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 devoted to the history and evolution of a particular genre of literary criticism: the Lectura Dantis. After a first part of lectures dedicated to focusing on the particular genre of criticism, 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, PurgatorioReference Bibliography
Marco Grimaldi, Dante in dodici parole, Roma, Fila37, 2023. Carlo Ossola, Introduzione alla Divina Commedia, Venezia, Marsilio, 2021 (capitoli scelti). Giorgio Inglese, Vita di Dante. Una biografia possibile, Roma, Carocci, 2015. An essay anthology. For non-presence students Lectura Dantis Romana. Cento canti per cento anni, Il Purgatorio, to. 1 e 2 a cura di E. Malato e A. Mazzucchi, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2015.Attendance
in presence.Type of evaluation
Students will be assessed through the presentation, as a group, of one of their lectura dantis; which will then be discussed again on the day of the examination.