Course teached as: B004678 - LETTERATURA TEDESCA 1 (12 CFU) 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES Curriculum STUDI LINGUISTICI, LETTERARI E INTERCULTURALI
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Title: E.T.A. Hoffmann: From the Initiation Tale to the Novel of Terror.
Description: The Fairy-Tale and the Novel of Terror are the two psychic-narrative poles of Hoffmann's work. In the Initiation Tale the hero becomes part of a fantastic world, while in the Tale of Terror he enters a fearful and distressing dimension.
E.T.A. Hoffmann, Il vaso d'oro / Il piccolo Zaccheo, Garzanti (oppure Einaudi o altre edizioni);
E.T.A. Hoffmann, Gli elisir del diavolo, Einaudi (oppure L'Orma o altre edizioni).
Letteratura critica:
Claudio Magris, Tre studi su Hoffmann, Milano 1979;
Patrizio Collini, Iconolatria e iconoclastia nella letteratura romantica, Pisa 2004;
Michele Cometa, Descrizione e desiderio, Roma 2005.
Nota: altri brevi testi di Hoffmann verranno distribuiti in fotocopia.
Learning Objectives
This course aims to investigate a fundamental aspect of E.T.A. Hoffmann's work.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures are frontal.
Further information
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Type of Assessment
The final exam is oral.
Course program
The Fairy-Tale and the Novel of Terror are the two psychic-narrative poles of Hoffmann's work. In the Initiation Tale the hero becomes part of a fantastic world, while in the Tale of Terror he enters a fearful and distressing dimension.