Origins of European Literatures
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher:
Gaetano LALOMIA
Expected Learning Outcomes
1) Knowledge and understanding
Through the analysis of texts, students will have to develop and apply original ideas.
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Students must demonstrate that they have acquired an analysis method that allows comparative analysis of different cultural systems; they must be able to understand the differences in time and space.
3) Autonomy of judgment
Integrate knowledge and manage the complexity of cultural phenomena, formulate judgments starting from a method even if in possession of incomplete data.
4) Communication skills
Students must acquire a wealth of metaliterary language and must be able to present the inferred ideas through documents in an exhaustive and mature way.
5) Learning skills
Study in a largely self-managed and autonomous way, managing to link all the documents provided in order to manage them with awarenessCourse Structure
Lectures with the help of images and ppt
Required Prerequisites
Students must have the methodological tools for the analysis of literary texts and have a general knowledge of the most recent literary critical-methodological approaches
Attendance of Lessons
Lessons will be held in person. Attendance is not compulsory
Detailed Course Content
The course is divided into two sections:
[A] Fundamentals: the concept of Romance culture and visual culture
[B] Case study: the language of Eros between Middle Ages and Modern.
[A] Foundamentals :
- A. Varvaro, Prima lezione di filologia, Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2012, pp. 140.
[B] Case Study :
- «Par les geus d’Amors savoreus». Parole di Eros dal Medioevo al Moderno, a cura di A. Gurrieri, C. La Rosa, et alii, Rubbettino Editore, Soveria Mannelli, 2022. ( 319 pp.)
Students are invited, for the oral presentation, to choose a reading of your choice (novel and / or lyric collection), similar to the topic dealt with, to be exposed to the oral exam.
Textbook Information
A. Varvaro, Prima lezione di filologia, Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2012, pp. 140.«Par les geus d’Amors savoreus». Parole di Eros dal Medioevo al Moderno, a cura di A. Gurrieri, C. La Rosa, et alii, Rubbettino Editore, Soveria Mannelli, 2022. (319 pp.)
Course Planning
| | Subjects | Text References |
|---|
| 1 | Texts transmission | |
| 2 | Texts transmission | |
| 3 | Texts Transmission | |
| 4 | Texts Transmission | |
| 5 | Eros words | |
| 6 | Eros words | |
| 7 | Eros words | |
| 8 | Eros words | |
| 9 | Texts close reading | |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The written test consists of a multiple choice test on part [A]; 30 questions will be given. Each correct answer will be awarded 1 point, while each incorrect answer will be awarded 0. This written test is optional.
The assessment of the exam will take into account the mastery of the contents and skills acquired, linguistic accuracy and lexical properties, as well as the argumentative ability demonstrated by the candidate. The test consists of an interview that will take into account the written test, but which does not therefore limit the exposition capacity of the candidates. questions will be asked and the overall assessment will take into account the above requirements
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
The transmission of the texts
Critical edition
Variants
Transmission of culture
Erotic lexicon in the texts
