Course: Selected chapters from Italian literature and culture 1

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Course title Selected chapters from Italian literature and culture 1
Course code KRI/VKK1M
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
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)
  • Tonzar Barbara, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Chiurchiu Luca, Ph.D.
Course content
The course examines some authoritative voices of women's Italian literature of the second half of the twentieth century, such as Ginzburg, Sapienza and Morante. The analysis of the novels will focus thematically on the identification of themes such as female subjectivity, the relationship with the mother, social and political "engagement", individual and historical memory.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to redefine the historiographical frameworks of Italian literature of the second post-war period in the light of the literary production of women; also address the main problematic issues and theoretical issues related to female writing.

Prerequisites


Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Analysis of Activities ( Technical works)

Participation in lectures and seminars, reading specified literary and scientific texts.
Recommended literature
  • Elsa Morante. (1974). La storia. Torino.
  • Elsa Morante. (1957). L'isola di Arturo. Torino.
  • Goliarda Sapienza. (1967). Lettera aperta. Milano.
  • Goliarda Sapienza. (1983). L'universita' di Rebibbia. Milano.
  • Marina Zancan. (1998). Il doppio itinerario della scrittura.La donna nella tradizione letteraria italiana. Torino.
  • Natalia Ginzburg. (2021). Lessico famigliare. Roma.
  • Paola Di Cori, Donatella Barazzetti. (2001). Gli studi delle donne in Italia. Roma.


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): Italian Language and Culture (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Italian Language and Culture (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Italian Language and Culture (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Italian Language and Culture (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter