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ITALIAN LITERATURE II COURSE

Teaching Staff

MARGHERITA VERDIRAME - Module LETTERATURA ITALIANA (II CORSO) -MODULO A - L-FIL-LET/10 - 6 CFU
SERGIO ALFIO MARIA CRISTALDI - Module Italian Literature - L-FIL-LET/10 - 3 CFU

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Detailed Course Content

• Italian Literature
  

  A - The Sweet New Style (1 CFU) Guido Guinizzelli, two poems of their own choice. Guido Cavalcanti, four poems of their own choice. Cino da Pistoia, one poem of their own choice. B - Petrarch's Canzoniere: structure and style (1 CFU) 20 poems of their own choice. C - Boccaccio and the problem of realism (1 CFU) From Filocolo to Ninfale Fiesolano. Theory of Literature. Critical reading of 4 passages of their own choice from: Filocolo, Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta, Ninfale Fiesolano, Genealogia deorum gentilium. At the exam, students have to hand out a list of reading passages.

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Textbook Information

• Italian Literature
  

  1. D. Pirovano, Il dolce stil novo, Roma, Salerno Editrice, I (pp. 15-38), VI (pp. 266-280), VII (pp. 281-311), VIII (pp. 312-321)
  2. E. Fenzi, Petrarca, Bologna, Il Mulino, I (pp. 9-35), II (pp. 37-66), III (pp. 67- 85), IV (pp. 87-132).
  3. L. Surdich, Boccaccio, Bologna, Il Mulino, I (pp. 7-34), II (pp. 35-54), IV (pp. 121-130).
  4. One of the following books is suggested:
  C. Segre, C. Martignoni, Leggere il mondo, Milano, Bruno Mondadori;
  G. Baldi, S. Giusso et al., Dal testo alla storia, dalla storia al testo, Torino, Paravia.

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