IN-DEPTH SEMINARS OF DISCIPLINARY AREA (LCSM) - MOD. 10

EPOS AND NOVEL IN ALBANIA FROM THE 15TH CENTURY TO THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
Sources, themes, motifs, and authors

The educational path dedicated to aspects and models of Albanian narrative begins with several moments in the Balkan epic tradition, and more specifically Albanian, with attention to the intersection between orality and writing. It will then focus on Albania's entry into the European imagination following the fall of Constantinople (1453) and the Ottoman expansion into the Balkans, also through the narrative of the resistance of Skanderbeg (a historical figure soon mythologized) and its contemporary and subsequent elaboration in the epic genre, as an element of the Albanian diaspora and the Arbëreshë settlements in Italy. Simple forms and stylistic features of epic song survive in subsequent literature and develop during the Romantic era. In the twentieth century, a revival of tradition emerged through rewriting, with elements drawn from popular genres and the historical novel, with allegorical, parodistic and metafictional nuances in Ismail Kadare (1936-2024) and Besnik Mustafaj (1958-), but also with references to the reception of the same themes by two Italian writers: Raffaele Nigro (1947-) and Carmine Abate (1954-), confirming the ongoing dialogue between the two shores of the Adriatic Sea.

Knowledge of the Albanian literary tradition from its origins to the twentieth century, with a focus on narrative forms, through readings and interpretations of the most significant texts from subsequent historical periods.

knowledge of Albanian and Italian languages

1) Origins of Albanian Epic 5 hours
Part One: Cultural and Linguistic Context (Giuseppina Turano)
Part Two: Theoretical Framework (Alessandro Scarsella)

2) Scanderbeg Poems from Albania to Italy, between the 15th and 16th Centuries 5 hours
Part One: Cultural and Linguistic Context (Giuseppina Turano)
Part Two: Theoretical Framework (Alessandro Scarsella)

3) Evolution of Albanian Folk Song 5 hours (with insights into Niccolò Tommaseo and Girolamo De Rada)
Part One: Cultural and Linguistic Context (Giuseppina Turano)
Part Two: Theoretical Framework (Alessandro Scarsella)

4) The 20th Century: Developments in Folk Song and the Legendary Genre in Kadare 5 hours
Part One: Cultural and Linguistic Context (Giuseppina Turano)
Part Two: Theoretical Framework (Alessandro Scarsella)

5) Rewritings of the Epic in Ismail Kadare, Raffaele Nigro, Carmine Abate 5 hours
Part One: Cultural and Linguistic Context (Giuseppina Turano)
Part Two: Theoretical Framework (Alessandro Scarsella)

6) Myth, Fantasy, and History in Besnik Mustafaj (author will be present) 5 hours
Giuseppina Turano and Alessandro Scarsella in a joint lesson

Teaching unit edited by the teacher

Short written reports of a thematic nature or textual analysis, followed by an oral exam in the form of a discussion

not present

Suitability rating: 30/30 (10 historical skills + 10 linguistic skills + 10 literary skills)

Frontal lessons with specific references to sample texts from the survey

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development