazzi-Edizioni EL, San Dorligo della Valle 2012

Gianni Rodari, Le avventure di Cipollino, Einaudi Ragazzi-Edizioni EL, San Dorligo della Valle 2010

Gianni Rodari, La torta in cielo, Einaudi Ragazzi-Edizioni EL, San Dorligo della Valle 2019

Gianni Rodari, Seltsames um den Turm von Pisa: Moderne Märchen/Strani casi della Torre di Pisa, dtv zweisprachig, Muenchen 2006

Gianni Rodari, Il pianeta degli alberi di Natale, Einaudi Ragazzi-Edizioni EL, San Dorligo della Valle 2011

Extracts of the other German versions will be provided by the teacher

Assessment

The final grade has two components:

Oral exam (90%)

Translation report / comment (10%)

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.

Additional Information for Non-Attending Students

Teaching: Materials provided by the teacher on the Moodle platform

Attendance: Drafting of a paper on a topic indicated by the teacher