The course consists in critical analysis of texts from the core canon of Italian literature, which stand out from an aesthetic, as well as civil and historical point of view, in relation to the establishment of national cultural identity. Critical reading begins by assessing their philological and documentary features and develops through issues regarding their literary genre and the theoretical debates involved, while bringing out the rhetorical aspects and expressive language of these works.
Texts and Criticism:
- Gino Tellini, Alle origini della modernità letteraria. La poesia a Firenze tra Ottocento e Novecento, Firenze, Società Editrice Fiorentina, 2013;
- Didattica della letteratura italiana. Riflessioni e proposte applicative, a cura di Gino Ruozzi e Gino Tellini, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2020;
- Simone Giusti, Didattica della letteratura 2.0, Roma, Carocci, 2015.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge
This course aims to highlight the distinctive traits of Italian modern literature by examining poetry in Florence between the 19th and 20th centuries.
This course offers students the theoretical and practical means for teaching Italian Literature, with a particular focus on integrating the latest digital technologies.
The course includes rudiments of metre, rhetoric and philology, text reading and commentary.
Several specific issues are tackled (literature and national identity; history, geography and biography in the study of literature), as well as presenting the main digital technologies for studying and teaching Italian literature.
Competence
The course involves a first look at scientific editions from Italian literary tradition as well as bibliographical sources; it will also prepare students to use text commentary tools properly; students will have a first experience with bibliographical research in the library; their public speaking skills will be refined.
This course focuses especially on how to use digital technologies in planning differentiated learning pathways for teaching Italian Literature in secondary schools.
Prerequisites
An excellent knowledge of the Italian language is necessary, as are mastery of grammatical and syntactical structures of written Italian; students must be well able to read literary and critical texts and be skilled in using dictionaries and commentaries. Finally, an important prerequisite is a thorough knowledge of Italian national history.
Teaching Methods
Lectures.
The main features of several digital tools will be presented during the course.
Students are encouraged to participate, ask questions and maintain a direct relationship with the professor, even during weekly consultation hours.
Further information
Students are expected to keep dutifully to attendance rules: with the exception of part-time students, the course is considered valid (and students are admitted to the examination) only if their attendance is recorded by signature for at least two thirds of the lectures. Every student must personally sign the attendance sheet at the beginning of each lecture.
Type of Assessment
All students (even those who do not attend lectures or are participating in exchange programs) must take a final oral exam, which assesses general knowledge of all the material covered in the course.
The oral examination is an interview aimed at assessing the following learning objectives: familiarity with the bibliography and materials discussed in lectures and made available on our e-learning platform; acquaintance with the distinctive features of Italian literature as pertaining to the specific focus of the course; familiarity with the main digital technologies available for planning and designing learning pathways;
skill in using the methodological and critical tools of the discipline; skill in reading, analysis and commentating texts on the curriculum.
Students must demonstrate a sufficient grasp of the learning objectives for the course in order to pass the final examination.
The final mark is based on the mark obtained on the oral examination
Course program
Course Title: From Prophetic Bard to Acrobat: the origins of modern poetry in Italy.
This course aims to highlight the distinctive features of modern literature by examining poetry in Florence between the 19th and 20th centuries.
The study of Florentine literary culture between the Belle Epoque and historical avant-gardes reaches beyond reconstructing an essential chapter of literary history, to understanding cultural geography and topography as well as environmental biography, helping to appreciate the multiform and antithetical intellectual tension felt within the same city during the same period.
The course includes rudiments of metre, rhetoric and philology, text reading and commentary, examines several specific issues (literature and national identity, history, geography and biography within the study of literature), and presents the main digital technologies for studying and teaching Italian literature.