The 2nd year Literature course (Non-European language) comes under the core educational activities of the “Languages and cultures studies of the respective countries” of the bachelor’s degree course in Languages and Cultural & Linguistic Mediation, specifically the activities aimed at providing knowledge of the cultural and in particular the literary tradition of the foreign language of study, as well as the tools to analyze critically texts belonging to diverse literary typologies.
The course aims at enhancing: a) the acquaintance with the principal genres, authors and texts in the language of study;b) the application of the tools for the analysis of typologically diverse literary texts.
Expected learning outcomes: The students will enhance their familiarity with the most significant genres, authors and literary texts in the foreign language of study, as well as their ability to analyze different typologies of literary texts.
The course aims at enhancing: a) the acquaintance with the principal genres, authors and texts in the language of study;b) the application of the tools for the analysis of typologically diverse literary texts.
Expected learning outcomes: The students will enhance their familiarity with the most significant genres, authors and literary texts in the foreign language of study, as well as their ability to analyze different typologies of literary texts.
teacher profile teaching materials
Rosa Lombardi, Oltre la Muraglia - Shen Congwen e le avanguardie letterarie del Novecento, Elliot, 2019;
Joshua Mostow, Kirk Denton, The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia Un. Press
D.Pollard, Translation and Creation – Readings of Western literature in early modern China 1840- 1918, Hong Kong, 1998
Nicoletta Pesaro e Melinda Pirazzoli, La narrativa cinese del Novecento. Autori, opere, correnti, Carocci 2020
Programme
Introduction to premodern Chinese literature and to the literature of the XX century through the reading of works of fiction and poetry by the main authors.Core Documentation
G.Bertuccioli, La letteratura cinese, L’asino d’oro, 2013Rosa Lombardi, Oltre la Muraglia - Shen Congwen e le avanguardie letterarie del Novecento, Elliot, 2019;
Joshua Mostow, Kirk Denton, The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia Un. Press
D.Pollard, Translation and Creation – Readings of Western literature in early modern China 1840- 1918, Hong Kong, 1998
Nicoletta Pesaro e Melinda Pirazzoli, La narrativa cinese del Novecento. Autori, opere, correnti, Carocci 2020
Type of delivery of the course
Introductory lessons and discussion groups on specific topics.Type of evaluation
active participation to classes will be highly considered