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Comparative Literature A - L

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Attilio SCUDERI

Expected Learning Outcomes

The Course aims to transfer to new students – as more clearly as possible - the main Concepts of Literary Debate, through different and culturally basic samples of Literary Criticism and Literary Texts. The whole Course is a reading and writing Lab; the Students will work individually and in group. At the end of any Part of the Course the student who has attended the majority of classes (attendance is required), will be able to analyze complex literary texts, will practice textual analysis (schematic diagram, summary, and so on), and will write short original literary essays (Dublin Descriptors 2nd cycle qualification).

Course Structure

The whole Course is a reading and writing Lab; it is divided in three module in order to help the freshmen. Students will work either individually and in group.

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance is not compulsory

Detailed Course Content

The Course is divided in three Parts, the first Part focuses on the great issues of contemporary literary debate. The second Part focuses on the interplay between Literature, Narratives, Society, and the Self. The third Part faces the theme of Old and Young in Modern and Contemporary Novel and Film.

Textbook Information

Module A: The Keywords of Literary Theory (3 ECTS)

Texts : F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Carocci, Roma, capp. 3,4,5,6, pp. 85-223; U. Eco, “Su alcune funzioni della letteratura” in Sulla letteratura, Bompiani, Milano, 2003, pp. 7-22; G. Steiner, «Che cosa è la letteratura comparata?» in Nessuna passione spenta. Saggi 1978- 1996, Garzanti, Milano 1996, pp. 86-103; I. Calvino, «Perché leggere i classici» (pp. 1816-24, vol. II), «Tradurre è il vero modo di leggere un testo» (pp. 1825-31, vol. II), in Saggi, Mondadori, Milano 1995; P. Levi, “Dello scrivere oscuro” e “Tradurre ed essere tradotti”, in L’altrui mestiere, Opere, Einaudi, Torino, pp. 676-681, e 730-34.

 

Module B: Literature and Narrative, Society and the Self (3 ECTS)

Texts: P. Jedlowski, Storie comuni, Mesogea, Messina, 2022, pp. 1-260.

 

Module C: The Old and the Young in Novel and Cinema (6 ECTS)

Texts: (three to choose): Romanzi: H. de Balzac, Papà Goriot, Garzanti, Milano; L. Pirandello, I vecchi e i giovani (edizione a scelta tra quelle Garzanti, Rizzoli o Mondadori; D. DeLillo, Rumore bianco, Einaudi, Torino; E. Ferrante, L’amore molesto, E/O, Milano.

Film (at least two): Napoli milionaria, E. De Filippo, 1948; Gente comune, R. Redford, 1980; Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant, 1997; Via Castellana Bandiera, E. Dante, 2013.

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
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