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L00941 - THEORY OF LITERATURE

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ID:
L00941
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
CRITICA LETTERARIA E LETTERATURE COMPARATE
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
Course Details:
PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...
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Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


In accordance with the educational objectives of the Master's Degree Program, students will acquire specific knowledge regarding the scientific approach to literary texts and develop appropriate skills in the use of the tools of literary criticism and theory to be applied in the contextualization, comprehension, and analysis of the proposed authors' texts. Among this knowledge, students should demonstrate mastery of literary language, style, and narrative techniques related to the series of critical reading experiences offered by the course. They should also demonstrate an ability to navigate contemporary texts that are thematically related to the proposed texts. They should also be knowledgeable about the most relevant and up-to-date theoretical-critical positions applied to the exegesis of the author's text and the sources that contributed to its construction, as well as the "history of mentality" contextualizing literary production itself. It is also necessary to develop an understanding of the diachronic development of personalities and theoretical-critical and historiographical positions applied to Italian literature and related European and world literatures, from the perspective of theoretical development and reception. Comparison between different literary contexts is a specific feature of the proposed discipline. Among the skills developed, it is desirable for students to consolidate an attitude of autonomy, as far as possible, in the exegesis and judgment of literary texts; thus, to orient themselves within the critical landscape, developing, in light of the methods learned, a personal aptitude for selecting and consequently reading one or a series of thematically related texts, not only indigenous ones. Independent judgment must also be combined with adequate communication skills that allow for persuasiveness both in oral presentations and in the possible production of a short written essay: the latter, in fact, constitutes the specific tool for disseminating theoretical and critical thought at any level, including with respect to the production of the Master's thesis. The exercise on the literary text and the comparison between the textualities of different areas of production represents the tool for acquiring the main skills that the specific discipline of Literary Theory and the Master's Degree in Literature aim to impart: the progressive refinement of argumentative skills, of the critical spirit relating to broader contexts and of independent judgment, mastery of which prepares the student to undertake the post-graduate path.

Course Prerequisites


Knowledge of the fundamentals of the History of Criticism and Literary History.

Teaching Methods


Lectures; workshops. Due to the relevance of the course within the MA programme, it may include seminars that will be led by renown international scholars.

Assessment Methods


Oral exam. Students are expected to present the literary texts from thereading list with reference to the critical discussion offered during thelessons and seminars.Marks range from 18 to 30. Top marks will be given to students whoachieve all of the learning objectives of the course.The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. Theaim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understandingof the issues discussed during the course, their knowledge of thebibliography in the reading list, the correct command of the specificlanguage as well as of critical and methodological abilities. The gradingscale ranges 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


Gender between the lines: stereotypes in texts and media, by Laura Moschini, Ed. ROMA TRE, 2005.
G. Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Milano, Feltrinelli.
Mario Vargas LLosa, L'Orgia perpetua. Flaubert e Madame Bovary, Milano, Settecolori, 2025.
L. Capuana, Rassegnazione, ed. by L. Pasquini, Carabba, 2000.
Handout of Critical-theoretical materials and literary texts (on MOODLE) edited by the teacher.
And only for non-attending students:
exclude Handout ​​​​​​​and add 2 books:
G. Oliva, Superfluo come il respiro. Elogio della letteratura e dell'immaginazione, Carabba, 2025
H. Ibsen, Casa di bambola, 1879 (any edition among: Einaudi, Feltrinelli, Mondadori).


Contents


Introduction.
Cultural Studies, Gender Studies and Sociology of Literature: Discovering the "Context".
In-depth Analysis.
Emma and the Others...". The Phenomenon of Bovarism and the gender stereotyping in European Culture. Themes, Methods, Texts and Broadened Literary Enlarged Contexts.

Course Language


Italian

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ORGANISATION OF TEACHING:-ECTS 6.-34 hours of lessons, 4 hours of seminar, 4 hours of workshop.

Degrees

Degrees

PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS 
Master’s Degree
2 years
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People

People

PASQUINI Luciana
AREA MIN. 10 - Scienze dell'antichita,filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche
Gruppo 10/ITAL-01 - LETTERATURA ITALIANA
Settore ITAL-01/A - Letteratura italiana
Docenti di ruolo di IIa fascia
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