The course aims to provide specific knowledge in the field of Literary Theory, with reference to the epistemological acquisitions produced in the last century. The student will be able to recognize in the literary criticism the various theoretical orientations and, in general, to consciously manage the metaliterary discourse.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
Un testo a scelta tra:
R. Barthes, La preparazione del romanzo, S. Sontag, Contro l’interpretazione, J. Kristeva, Sole nero, G. Celati, Finzioni occidentali [any commercially available edition]
Programme
After the roaring season of formalism-structuralism and up to the extreme results of American deconstructionism, the theory of literature constituted the field for a radical investigation into what we call literature, starting from the fundamental principles to which its supposed specificity could be traced. Between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, however, a rejection of the scientistic approach to the literary fact progressively occupied the scene. Some of the leading theorists, particularly in France and the United States, turned their attention to extraliterary phenomena, sometimes to the practice rather than the theory of literature to the point of an explicit rejection of the foundational theses of structuralism. Examples from the work of authors such as Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva, Tzvetan Todorov, Susan Sontag and Gianni Celati will be offered as emblematic examples of an escape from Theory at the end of last century.Core Documentation
G. Carrara, L. Neri (a cura di), Teoria della letteratura. Campi, problemi, strumenti, Carocci 2022Un testo a scelta tra:
R. Barthes, La preparazione del romanzo, S. Sontag, Contro l’interpretazione, J. Kristeva, Sole nero, G. Celati, Finzioni occidentali [any commercially available edition]
Attendance
Attendance is free and will not be recorded by the teacher. Attendance is necessary but not compulsory.Type of evaluation
Questionnaire of open-ended questions on course topics and related literature teacher profile teaching materials
Un testo a scelta tra:
R. Barthes, La preparazione del romanzo, S. Sontag, Contro l’interpretazione, J. Kristeva, Sole nero, G. Celati, Finzioni occidentali [any commercially available edition]
Programme
After the roaring season of formalism-structuralism and up to the extreme results of American deconstructionism, the theory of literature constituted the field for a radical investigation into what we call literature, starting from the fundamental principles to which its supposed specificity could be traced. Between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, however, a rejection of the scientistic approach to the literary fact progressively occupied the scene. Some of the leading theorists, particularly in France and the United States, turned their attention to extraliterary phenomena, sometimes to the practice rather than the theory of literature to the point of an explicit rejection of the foundational theses of structuralism. Examples from the work of authors such as Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva, Tzvetan Todorov, Susan Sontag and Gianni Celati will be offered as emblematic examples of an escape from Theory at the end of last century.Core Documentation
G. Carrara, L. Neri (a cura di), Teoria della letteratura. Campi, problemi, strumenti, Carocci 2022Un testo a scelta tra:
R. Barthes, La preparazione del romanzo, S. Sontag, Contro l’interpretazione, J. Kristeva, Sole nero, G. Celati, Finzioni occidentali [any commercially available edition]
Attendance
Attendance is free and will not be recorded by the teacher. Attendance is necessary but not compulsory.Type of evaluation
Questionnaire of open-ended questions on course topics and related literature