The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of the main tools and study methods related to the discipline, as well as to broaden the canon of authors and texts addressed during the first-year Italian Literature course.
Course Prerequisites
Have already acquired at least 12 CFU in Italian Literature.
Teaching Methods
The course employs traditional lectures and text analysis, supported by PowerPoint presentations and materials provided on the KIRO platform.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination. The examination verifies: 1) knowledge of the history of Italian literature of the 17th and 18th centuries and the analysis of the texts collected in "Rosa fresca aulentissima", vol. 3; 2) Knowledge of the contents and works discussed or analyzed during the course, as well as the bibliography mentioned in the syllabus or during the course.
Texts
GENERAL PART: C. Bologna, P. Rocchi, "Rosa fresca aulentissima", vol 3. Dal Barocco all'Età dei Lumi, Torino, Loescher, 2010. MONOGRAPHIC COURSE: The course aims to reconstruct the cultural and literary debate that accompanied the classicist restoration between the end of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century, focusing on the Querelle des anciens et des modernes. Most of the works presented during the course and the texts that will be analyzed are not available in modern editions and will be made available on KIRO. The same applies to secondary bibliography. Vico, Opere (1990), edited by Andrea Battistini, Milan, Mondadori, 2008, 2 vols., with particular attention to Vita scritta da se medesimo and Scienza nuova 1744 (L’Idea dell’opera, Book I: Degli elementi, Del metodo, Book II, Book III, Book V, «conchiusione»). C. Viola, Osservazioni sul canone nell’età dell’Arcadia e Tradizioni letterarie a confronto nella polemica Orsi-Bouhours, Verona, QuiEdit, 2009 Tradizioni letterarie a confronto : Italia e Francia nella polemica Orsi-Bouhours, Verona, Fiorini, 2001 Further bibliographical references will be provided during the course. Non-attending students are required to contact the lecturer to arrange supplementary bibliography.
Contents
General part: The Italian Literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Monographic course: From the Querelle des anciens et des modernes to the Classical-Romantic Controversy (1687-1818) – I, Literature and culture from the Classicist Restoration of the 17th century to the early Enlightenment
Course Language
Italian
More information
Non-attending students are required to contact the lecturer to arrange supplementary bibliography.
