LT0096 - COMPARATIVE LITERATURES

courses
ID:
LT0096
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
CRITICA LETTERARIA E LETTERATURE COMPARATE
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
HUMANITIES/STORIA Year: 3
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The teaching contributes to the realization of the Learning Objectives of the Course of Study in Literature, aiming to provide methodological and hermeneutical tools related to the comparative study of literature and its fields of application; the history of the discipline and the main contemporary theories will be analyzed.Communication skillsStudents should be able to present in appropriate terms and in a clear way what they have learned in relation to the critical themes and methodologies inherent in the interaction between literature and other artistic languages.

Course Prerequisites


The course is aimed at students of the three-year course in Literature and requires knowledge of the fundamentals of literary theory.

Teaching Methods


Conventional. 63 hours of teacher up front lessons; there will also be seminars and lectures by scholars from Italian, European and American universities.

Assessment Methods


Oral exam with final marks.The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. 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 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.

Texts


Francesco De Cristofaro (a cura), Letterature comparate, Roma, Carocci, 2014.
Martino Marazzi, A occhi aperti. Letteratura dell'emigrazione e mito americano, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2012.
Due libri a scelta tra i seguenti libri:
Syria Poletti, Gente con me, Rubbettino, 2022;
Pascal D'Angelo, Son of Italy, Readerforblind, 2021
Adrián N. Bravi, Variazioni straniere, EUM; 2016;
Laura Pariani, Quando Dio ballava il tango, La Nave di Teseo, 2021;
Laura Pariani, Il piatto dell’angelo, Giunti, 2013;
Pietro Di Donato, Cristo fra i muratori, Readerforblind, 2022.
Critical essays on the subject will be provided during the lessons.

Contents


The course will examine from a comparative viewpoint and from the perspective of Cultural Studies the main literary accounts of Italian emigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Course Language

Italian

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Bachelor’s Degree
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