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Lecturer(s)
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Marini Alessandro, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Tabacchini Paolo, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Esposito Nicola, Ph.D.
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Course content
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We will read novellas drawn from the following collections: Anonymous author, The Novellino (Il Novellino); Anonymous author, Tales of Ancient Knights (Conti di Antichi Cavalieri); Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Il Decameron); Ser Giovanni, The Pecorone (Il Pecorone); Franco Sacchetti, The Three Hundred Novellas (Il Trecentonovelle); Giovanni Sercambi, The Novelliere (Il Novelliere); Filippo degli Agazzari, The Examples (Gli Esempi); Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti, The Porretane Tales (Le porretane); Gentile Sermini, The Novellas (Le Novelle); Masuccio Salernitano, The Novellino (Il Novellino). Each week, students will also be assigned a scholarly article to deepen their understanding of the historical and literary context related to the novella, the themes addressed, or the author and their work.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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NARRATING POWER IN ITALY BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE: THE NOVELLA BETWEEN LITERATURE, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY The course examines the ways in which Italian short fiction between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance represents and interprets power, society, and the political dynamics of central and northern Italy between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Through the reading and analysis of key collections such as the Novellino, the Decameron, the Trecentonovelle, the Pecorone, and the Novelliere, together with later collections, the course aims to highlight the relationship between narrative writing and its historical and social context. The study of these novellas will not be limited to strictly literary analysis but will instead employ the genre as a privileged lens through which to understand society as a whole: its forma mentis, the relationships among different social classes, representations of political and institutional power, issues of gender, civil and religious life, as well as the values, tensions, and conflicts that shaped the late medieval and Renaissance urban world. From this perspective, the novella emerges as a particularly valuable vantage point for investigating the interactions among literature, politics, and society during a period of profound historical and cultural transformation.
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Prerequisites
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A good command of Italian, both written and spoken (at least B2 level), is required to attend this course; which is the same level requested to students enrolled in Master's degree programs and in combined degree programs.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Analysis of Activities ( Technical works), Dialog
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Recommended literature
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