UCJITBK314 Italian Literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Táňa Pavlíková Alešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Táňa Pavlíková Alešová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
dott. Matteo Maria Quintiliani, Ph.D. (lecturer)
dott. Matteo Maria Quintiliani, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
dott. Matteo Maria Quintiliani, 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, ITAL-bpk)
Course objectives
The cycle of lectures and seminars is dedicated to an overview of Italian literature from the 16th to the 18th century. The lectures aim to characterize a given period from a literary, historical and social point of view and to present the main authors of the period. The seminars focus on an analysis of a series of literary works.
Learning outcomes
The students have a general knowledge of the main trends of the Italian literature from the 16th to the 18th century, they can place the most important Italian authors and their works in the literary and historical context, thay can subject a literary text to a formal and content analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Il primo Cinquecento e il classicismo rinascimentale
  • 2. Generi del classicismo rinascimentale: lirica e poema cavalleresco, Ludovico Ariosto
  • 3. Letteratura estranea al classicismo rinascimentale
  • 4. Il secondo Cinquecento e il manierismo
  • 5. Il Seicento e il barocco
  • 6. Il primo Settecento: il periodo dell'Arcadia e Carlo Goldoni
  • 7. Il secondo Settecento: l’illuminismo, Parini e Alfieri
  • 8. Tra il Settecento e l’Ottocento: il neoclassicismo e il preromanticismo, Monti e Foscolo
Literature
    required literature
  • Špička, J. a kol. Letteratura italiana del Medioevo e del Rinascimento. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2014.
  • Segre, C., Martignoni, C., Leggere il mondo. Vol. I-V, Milano: Mondadori, 2001.
Teaching methods
Přednášky a semináře
Assessment methods
Attendance min. 70 %, homework, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 1h/p+7h/s/sem.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1h/p+7h/s/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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