According to the Dublin descriptors, the learning
objectives can be declined according to specific knowledge, skills and
abilities, gradually acquired during and confidently possessed by the student
at the end of the course. The main objective is the knowledge of the most
important authors, works and cultural processes inherent in the development of
the literary genre of the novel within the general historical development of
European literary culture, observed in a historical-comparative key, from the
seventeenth to the beginning of the 20th century. To this knowledge, declined
both in a historical-diachronic and formal-stylistic key, must be added the
understanding of the mechanisms that govern the transmission over time, in
particular in a comparative key, of forms, uses, styles, literary themes, with
particular reference to the genre of the novel. At the end of the course the
student will have acquired the ability to combine solid historical-cultural
knowledge with an increased independence of judgement, historically and
philologically based, around the literary works indicated in the program as a
specific object of study. At the end of the course, the student will be able to
express the set of knowledge and skills acquired through communication skills
appropriately solicited and educated in class, based on logical clarity,
expressive effectiveness, appropriate use of technical language.
In particular, the objectives can be summarized as follows:
1) Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of the fundamental historical
turning points relating to the history of European literary culture from the
17th to the beginning of the 20th century, with particular attention to the
history of the novel genre and understanding of the long-term historical
dynamics that govern the development of literary history European treaty;
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: ability to apply acquired
knowledge also in new contexts and with reference to works and authors who have
not been directly object of the course;
3) Making judgments: develop adequately, historically and philologically,
the ability to develop a personal, motivated and rational judgment on works,
authors, problems object of the course;
4) Communication skills: acquire the ability to argue
and communicate in a clear, perspicuous, effective way own analyzes and
evaluations, both in written and oral form;
5)
Learning ability: acquisition of a study and analysis method that improves and
strengthens the student's learning ability, intellectual autonomy and
self-assessment abilityMod. A (2 ECTS)
- C. Segre, Avviamento all’analisi del testo letterario,
Einaudi, Torino, pp. 259-274 (cap. Narrazione/narratività),
pp. 323-349 (cap. Tema/motivo)
- G. Mazzoni, Teoria del romanzo, Bologna, il
Mulino, 2011, pp. 73-290 (capp. II, III, IV, V, VI)
Mod. B (4 ECTS)
- N. Luhmann, Amore come passione, Milano, Bruno
Mondadori, 2006, pp. 65-96 (cap. 6), pp. 127-142 (cap. 10), pp. 143-160
(cap. 11), pp. 171-190 (cap. 13)
- • The student will read
and study three novels of his choice, one for each of the following panels:
Panel A
J. W. Goethe, Le
affinità elettive (1809)
E. Brӧnte, Cime
tempestose (1847)
Panel B
G. Flaubert, Madame
Bovary (1857)
E. Zola, Nanà (1880)
Panel C
L. Tolstoj, Anna
Karenina (1877)
M. Proust, Un
amore di Swann (1913)
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.