MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - SECOND PART - LABORATORY

Falling within the educational activities of the Master's Degree in Italian Philology and Literature, the lab is aimed at students wishing to write their thesis in the field of Italian literature from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century or in relation to certain theoretical aspects or methodological issues.
The teaching objectives are to encourage the learning of theoretical and methodological tools to be used for literary research and the development of autonomous analysis and evaluation skills of specific texts, aspects and genres of the modern and contemporary period.

The student will be able to provide a cultural-historical contextualization and a theoretical analysis of some representative texts of Italian literature from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century.
(S)he will have the necessary mastery of terminology and concepts.
(S)he will be able to recognize the peculiarities of a literary text using the knowledge acquired through the prior discussion and application of selected theories.
(S)he will be able to formulate and argue what (s)he has consistently learnt, also demonstrating that (s)he has developed autonomous evaluation skills with respect to the content transmitted.

A general interest in texts of modern and contemporary literature; good knowledge of the history of Italian literature since the 18th century; good command of the Italian language and sufficient command of the specialised vocabulary of literary studies (which will be refined during the course itself).

A number of representative texts from modern and contemporary literature, from the 18th century to the present day, will be analysed, taking into account, also from a comparative perspective, the historical-cultural frame of reference, the genre, and the history of criticism that has affected them over time.

The texts to be analysed will be provided by the lecturer in class and placed (together with other useful materials) on the course's Moodle platform.
Further indications of specific bibliography will also be provided in class.

The learning assessment will take the form of an interview. A large part of the interview - approximately two-thirds of the entire interview - will consist of a presentation (accompanied by a power-point presentation with an annotated bibliography) in which the student will analyse and interpret a chosen text.

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With regard to grading (how grades will be awarded), regardless of whether attending or not:
A. Scores in the 18-22 range will be awarded in the presence of
- sufficient knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- limited ability to collect and/or interpret data, making independent judgements;
- sufficient communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language;
B. marks in bands 23-26 will be awarded in the presence of
- discrete knowledge and applied comprehension skills with reference to the syllabus;
- discrete ability to collect and/or interpret data, making autonomous judgements;
- fair communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language;
C. scores in band 27-30 will be awarded in the presence of
- good or very good knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- good or very good ability to collect and/or interpret data, making independent judgements;
- fully appropriate communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
D. Honours will be awarded in the presence of knowledge and ability of applied understanding with reference to the syllabus, excellent judgement and communication skills.

Teaching includes lectures in the form of lectures and seminars, based on analysis, discussion and comparison, alternating with exercises, carried out and presented by the students.

Students are allowed to attend this module even if they have not completed the “Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature I SP” (Master´s level) module.
Please note: out of the 12 CFU credits provided for the "Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature-Contemporary Italian Literature" area, only 6 CFUs can be obtained through laboratory practice.

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