20704002 - Italian literature

The aim of the course is the acquisition of the ability of a correct interpretation of Italian literature through the knowledge of hermeneutical methodologies and theoretical knowledge suitable for the interpretation of one or more literary texts or of a single author or of different genres

Curriculum

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The course is dedicated to the problem of autobiography and self-fashioning. Through the study of key works from the Italian literary tradition, the student will learn to understand the complex issue of self-representation.

Core Documentation

1. Vita nova di Dante (qualsiasi edizione, si consiglia quella a cura di Carrai per Rizzoli)
2. Photocopies provided by the teacher
3. Vita di Vittorio Alfieri (qualsiasi edizione purché commentata)

Reference Bibliography

L. Marcozzi, Petrarca. La vita e il mondo, Roma, Carocci, 2025 G. Inglese, Vita di Dante. Una biografia possibile, Roma, Carocci, 2018 Photocopies provided by the teacher

Attendance

In presenza

Type of evaluation

The student's general knowledge will be assessed, both in terms of rhetoric and content.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The course is dedicated to the problem of autobiography and self-fashioning. Through the study of key works from the Italian literary tradition, the student will learn to understand the complex issue of self-representation.

Core Documentation

1. Vita nova di Dante (qualsiasi edizione, si consiglia quella a cura di Carrai per Rizzoli)
2. Photocopies provided by the teacher
3. Vita di Vittorio Alfieri (qualsiasi edizione purché commentata)

Reference Bibliography

L. Marcozzi, Petrarca. La vita e il mondo, Roma, Carocci, 2025 G. Inglese, Vita di Dante. Una biografia possibile, Roma, Carocci, 2018 Photocopies provided by the teacher

Attendance

In presenza

Type of evaluation

The student's general knowledge will be assessed, both in terms of rhetoric and content.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The course is dedicated to the problem of autobiography and self-fashioning. Through the study of key works from the Italian literary tradition, the student will learn to understand the complex issue of self-representation.

Core Documentation

1. Vita nova di Dante (qualsiasi edizione, si consiglia quella a cura di Carrai per Rizzoli)
2. Photocopies provided by the teacher
3. Vita di Vittorio Alfieri (qualsiasi edizione purché commentata)

Reference Bibliography

L. Marcozzi, Petrarca. La vita e il mondo, Roma, Carocci, 2025 G. Inglese, Vita di Dante. Una biografia possibile, Roma, Carocci, 2018 Photocopies provided by the teacher

Attendance

In presenza

Type of evaluation

The student's general knowledge will be assessed, both in terms of rhetoric and content.