ID:
501744
Duration (hours):
18
CFU:
3
SSD:
Indefinito/Interdisciplinare
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (23/02/2026 - 22/05/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Training in essay writing, through the analysis of the text's syntactic, logical, rhetorical, and argumentative structures.
Course Prerequisites
no one
Teaching Methods
Lectures, classroom exercises, readings and commentaries on texts.
Assessment Methods
Written and Oral
Written exam papers (please always include your full name) must be submitted at least 8 days in advance by email (attached in .doc, .rtf, or .pdf format) to: guido.bosticco@unipv.it
The genres for the written exercise (which will be explained in class):
1) POPULAR-SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE: (6-7,000 characters, including spaces) based on a book chosen from the following:
Locke, John, Lettera sulla tolleranza. Bari, Laterza, 2002.
Mill, John Stuart, Saggio sulla libertà. Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2002.
Benjamin, Walter, L’opera d’arte nell’epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica. Einaudi, 1991.
Black, Max, Modelli, archetipi e metafore. Parma, Pratiche Editore, 1983.
Wagner, Roy, L’invenzione della cultura. Mursia, 1992.
Blanchot, Maurice, La comunità inconfessabile. Milano, SE, 2002.
Cella, Gian Primo, Tracciare confini. Realtà e metafore della distinzione. Bologna, il Mulino, 2006.
Jullien, Francois, L'identità culturale non esiste. Torino, Einaudi, 2018
A genre of writing aimed at a non-specialist audience. The aim is to inform, but also to incorporate in-depth analysis of the topic into the exposition.
2) ESSAY, REPORT: (8-10,000 characters, including spaces) on a theoretical problem, within one of the three thematic areas listed below.
- Language as metaphor.
- Individual, co-dividual, community.
- The Image as Text.
This type of writing, given the breadth of the areas indicated, requires the development of a single argument or the focus on a single problematic term in the chosen field, a single problem, a critical point of view, etc.
Written exam papers (please always include your full name) must be submitted at least 8 days in advance by email (attached in .doc, .rtf, or .pdf format) to: guido.bosticco@unipv.it
The genres for the written exercise (which will be explained in class):
1) POPULAR-SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE: (6-7,000 characters, including spaces) based on a book chosen from the following:
Locke, John, Lettera sulla tolleranza. Bari, Laterza, 2002.
Mill, John Stuart, Saggio sulla libertà. Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2002.
Benjamin, Walter, L’opera d’arte nell’epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica. Einaudi, 1991.
Black, Max, Modelli, archetipi e metafore. Parma, Pratiche Editore, 1983.
Wagner, Roy, L’invenzione della cultura. Mursia, 1992.
Blanchot, Maurice, La comunità inconfessabile. Milano, SE, 2002.
Cella, Gian Primo, Tracciare confini. Realtà e metafore della distinzione. Bologna, il Mulino, 2006.
Jullien, Francois, L'identità culturale non esiste. Torino, Einaudi, 2018
A genre of writing aimed at a non-specialist audience. The aim is to inform, but also to incorporate in-depth analysis of the topic into the exposition.
2) ESSAY, REPORT: (8-10,000 characters, including spaces) on a theoretical problem, within one of the three thematic areas listed below.
- Language as metaphor.
- Individual, co-dividual, community.
- The Image as Text.
This type of writing, given the breadth of the areas indicated, requires the development of a single argument or the focus on a single problematic term in the chosen field, a single problem, a critical point of view, etc.
Texts
Texts for exam preparation:
- Bosticco, Guido e Magnoli Bocchi, Giovanni B., Controcomunicazione. Sopravvivere all’intelligenza artificiale. Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2025.
- Bosticco, Guido e Magnoli Bocchi, Giovanni B., Come i social hanno ucciso la comunicazione. Milano, Guerini, 2020.
- Bosticco, Guido, Riempire i vuoti. Un manuale (soggettivo) di scrittura e comunicazione. Como, Ibis, 2007 (capp. 3 e 4).
For non-attending students, one text from the following list must be added:
- Bachtin, Michail, L’autore e l’eroe. Torino, Einaudi, 1988.
- Barthes, Roland, La retorica antica. Milano, Bompiani, 1998.
- Bottiroli, Giovanni, Teoria dello stile. Scandicci, La Nuova Italia, 1997.
- Lavagetto, Mario, La cicatrice di Montaigne. Saggio sulla bugia in letteratura. Torino, Einaudi, 1992.
- Raimondi, Ezio, La retorica oggi. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
Testi di riferimento per le lezioni:
- Aristotele, Retorica e poetica. Torino, Utet, 2006.
- Bellotto, Silvia, Metamorfosi del fantastico. Bologna, Pendragon, 2003.
- Barthes, Roland, Il piacere del testo. In: Variazioni sulla scrittura. Torino, Einaudi, 1999.
- Bruni, Francesco, Manuale di scrittura e comunicazione. Bologna, Zanichelli, 1997.
- Castellani, Francesca – Montecucco, Luisa, Normatività logica e ragionamento di senso comune. Bologna, Il Mulino, 1998.
- Cattani, Adelino, Forme dell’argomentare. Padova, Edizioni GB, 1990.
- Dell’Aversano, Carmen – Grilli, Alessandro, La scrittura argomentativa. Firenze. Le Monnier, 2005.
- Mortara Garavelli, Bice, Manuale di retorica. Milano, Bompiani, 2003.
- Perelman-Tytecha, Trattato dell’argomentazione. Torino, Einaudi, 2001
- Raimondi, Ezio, La retorica oggi. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
- Santambrogio, Marco, Manuale di scrittura (non creativa). Bari, Laterza, 2006.
- Vignaux, Georges, L’argumentation. Du discours à la penseée. Paris, Hatier, 1999.
- Bosticco, Guido e Magnoli Bocchi, Giovanni B., Controcomunicazione. Sopravvivere all’intelligenza artificiale. Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2025.
- Bosticco, Guido e Magnoli Bocchi, Giovanni B., Come i social hanno ucciso la comunicazione. Milano, Guerini, 2020.
- Bosticco, Guido, Riempire i vuoti. Un manuale (soggettivo) di scrittura e comunicazione. Como, Ibis, 2007 (capp. 3 e 4).
For non-attending students, one text from the following list must be added:
- Bachtin, Michail, L’autore e l’eroe. Torino, Einaudi, 1988.
- Barthes, Roland, La retorica antica. Milano, Bompiani, 1998.
- Bottiroli, Giovanni, Teoria dello stile. Scandicci, La Nuova Italia, 1997.
- Lavagetto, Mario, La cicatrice di Montaigne. Saggio sulla bugia in letteratura. Torino, Einaudi, 1992.
- Raimondi, Ezio, La retorica oggi. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
Testi di riferimento per le lezioni:
- Aristotele, Retorica e poetica. Torino, Utet, 2006.
- Bellotto, Silvia, Metamorfosi del fantastico. Bologna, Pendragon, 2003.
- Barthes, Roland, Il piacere del testo. In: Variazioni sulla scrittura. Torino, Einaudi, 1999.
- Bruni, Francesco, Manuale di scrittura e comunicazione. Bologna, Zanichelli, 1997.
- Castellani, Francesca – Montecucco, Luisa, Normatività logica e ragionamento di senso comune. Bologna, Il Mulino, 1998.
- Cattani, Adelino, Forme dell’argomentare. Padova, Edizioni GB, 1990.
- Dell’Aversano, Carmen – Grilli, Alessandro, La scrittura argomentativa. Firenze. Le Monnier, 2005.
- Mortara Garavelli, Bice, Manuale di retorica. Milano, Bompiani, 2003.
- Perelman-Tytecha, Trattato dell’argomentazione. Torino, Einaudi, 2001
- Raimondi, Ezio, La retorica oggi. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
- Santambrogio, Marco, Manuale di scrittura (non creativa). Bari, Laterza, 2006.
- Vignaux, Georges, L’argumentation. Du discours à la penseée. Paris, Hatier, 1999.
Contents
Contents:
Through lectures, written exercises, readings, and homework assignments, the course will cover the following topics:
Definitions - Types of text and types of argument - Construct a text: parts of speech - Printed and online sources - Structure of a written work - Writing genres - Pragmatic aspects of writing - The objectives of writing - Idea generation - Proofreading the text.
Syllabus:
Submit a written work, chosen from the two genres listed below, to the teacher at least eight days before the exam.
The exam will focus on a discussion of the writings produced during the course and for the exam, with reference to the bibliography used for the writings themselves and the mandatory bibliography for all students. The topics covered in class will be assumed to be established during the exam interview.
Students who do not intend to attend the course will still be required to submit a written exam, as will those attending, but they can contact the teacher at any time for information or clarification (email address: guido.bosticco@unipv.it).
Through lectures, written exercises, readings, and homework assignments, the course will cover the following topics:
Definitions - Types of text and types of argument - Construct a text: parts of speech - Printed and online sources - Structure of a written work - Writing genres - Pragmatic aspects of writing - The objectives of writing - Idea generation - Proofreading the text.
Syllabus:
Submit a written work, chosen from the two genres listed below, to the teacher at least eight days before the exam.
The exam will focus on a discussion of the writings produced during the course and for the exam, with reference to the bibliography used for the writings themselves and the mandatory bibliography for all students. The topics covered in class will be assumed to be established during the exam interview.
Students who do not intend to attend the course will still be required to submit a written exam, as will those attending, but they can contact the teacher at any time for information or clarification (email address: guido.bosticco@unipv.it).
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Italian
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