UCJIT308 Introduction to the Study of Literature

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Táňa Pavlíková Alešová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Táňa Pavlíková Alešová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Italian (programme FPF, B7310 Filo)
Course objectives
The seminar aims to introduce students into the basic questions of literary study and its vocabulary. The course includes reading and speaking about a selection of major works that represent the most important authors, periods and movements of Italian literature. That`s how the achieved theoretical knowledge is put into practice through the text analysis. The seminars offer the rudiments of the knowledge necessary for further study of Italian literature.
Syllabus
  • 1. Comunicazione
    2. I generi letterari: poesia
    3. I generi letterari: prosa
    4. Le strutture narrative: fabula, intreccio, nuclei narrativi, sequenze
    5. I meccanismi narrativi, narratore, prospettiva, distanza, voce
    6. Le forme del discorso
    7. Tipologia dei personaggi
    8. Tempo e spazio narrativo
    9. Le figure della retorica
    10. L`immaginario della letteratura
    11. La stratificazione poetica: gli strati del significante
    12. La stratificazione poetica: gli strati del significato
    13. Revisione
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
At least 80% attendance, home preparation of assigned texts, essay. The course is concluded with an oral exam.
Bibliography:
Villa, R. La letteratura e il suo pubblico. Milano: Mondadori, 1987, pp. 1310-1334.
Brioschi, F. Di Girolamo, C. Elementi di teoria letteraria. Milano: Principato, 1984.
Marchese, A. L'officina del racconto. Milano: Mondadori, 1983.
Balboni, P. E., Cardona, M. (a cura di). Storia e testi di letteratura italiana per stranieri. Perugia: Guerra, 2002.
Baldi, G. et al. (a cura di). Dal testo alla storia. Dalla storia al testo. Milano: Paravia, 2002.
Petrů, E. Úvod do studia literární vědy. Olomouc: Rubico, 2000.
Hrabák, J. Poetika. Praha: CS spisovatel, 1977.
Segre, C., Martignoni, C. Leggere il mondo. Vol. I-VIII, Milano: Mondadori, 2001.
Špička, J. a kol. Letteratura italiana del Medioevo e del Rinascimento. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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