At the end of the course the student will acquire specialized knowledge related to the development and articulation of the critical reflection on the authors of Italian literature from the origins to our days and the tools of literary hermeneutics that will have to pragmatically exercise in an original way.
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Programme
The course is dedicated to the history and evolution of a particular genre of literary criticism: the Lectura Dantis. After a first part of lessons dedicated to focusing on the particular critical genre, some examples of Lectura Dantis will be presented and analysed. During the course, in addition to a series of seminar activities, students will be asked to produce their own Lectura Dantis.Core Documentation
Dante Alighieri, Inferno (any edition; a good one is that edited by Giorgio Inglese for the pubblisher Carocci).Reference Bibliography
For attending students: Marco Grimaldi, Dante in dodici parole, Roma, Fila37, 2023; Giorgio Inglese, Vita di Dante. Una biografia possibile, Roma, Carocci, 2015. Carlo Ossola, Introduzione alla Divina Commedia, Venezia, Marsilio, 2021 (selected parts) An anthology of texts will be made available. For non-attending students, in addition to the bibliography already listed, the following texts are required to be read in full: Lectura Dantis Romana. Cento canti per cento anni, I. Inferno, to. 1. Canti I-XVII, a cura di A. Mazzucchi, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2014.Attendance
In presenceType of evaluation
Students will be asked to produce a paper that will be evaluated during the exam.