COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
9 credits during the 2nd year of 8740 Modern languages and cultures (L-11) GENOVA
6 credits during the nd year of 8740 Modern languages and cultures (L-11) GENOVA
AIMS AND CONTENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course aims to provide a first introduction to the main comparative methodologies, in relation to a specific theme, leading students to experience significant forms of comparing texts from different languages and cultures. A particular attention will be devoted to the morphological dialectic between constants and variations in large/little scales of temporal and cultural relations.
Teaching methods
The course consists in a) lectures on historical and critical presentation of some comparative methods and their analytical, historiographical, formalist, stylistic and cultural-oriented categories; b) close-reading of texts belonging to different European literatures and related to the course-theme, in order to apply the comparative methodologies.
SYLLABUS/CONTENT
La vague des rêves. Flashes on Surrealistic Revolution.
RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. General handbooks
Brugnolo, et alii Le scritture e il mondo. Teorie letterarie del Novecento, Carocci 2016
de Cristofaro, Letterature Comparate, Carocci 2014
Bertoni Letteratura. Teorie metodi strumenti, Carocci 2018
Boitani, et alii, Guida allo studio delle letterature comparate, Laterza 2013
2. Theoretical and Critical Texts
André Breton, Manifesti del Surrealismo, Einaudi 2003
Walter Benjamin, Passagenwerk [ed. it.: I Passages di Paris, Einaudi, 2010]
Michel Foucault, Roussell, Gallimard, 1963
Michel Foucault, Ceci n’est pas une pipe [ed.it.: Questo non è una pipa, SE, 1997]
Sigmund Freud, Traumdeutung, 1900 [ed. it.: L’interpretazione dei sogni, Einaudi 2014]
Francesco Orlando, Per una teoria freudiana della letteratura, Einaudi 1997
3. Fictional Texts:
La donna, la libertà, l’amore. Un’antologia del surrealismo, Mondadori, 2008
Max Aub, Buñuel [ed. it. Sellerio, 1992]
Louis Aragon, Le paysan de Paris [ed. it. Saggiatore, 1996]
André Breton, Nadja [ed. it. Einaudi, 2007]
André Breton, Anthologie de l’humoir noir, Livre de poche 1984
Leonora Carrington The Seventh Horse and Other Tales [ed. it. Adelphi]
Gerardo Diego, Poesías española, Cátedra, 2007
Max Ernst, Una settimana di bontà, Adelphi 2007
Jiri Kolar, Collages, a cura di Angelo Maria Ripellino, Einaudi, 1976
Federico García Lorca, El publico [ed. it. Einaudi, 2006]
Vitézslav Nezval, La donna al plurale [trad. Giuseppe Dierna], Einaudi, 2002
Raymond Roussel, Locus Solus, Flammarion, 2005
Erik Satie, Quaderni di un mammifero, Adelphi, 1994
TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD
Ricevimento: Mobile: + 39 345 455 8112 You can phone to reach further informations on Programs, Methods and Exams.
Exam Board
NICOLA FERRARI (President)
CHIARA FORTE
LESSONS
Teaching methods
The course consists in a) lectures on historical and critical presentation of some comparative methods and their analytical, historiographical, formalist, stylistic and cultural-oriented categories; b) close-reading of texts belonging to different European literatures and related to the course-theme, in order to apply the comparative methodologies.
LESSONS START
October, 6th (10-12 am) on Team
Team-class: Letterature Comparate 20-21.
Team-code:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3adb7c31d02ad1466da74df8bca035a449%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=e86bba18-2108-47ce-be03-56dbbc6aa5f5&tenantId=6cd36f83-1a02-442d-972f-2670cb5e9b1a
ORARI
EXAMS
Exam description
The exam consists in elaborating a critical reading of a literary text in a theoretical perspective and in discussing it orally.
Assessment methods
During the exam will be evaluate the student awareness in critically analysing and discussing a literary text in its specific morphology and historical context.
Exam schedule
| Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/09/2021 | 09:00 | GENOVA | Orale |
FURTHER INFORMATION
Non attending students should contact the teacher (+39 345 455 8112) in order to define a personal program related to her/his interests and curriculum.