The course aims to illustrate, through one or more remarkable examples, one of the major genres of Italian literature in the Renaissance period.
Course Prerequisites
Good knowledge of the main authors and themes of Italian literature of the Renaissance and of the methods of analysis of literary texts.
Teaching Methods
Lectures. Handouts will be given during classes that will be part of the subjects that the final exam will deal with.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam, focused both on the history and texts of the Italian literature in the Renaissance as presented in the textbooks, and on the contents of the course. The students will be asked to give a full reading and a genetic, rhetoric and stylistic commentary of the texts.
Texts
G. Della Casa, "Rime", a cura di S. Carrai, Mimesis, 2014: this edition will be followed during classes and will have to be studied in its entirety for the exam.
Critical edition: G. Della Casa, "Le rime", edizione critica a cura di R. Fedi, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1978: the Introduction of this edition will have to be studied for the exam (vol. I, pp. IX-XL). Other editions: G. Della Casa, "Rime", a cura di R. Fedi, Milano, Rizzoli, 1993; G. Della Casa, "Rime", a cura di G. Tanturli, Milano, Fondazione Pietro Bembo, 2001.
Suggested handbook: G. Alfano, P. Italia, E. Russo, F. Tomasi, "Letteratura italiana. Manuale per studi universitari", Milano, Mondadori, 2018, 2 vols. For the exam the study is also requested of: G. Alfano, C. Gigante, E. Russo, "Il Rinascimento. Un’introduzione al Cinquecento letterario italiano", Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2016. Lectures material: see Programma e contenuti.
Contents
Giovanni Della Casa's "Rime": an extended philological and critical introduction and commentary.
Course Language
Italian
More information
Students are warmly invited to attend classes. Those who won’t be able to do so are requested to talk to the teacher as soon as possible within the first lessons of the course.
