Italian Literature [Cognomi A-E] (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S00741
Name of lecturer
Emanuela Scarpa
Number of ECTS credits allocated
8
Academic sector
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
I semestre dal Oct 1, 2007 al Jan 12, 2008.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

The course aims at examining the rich tradition of the classical fable, of Aesop and Phaedrus, having animals, mainly, as its protagonists, in order to study its evolution and its adaptations over the centuries, especially in times more closely concerning us.

Syllabus

Aesopian fables and apologues in Italian literature from its origins to the ninenteenth century.

Bibliografia
- G. Ruozzi (a cura di), Favole, apologhi e bestiari. Moralità poetiche e narrative nella letteratura italiana, Milano, Rizzoli (RADICI BUR), 2007 (testo di riferimento).
- G.M. Anselmi – P. Ferratini, Letteratura italiana: secoli ed epoche, Roma, Carocci (“Le bussole”, 16), 2001 (per un orientamento cronologico).

MODULO 2 The nineteenth-century apologue, between wit and morality: Gadda, Sciascia, Loria, Scialoja… and others.

Bibliografia
La bibliografia verrà indicata nel corso delle lezioni; in parte il riferimento è ancora al volume sopra citato, a cura di Gino Ruozzi.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

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