Course: Italian Mediaeval short Tale

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Course title Italian Mediaeval short Tale
Course code KRF/92AIS
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Italian
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Špička Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Models of Italian mediaeval short story (vidas, fablieaux, Latin mediaeval literature) - Novellino - Decameron - Exemples and the preachy literature - Bibliographical research - Writing a paper - Discussion about the paper and its adaptation. - Finalizing of the text and its submission to being published. The course is supported by the project CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0179 Diverzifikace a systematizace postgraduálního studia na FF UP Olomouc.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 6 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to deal with the genre of Italian mediaeval story from the point of view of its historical development, literary structure, content and ideology. Each student will treat this topis from his own point of view, he will make a bibliographical research and under the supervision of the guarantor of the course he will write a paper to be puslihed.
- training of individual research abilities - training of presentation skills - knowledge of all important aspects of Italian mediaeval short story
Prerequisites
The course is focused on students who have a very good knowledge of medieval literature and are able to read scholarly texts in Italian and English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Attendance at the seminar; individual research; writing of a paper; publication.
Recommended literature
  • Bertoni. (1933). Il Duecento. Firenze.
  • Curtius, E. R., Havel, V., Pelán, J., Pelán, J., Stromšík, J., Zachová, I., & Krumphanzl, R. (1998). Evropská literatura a latinský středověk. Praha: Triáda.
  • Guglielminetti. (1986). Il tesoro della novella italiana. Milano.
  • Nuvoli. (1982). La novella italiana. Milano.
  • Segre. (1971). Novellino. Bologna.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance literature (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -