Three main educational objectives of the course are:
(a) to develop knowledge of the methods and problems of stylistic criticism;
(b) to deepen the skills of stylistic analysis when faced with texts of different nature (in verse and prose);
(c) refine skills in identifying and interpreting the metrical structures and formal choices of texts in the Italian poetic tradition.
Course Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Italian metrics.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and seminar activities.
During the seminar activities - which will be concentrated in the second part of the course - students will present their own in-depth research work orally in the classroom, which they will then develop in written form in the examination paper.
Assessment Methods
The exam consists of an ORAL INTERVIEW and the writing of a PAPER, the topic of which will be agreed upon with the professor.
The ORAL INTERVIEW is designed to assess the educational content, skills, and critical thinking abilities acquired by the student. With this in mind, the interview will be structured in two parts and will include: 1) discussion of the paper; 2) questions on the exam program, readings, and selected texts.
The PAPER will be a short essay of stylistic analysis on a chosen text and must be sent by email to the teacher at least one week before the oral exam. Precise instructions for the paper will be provided in class and made available on Kiro.
Texts
1. Pietro G. Beltrami, "La metrica italiana", Bologna, il Mulino, 2011;
2. Raffaello Baldini, "La Nàiva. Furistìr. Ciacri. Versi in dialetto romagnolo", Torino, Einaudi, 2000;
3. All materials and texts analysed during the lectures.
Supplements for non-attending students (in lieu of item 3):
- Franco Brevini, "Le parole perdute. Dialetti e poesia nel nostro secolo", Torino, Einaudi, 1990;
- From Pier Vincenzo Mengaldo, "Attraverso la poesia italiana. Analisi di testi esemplari", Roma, Carocci, 2008, six chapters of free choice.
Additional bibliographic guidance will be provided in class and made available on Kiro.
Contents
1) Aspects, methods and fields of application of stylistic criticism.
2) Analysis of exemplary texts of Italian literature (in verse and prose).
3) Hints at the tradition of the main metrical forms of Italian lyric poetry.
4) Twentieth-century dialect poets. With a focus on the poetry of Raffaello Baldini.
Course Language
Italian
More information
A 6-hour didactic seminar will be held by Dr. Tiziano Segalina.
