ITALIAN LITERATURE

The course is inserted between the basic disciplines common to the Program of Study and aims to provide an adequate critical knowledge of Italian literature and the fundamental tools for the textual interpretation. The teaching activity aims to start an analysis historically and philologically aware of the literary texts, founded on the mastery of the technical language.
The achievement of these instructional goals allows the student to acquire the bases for an in-depth learning of the culture and society of the triennial languages developing the skills of comparison and evaluation.

By the end of the course the student will know the historical and cultural context of the Italian literary civilization and will know how to correctly use a specialistic lexicon of base. It is expected to be able to understand, to analyze and to interpret the literary texts object of the course with the appropriate methods and tools, to identify and to examine themes, topics and ideas developed by the treated authors, to organize the contents in appropriate synthesis operating comparisons between texts also belonging to the European literature, to formulate a reasoned judgment of value.

To adequately follow the lessons the student must possess the essential lines of the history of Ita-lian literature and easily move between the texts and the authors of greater importance, recognize the formal and linguistic aspects of a text, have a good knowledge of the Italian language written and oral.

The 18th century in italian literature. Comments on Monti, Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi, Nievo, Scapigliatura, Verga and Verismo, Carducci, Pascoli, d'Annunzio.

1) M. SANTAGATA - L. CAROTTI - A. CASADEI - M. TAVONI, "Il filo rosso. Antologia e storia della letteratura italiana ed europea", Laterza, Bari 2006, vol. II, tomi 3-4 .(Il Primo Ottocento; Il Secondo Ottocento),
O anche un analogo manuale, scienticamente attendibile, che abbia una sua parte dedicata in modo specifico alla storia e a testi antologizzati della letteratura italiana dell'Ottocento.

2) Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali: Storia del genere umano, La scommessa di Prometo, Dialogo di Torquato Tasso e del suo Genio familiare, in Prose, a cura di Rolando Damiani, Milano, Mondadori (i Meridiani), 2011, pp. 5-19, 53-61, 68-75.

Rolando Damiani, L'ordine dei fati e altri argomenti della "religione" di Leopardi, Longo, Ravenna 2014.

Non-attending students must also read "I Promessi Sposi" di A. Manzoni.

The final verification of learning consists in a written exam on the topics discussed and in-depth on the texts. The student must show to know the historical and cultural context, object of the course, to be able to frame, analyze and comment appropriately the texts and to be able to expose correctly and clearly the contents.
The evaluation criteria respond to different skill levels: from the minimum level of correct under-standing of the meanings and the elements of historical-cultural contextualization of the literary texts at the highest level of knowledge deepened of the contents and the ability of critical reorganization of the same and of excellent exhibition competence.

Conventional method with lessons from the chair.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support
services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

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