FPF:UCJIOPBP39 Contemporary Italian Prose 2 - Course Information
UCJIOPBP39 Contemporary Italian Prose 2
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaSummer 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 5 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 only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Italian for Professional Purposes (programme FPF, IOP)
- Course objectives
- The course offers students an overview of the Italian prose devolopment since the 1970's. The course aims at providing a general knowledge, from an historical-philological point of view, of the most renowned authors and literary movements in Italian prose. Specific attention is given to thorough analysis of single works, their context, linguistic and stilistic aspects. Students are supposed to read assigned excerpts in advance. The course completes the course cycle of Italian literature.
- Learning outcomes
- The students have a general knowledge of the main literary trends of the 20th century, they can place the most important Italian prose writers and their works in the literary and historical context, thay can subject a literary text to a formal and content analysis.
- Syllabus
- 1.-2. Introduzione alla narrativa dell’epoca postmoderna; il metaromanzo di Calvino Opera: Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore di Italo Calvino 3.-4. Il romanzo storico postmoderno: il caso di Eco Opera: Il cimitero di Praga di Umberto Eco 5.-6. Trattamento colto delle forme tradizionali: Antonio Tabucchi Opera: Sostiene Pereira di Antonio Tabucchi 7.-8. La letteratura femminile (e femminista): Dacia Maraini Opere: Isolina e La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria di Dacia Maraini 9.-10. I tondelliani: la letteratura giovanile Opera: Qualcosa che brucia di Gianfranco Bettin 11.-12. La letteratura comica: Stefano Benni Opera: Il bar sotto il mare di Stefano Benni 13. Influssi stranieri: l’omaggio ad “un grande” di Ugo Riccarelli Opera: Stramonio di Ugo Riccarelli
- Literature
- required literature
- Casadei, A., Santagata, M. Manuale di letteratura italiana contemporanea. Bari: Laterza, 2007.
- Marchese, A. L’officina del racconto. Milano: Mondadori, 1986.
- Segre, C., Martignoni, C. Leggere il mondo. Vol. VII-VIII. Milano: Mondadori, 2001.
- recommended literature
- Baldi, G. et al. Dal testo alla storia. Dalla storia al testo. Generi. La narrativa del novecento. Milano: Paravia Mondadori, 2002
- Teaching methods
- home preparation of assigned texts, work in the seminars
- Assessment methods
- Obligatory attendance min. 70%, homework, oral exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2022, recent)
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