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Italian Literature
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Reading and analyzing texts from a poetic and rhetorical perspective. Knowledge of the formulaic forms of cultural periods and areas (from the Origins to the sixteenth century), poetics and works.
Knowledge of the main rhetorical figures. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. Skillful reading of poetic and prose texts in order to summarize their content. Critical.
The course aims to achieve the following learning objectives, defined according to the Dublin Descriptors:
1. (knowledge and understanding) advanced knowledge and understanding of the main literary constructs and innovative perspectives on teaching, necessary to develop original ideas, including for research purposes.
2. (applying knowledge and understanding) ability to apply knowledge in the design and implementation of educational and teaching interventions in the school context and to solve problems in interdisciplinary contexts.
3. (making judgments) ability to gather and integrate knowledge within the complexity of literary work (poetic and prose); formulate independent judgments and understand their ethical and social implications; critical-reflective skills necessary to identify the strengths and weaknesses of projects and hermaneutic examination; ability to evaluate the quality of educational strategies to be applied in the school context; and critically examine one's own work.
4. (communication skills) the ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences (families); communication and interpersonal skills that can be applied throughout the teaching-learning process.
5. (learning skills) the ability to learn in order to manage complex professional activities and projects that require taking responsibility for decisions in unpredictable work contexts; the ability to learn in order to build one's identity and professional development; and the development of independent learning skills (“learning to learn”).
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of the major authors of Italian literature.
Teaching Methods
The course is divided into two interrelated parts.
The first part will be dedicated to the presentation of the concept-mode of Literature from the Origins of the History of Italian Literature. It will then move on to analyze the most decisive figures and poetics from Dante to the sixteenth century. The second part will be dedicated to a detailed analysis of Dante's poetics, with specific attention to the Divine Comedy and the relationships and differences between Dante's poetics and the poetics of other authors of Italian Literature, from the Origins to the sixteenth century.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination.
Proficiency will be assessed through ongoing discussions with students throughout the course and, at the end of the course, through an oral exam. The evaluation criteria used to assess learning outcomes through the oral exam include: the completeness and relevance of the knowledge acquired; the ability to create interrelationships between content and text-contexts with reference to practical classroom situations—such as future teachers and scholars; and the ability to hermeneutically analyze the problem posed. The aforementioned oral exam will assess both content knowledge and the ability to develop a personal exegesis of the text-context using scientific language. The grade will be expressed in thirtieths and will range from 18/30 to 30/30 with honors depending on the achievement of the skills demonstrated during the oral exam. An oral exam will be considered excellent (30-30 with honors) if it demonstrates a complete knowledge of the contents, conveyed using scientifically appropriate language, and an excellent mastery not only of the subject but also the ability to critically transfer, with high cognitive qualification, multiple knowledge, connecting them to the specific study, which is the object of the oral exam. An exam will be considered excellent (28-29) if it demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the proposed contents, excellent mastery of scientific language and excellent ability to relate different areas of knowledge. An oral exam will be considered good (25-27) if it demonstrates an overall adequate knowledge of the proposed contents and the appropriate use of scientific language. An oral exam will be considered fair (22-24) if it demonstrates a knowledge of the proposed contents and the use of scientific language in an acceptable manner, as well as a fair ability to create interdisciplinary connections. A test that demonstrates a superficial, liminal knowledge expressed through adequate critical-analytical language will be assessed as sufficient (18-21). A test that demonstrates difficulty in orienting oneself among the course contents and a lack of specific scientific language will be assessed as insufficient: the use of a linguistic expression that is the result solely of a non-critical, but mnemonic, process and, therefore, indicates insufficient acquisition of the subject matter.
Texts
Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia ( any non-anthologized school edition): i canti verranno esaminati durante le lezioni (Inf. canti: I, III, V, VI, XXVI, XXXIV - Purg. canti: I, V, VI, XI, XXVI, XXXII; Par. canti; I, XVIII, XXIV, XXXIII: of all the songs, metric reading and commentary).
Itinerari nella letteratura italiana. Da Dante al Web, a c. di N. Bonazzi, A. Campana, F. Giunta e N. Maldina. Roma, Carocci, 2013, 8º ristampa 2023:to study: from the Preface to chapter XI (up to and including Saint Anne).
Or you can choose to study on : G. Tellini, Letteratura italiana. Un metodo di studio (Dalle Origini al Seicento), Milano, Mondadori Education, 2014.
A. D’Elia, cap. II, Cristo-Beatrice e i miti svelanti; Cristo-Logos- Caritas e la Cristofora, cap. III, in ID., La Cristologia dantesca: Logos- Veritas- Caritas: ilcodice poetico-teologico del Pellegrino, prefazione di Dante Della Terza, Cosenza, Luigi Pellegrini Editore, 2012, pp.67-84/ pp.85-102.
Contents
Italian Literature 1, 2025-2026
Prof. Antonio D’Elia
Course Outline
Title: The Pilgrim's Journey and the Christ-bearing Beatrice
The course aims to present a broad historical-critical mapping of Italian literature from its origins to the sixteenth century, attempting to illustrate the foundational axes of the various eras and the endogenous characteristics of the authors and works that will be analyzed. It will also focus on the concept-thought of Beatrice-Christ in relation to Dante's work, specifically the Divine Comedy, and on the relationships between Dante's poetics and that of other Italian authors, from its origins to the sixteenth century.