The aim of the course is the acquisition of specialized knowledge on Italian Renaissance literature, through the study of an author, a work or a specific theme according to the most up-to-date research perspectives. At the end of the course the student will equip himself with the most appropriate historical, historical-literary and linguistic interpretative tools for the analysis of the literary texts of the Renaissance and will be able to apply advanced analysis methodologies on them.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
In the Renaissance, women acquired a new centrality and attracted renewed attention: as active subjects in politics and culture, as objects of reflection in the querelle des femmes, and also as literary characters. This course will examine this new centrality, and the tensions connected to it, within chivalric literature: the narrative genre most beloved by audiences of all levels and associated with some of the most important figures in the literary history of the Renaissance (Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso) through the emblematic figure of the woman warrior. Bradamante, Marfisa, Clorinda, and the other women in arms will thus make it possible to trace the evolution of a series of fundamental thematic issues of the Renaissance: the relationship with otherness, encomiastic and dynastic mechanisms, and judgments on the role of women. They will also allow us to view chivalric literature in its double thread of continuity: on the one hand with the classical tradition, and on the other with the anonymous and popular tradition, all the way to its repercussions in our contemporary culture.
- Studies prepared by the professor
- Non-attending students will add the following volume to the syllabus for attending students:
Marco Villoresi, La letteratura cavalleresca. Dai cicli medievali all’Ariosto, Roma, Carocci, 2000
Programme
“Giovane donna in mezzo ’l campo apparse”: Woman Warrior in Renaissance LiteratureIn the Renaissance, women acquired a new centrality and attracted renewed attention: as active subjects in politics and culture, as objects of reflection in the querelle des femmes, and also as literary characters. This course will examine this new centrality, and the tensions connected to it, within chivalric literature: the narrative genre most beloved by audiences of all levels and associated with some of the most important figures in the literary history of the Renaissance (Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso) through the emblematic figure of the woman warrior. Bradamante, Marfisa, Clorinda, and the other women in arms will thus make it possible to trace the evolution of a series of fundamental thematic issues of the Renaissance: the relationship with otherness, encomiastic and dynastic mechanisms, and judgments on the role of women. They will also allow us to view chivalric literature in its double thread of continuity: on the one hand with the classical tradition, and on the other with the anonymous and popular tradition, all the way to its repercussions in our contemporary culture.
Core Documentation
- Texts (by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Francesco Cieco da Ferrara, Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso) prepared by the professor- Studies prepared by the professor
- Non-attending students will add the following volume to the syllabus for attending students:
Marco Villoresi, La letteratura cavalleresca. Dai cicli medievali all’Ariosto, Roma, Carocci, 2000
Attendance
Attendance, when possible, is strongly encouraged, although it is naturally not mandatory. Non-attending students are required to study an additional text as part of the exam materials.Type of evaluation
Oral exam, starting from the analysis of one or more passages from the texts included in the syllabus, demonstrating the ability to develop a broader reflection and to make coherent connections between different works and authors. teacher profile teaching materials
In the Renaissance, women acquired a new centrality and attracted renewed attention: as active subjects in politics and culture, as objects of reflection in the querelle des femmes, and also as literary characters. This course will examine this new centrality, and the tensions connected to it, within chivalric literature: the narrative genre most beloved by audiences of all levels and associated with some of the most important figures in the literary history of the Renaissance (Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso) through the emblematic figure of the woman warrior. Bradamante, Marfisa, Clorinda, and the other women in arms will thus make it possible to trace the evolution of a series of fundamental thematic issues of the Renaissance: the relationship with otherness, encomiastic and dynastic mechanisms, and judgments on the role of women. They will also allow us to view chivalric literature in its double thread of continuity: on the one hand with the classical tradition, and on the other with the anonymous and popular tradition, all the way to its repercussions in our contemporary culture.
- Studies prepared by the professor
- Non-attending students will add the following volume to the syllabus for attending students:
Marco Villoresi, La letteratura cavalleresca. Dai cicli medievali all’Ariosto, Roma, Carocci, 2000
Mutuazione: 20710144 LETTERATURA ITALIANA DEL RINASCIMENTO L.M. in Italianistica LM-14 CAROCCI ANNA
Programme
“Giovane donna in mezzo ’l campo apparse”: Woman Warrior in Renaissance LiteratureIn the Renaissance, women acquired a new centrality and attracted renewed attention: as active subjects in politics and culture, as objects of reflection in the querelle des femmes, and also as literary characters. This course will examine this new centrality, and the tensions connected to it, within chivalric literature: the narrative genre most beloved by audiences of all levels and associated with some of the most important figures in the literary history of the Renaissance (Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso) through the emblematic figure of the woman warrior. Bradamante, Marfisa, Clorinda, and the other women in arms will thus make it possible to trace the evolution of a series of fundamental thematic issues of the Renaissance: the relationship with otherness, encomiastic and dynastic mechanisms, and judgments on the role of women. They will also allow us to view chivalric literature in its double thread of continuity: on the one hand with the classical tradition, and on the other with the anonymous and popular tradition, all the way to its repercussions in our contemporary culture.
Core Documentation
- Texts (by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Francesco Cieco da Ferrara, Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso) prepared by the professor- Studies prepared by the professor
- Non-attending students will add the following volume to the syllabus for attending students:
Marco Villoresi, La letteratura cavalleresca. Dai cicli medievali all’Ariosto, Roma, Carocci, 2000
Attendance
Attendance, when possible, is strongly encouraged, although it is naturally not mandatory. Non-attending students are required to study an additional text as part of the exam materials.Type of evaluation
Oral exam, starting from the analysis of one or more passages from the texts included in the syllabus, demonstrating the ability to develop a broader reflection and to make coherent connections between different works and authors.