UCJIOPBP18 An Overview of Italian Literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 6 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(B)
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
Course objectives
The cycle of lectures and seminars is dedicated to an overview of the 19th and 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.
Learning outcomes
The students have a general knowledge of the main literary trends of the 19th and 20th centuries, 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 Ottocento; i classici del romanticismo italiano: Alessandro Manzoni 2. I classici del romanticismo italiano: Giacomo Leopardi 3. La letteratura nel periodo del Risorgimento, Ippolito Nievo 4. La poesia nel periodo del Risorgimento: la lirica patriottica, dialettale e l’opera lirica 5. Il secondo Ottocento: contesto storico e culturale, il romanzo verista di Giovanni Verga 6. La poesia dell’ultimo Ottocento, il decadentismo: Gabriele D’Annunzio, Giovanni Pascoli 7. L’età giolittiana: il contesto storico e culturale, la poesia dell’inizio secolo 8. Il nuovo indirizzo del romanzo italiano: Svevo, Pirandello, Tozzi 9. La letteratura del ventennio fascista: la poesia, Saba, Ungaretti, Montale 10. La letteratura del ventennio fascista: Solaria e il neorealismo degli anni ‘30 11. Il secondo neorealismo e la narrativa del secondo dopoguerra 12. L’età postmoderna e la letteratura contemporanea 13. Revisione
Literature
    required literature
  • Segre, C., Martignoni, C. Leggere il mondo. Voll. V-VIII. Milano: Mondadori, 2001.
  • Casadei, A., Santagata, M. Manuale di letteratura italiana contemporanea. Roma: Laterza, 2006.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods
Attendance min. 70 %, oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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