G. BOCCACCIO, Decameron (annotated edition edited by V. Branca, Torino, Einaudi; Milano, Mondadori).
2) Critica
V. BRANCA, Boccaccio medievale, Firenze, Sansoni, 1956 (now in Boccaccio medievale e nuovi studi sul “Decameron”, ivi, 1990, parte I, pp. 1-188).
A. DURANTI, Le novelle di Dioneo, in Studi di filologia e critica offerti dagli allievi a Lanfranco Caretti, vol. I, Roma, Salerno, 1985.
F. FIDO, Il regime delle simmetrie imperfette. Studi sul «Decameron», Milano, Franco Angeli, 1988.
M. PICONE, L’invenzione della novella italiana. Tradizione e innovazione, in La novella italiana, Roma, Salerno, 1989, pp. 119-154.
P. MANNI, La lingua di Boccaccio, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016 (particularly pp. 11-46 e 87-164).
3. The knowledge of the most important authors and works of Italian litterature of XIII and XIV century (Petrarca included). A good History of Italian Literature for Secundary School is enough; otherwise G. FERRONI, Storia della Letteratura italiana, Torino, Einaudi, vol. I.
Learning Objectives
The purpose of the course is to train students in reading literary texts integrated in the culture of their time with the support of available means of textual analysis and narrative theory.
Prerequisites
Ability in understanding XIV century literary language
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons
Further information
Students are requested to attend the lessons.
Type of Assessment
Paper and oral exam
Course program
First development of Italian fiction. History of Florence in XIV century. Giovanni Boccaccio: life and works. Literary sources. Mercantile ethic and philosophical outlook. The structure and the frame. Proemio and Introduzione. The theme of the ten days. Reading of the tales.