The course aims to provide students with some bibliographic and critical tools useful for the identification of the contribution by Benedetto Croce (1866-1952) to studies on Dante and, more generally, to the history of literary criticism, also from a theoretical point of view.
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of the basic notions of history of Italian literature is required
Teaching Methods
The course essentially develops in frontal lessons, but there are also readings and shared comments of texts by the author to whom the course is dedicated. In some cases, the exhibition and comment, during the course, of short critical essays, agreed with the teacher and autonomously carried out, can be requested from students.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam, aimed at ascertaining the actual acquisition of the main skills, including the ability to propose a reconstruction documented on the debate on Dante's work in relation to the reading of B. Croce (keeping in mind the texts in question in the course) . Personal contribution will also be taken to the discussions and any exhibitions made during the lessons.
Texts
B. Croce, La poesia di Dante [1921], a cura di Giorgio Inglese, Napoli, Bibliopolis, 2021; M. Fubini, Benedetto Croce, in Enciclopedia dantesca, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1970 [https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/benedetto-croce_%28Enciclopedia-Dantesca%29/]; M. Barbi, Poesia e struttura nella Divina Commedia, in Id., Problemi fondamentali per un nuovo commento della Dicina Commedia, Firenze, Sansoni, 1955 (pp. 7-19);
Contents
Notes on the Biography and the Dante bibliography of B. Croce. Analysis of the characteristic elements in La poesia di Dante di Croce in reference to the previous Dante criticism. Reading and in -depth comment of some chapters of La poesia di Dante (1921) as well as other interventions of the author on Dante's themes and literary criticism.
Course Language
Italian
More information
During the course the teacher will provide photocopies of materials that may be useful for the lesson, discussion or in-depth analysis.
