UCJITBK326 Italian Literature 4

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)
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, ITAL-bpk)
Course objectives
The cycle of lectures and seminars is dedicated to an overview of the 20th century Italian literature. The lectures aim to characterize the period from a literary, historical and social point of view and to present its main authors. The seminars consist in analyses of a series of literary works. The course programme is freely completed by the course of Contemporary Italian prose 1 and 2.
Learning outcomes
The students have a general knowledge of the main literary trends of the 20th 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. L'età giolittiana: il contesto storico e culturale. I poeti crepuscolari
  • 2. I futuristi e altri poeti del periodo
  • 3. Il nuovo indirizzo del romanzo italiano: l’indagine introspettiva
  • 4. La letteratura del ventennio fascista: la poesia
  • 5. La letteratura del ventennio fascista: Solaria e il neorealismo degli anni ‘30
  • 6. Il secondo neorealismo e l'altra prosa del secondo dopoguerra
  • 7. Lo sviluppo di nuove forme di prosa e poesia. La prosa contemporanea
Literature
    required literature
  • Casadei, A., Santagata, M. Manuale di letteratura italiana contemporanea. Roma: Laterza, 2006.
  • Segre, C., Martignoni, C. Leggere il mondo. Voll. V-VIII. Milano: Mondadori, 2001.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars
Assessment methods
Attendance min. 70 %, homework, oral examination.
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: 7h/s/sem.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 7h/s/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
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