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HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
No specific prerequisites are required.
Objectives
Contents 1. Didactic overview of research tools and methods of literary criticism.
2. Thematic study: "Middle Ages". That is the Middle Ages and criticism.
The non-univocity of the critical concept of the Middle Ages. Investigation of themes and a posteriori reception of medieval textuality.
Extended Syllabus The course will focus initially on the institutional aspects of the discipline,
examining moments and figures in the history of criticism in the modern
age and making students aware of the main "tools" of literary criticism.
The explained critical methods will find practical application in the
reading in class of literary texts which will be the object of exegetical
exercise.
A specific study will therefore be dedicated to the methodologies of
analysis of the narrative text of the Middle Ages, after having explained
in detail the various critical positions that diachronicly intended to define
the Middle Ages, revealing themselves to be various and apparently
contradictory if one does not consider the multiple aspects of which that
era is the owner and which literary testimonies reveal in their full
complexity. All the critical texts and those useful for understanding the
theme as well as for the interpretative exercise on which the in-depth
study is concerned will be provided by the teacher in the form of a paper
or digital handout
Recommended Bibliography 6 CFU program:
- L. Pasquini, "Testi e questioni di Storia della Critica", Handout by the teacher, a.y. 2020/2021.
- M. Cimini, Literary criticism. Orientations and methods, Rome, Aracne,
2010.
9 CFU program:
in addition to the above, the study of the volume is added:
-T. Todorov, Literature in danger, Milan, Garzanti, 2018.
NON-ATTENDING students must add the text:
-R. Cicala, The mechanisms of publishing. The world of books from the author to the reader, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2021.
Teaching Methods Frontal lessons in the classroom that admit and even favor the free discussion of the topics covered.
Opportunities for in-depth seminars with experts in the field from national and foreign universities.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Oral exam with final grade.
The student is required to report on the texts presented in the program,
also taking into account the insights and ideas offered during the lessons
as well as any proposed seminar experiences.
The final mark is expressed in thirtieths and the maximum evaluation is
given to the student who fully achieves all the objectives indicated for the
discipline.
The aim is to assess students’ skills and in particular: an understanding of
the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the
bibliography in the course programme, a correct command of the specific
language as well as critical and methodological abilities will be evaluated.
The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail,
18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with
honours (cum laude) excellent.
Contacts/More Information Given the high specificity of the discipline and the topics covered, it is attendance in the classroom is highly recommended.
TEACHING ORGANIZATION:
- CFU 9.
- 56 hours of lessons, 4 hours of seminars, 3 hours of laboratory.