L-FIL-LET/14 NARRATION THEORY AND TECHNIQUES (6 credits, Master's Degree)
The module intends to outline, using each time a series of textual evidence from Italian and foreign literature of the second half of the twentieth century and the new millennium, the main characteristics of literary narrative and the function it currently performs in the overall system of communication. To this end, the constant comparison with other media is inevitable, with respect to which the literary narrative establishes a multiplicity of intertwining: decisive for understanding
the progressive extension of narrative practices towards sectors and skills unrelated to literature, which, however, can constitute an archetypal model to refer to. The course therefore proposes to offer the student the ability to master the basic techniques of storytelling and then export them to the communication strategies chosen by him as a privileged area of interest. To this end, prior knowledge, even if not particularly thorough, of the current media system is required.
The module intends to outline, using each time a series of textual evidence from Italian and foreign literature of the second half of the twentieth century and the new millennium, the main characteristics of literary narrative and the function it currently performs in the overall system of communication. To this end, the constant comparison with other media is inevitable, with respect to which the literary narrative establishes a multiplicity of intertwining: decisive for understanding
the progressive extension of narrative practices towards sectors and skills unrelated to literature, which, however, can constitute an archetypal model to refer to. The course therefore proposes to offer the student the ability to master the basic techniques of storytelling and then export them to the communication strategies chosen by him as a privileged area of interest. To this end, prior knowledge, even if not particularly thorough, of the current media system is required.
teacher profile teaching materials
P. Levi, Se questo è un uomo, Einaudi, Torino 2005.
J. Améry, Intellettuale a Auschwitz, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2008.
(Students who are unable to find Mengaldo's text, which is in short supply, can replace it with: P.Levi, I sommersi e i salvati, Einaudi, Turin 1991)
Programme
Testimony and narration: two experiences of the ShoahCore Documentation
P. V. Mengaldo, La vendetta è il racconto. Testimonianze e riflessioni sulla Shoah, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2007.P. Levi, Se questo è un uomo, Einaudi, Torino 2005.
J. Améry, Intellettuale a Auschwitz, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2008.
(Students who are unable to find Mengaldo's text, which is in short supply, can replace it with: P.Levi, I sommersi e i salvati, Einaudi, Turin 1991)
Type of delivery of the course
Telematic LessonsType of evaluation
Telematic modes Teams