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
The course presents the main lines of development of pre-modern and modern Chinese literature, as well as modern Taiwanese literature, highlighting the main trends, writers, and works against the backdrop of historical events that influenced these various phases. In addition to approaching Twentieth-century literature and the main debated issues, it aims to develop the ability to read texts critically.
Joshua Mostow, The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia Un. Press
Rosa Lombardi, Oltre la Muraglia - Shen Congwen e le avanguardie letterarie del Novecento, Elliot, 2019.
Rosa, Lombardi, Voci da Taiwan, Orientalia, 2022
Letture e articoli critici caricati su Teams
Letture obbligatorie:
Lao She, I due Ma, padre e figlio, Mondadori, 2021
Shen Congwen, Il vecchio e il nuovo, Nutrimenti, 2004
Two books by different authors
- Lao She, Cammello Xiangzi, Mondadori, 2014
- Lao She, La città dei gatti, Mondadori, 2019
- Wu Zhuoliu, Orphan of Asia, Columbia, 2008- La madre del dottore (dispensa)
- Yang Kui – Racconti (Dispensa)
- Lu Xun, Grida, Sellerio 2020 (oppure: Lu Xun, Fuga sulla Luna)
- Shanghai Suite, Athmosfere libri, 2014
- Zhang Ailing, Lussuria, Rizzoli, 2007
- - Ba Jin, Famiglia, Atmosphere, 2018
Programme
Between Tradition and ModernityThe course presents the main lines of development of pre-modern and modern Chinese literature, as well as modern Taiwanese literature, highlighting the main trends, writers, and works against the backdrop of historical events that influenced these various phases. In addition to approaching Twentieth-century literature and the main debated issues, it aims to develop the ability to read texts critically.
Core Documentation
G.Bertuccioli, La letteratura cinese, L’asino d’oro, 2013Joshua Mostow, The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia Un. Press
Rosa Lombardi, Oltre la Muraglia - Shen Congwen e le avanguardie letterarie del Novecento, Elliot, 2019.
Rosa, Lombardi, Voci da Taiwan, Orientalia, 2022
Letture e articoli critici caricati su Teams
Letture obbligatorie:
Lao She, I due Ma, padre e figlio, Mondadori, 2021
Shen Congwen, Il vecchio e il nuovo, Nutrimenti, 2004
Two books by different authors
- Lao She, Cammello Xiangzi, Mondadori, 2014
- Lao She, La città dei gatti, Mondadori, 2019
- Wu Zhuoliu, Orphan of Asia, Columbia, 2008- La madre del dottore (dispensa)
- Yang Kui – Racconti (Dispensa)
- Lu Xun, Grida, Sellerio 2020 (oppure: Lu Xun, Fuga sulla Luna)
- Shanghai Suite, Athmosfere libri, 2014
- Zhang Ailing, Lussuria, Rizzoli, 2007
- - Ba Jin, Famiglia, Atmosphere, 2018
Attendance
Regular attendance is strongly recommended.Type of evaluation
Oral exam on the completed syllabus and assigned readings. Assessment of clarity of presentation, ability to summarise, and argumentation skills.