CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE FOR PRIMARY AND CHILDHOOD SCHOOL WITH WORKSHOP 2Module WORKSHOP OF CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE FOR PRIMARY AND CHILDHOOD SCHOOL
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: ELIANA VITALEExpected Learning Outcomes
Knowing how to orient oneself in genres, thus being able to distinguish the main characteristics of the novel, poetry and fairy tale. Knowing how to read and analyse a literary text and being able to use these skills in relation to the requirements of the current ‘National indications for the curriculum of pre-school and first cycle of education’.
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of the fundamentals and essentials of Italian literary history from its origins to the 20th century. Adequate reading and text analysis skills.
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
The course is divided into three modules devoted respectively to three textual genres: the novel, the poem and the fable. The study of the authors will be conducted through the analysis of the text, in dialogue with poetics and currents of reference.
The authors covered are: Italo Svevo, Primo Levi, Giovanni Pascoli, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Umberto Saba, Guido Gozzano, Italo Calvino, Gianni Rodari.
Textbook Information
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading and interpreting the novel: focus, narrator, style | - Italo Svevo, From La coscienza di Zeno: La salute malata di Augusta (chapter VI); Psico-analisi (chapter VIII).- Primo Levi, From Se questo è un uomo: Il canto di Ulisse; From Il sistema periodico: Ferro. |
| 2 | Reading and interpreting poetry: elements of metrics, rhetoric, stylistics | - Giovanni Pascoli. From Myricae: Lavandare; L'assiuolo; Il tuono; Il lampo.- Giuseppe Ungaretti. From L'Allegria: In memoria; Veglia; Girovago.- Umberto Saba. From Canzoniere: La capra; Amai; Mio padre fu per me l'assassino. |
| 3 | Reading and interpreting the fairy tale: the popular fairy tale, the author's fairy tale and children's literature | - Guido Gozzano. From La danza degli gnomi (e altre fiabe): Nevina e Fiordaprile.- Italo Calvino. From Fiabe italiane: Fanta-ghirò, persona bella.- Gianni Rodari. From Favole al telefono: La guerra delle campane; La donnina che contava gli starnuti. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The test, which consists of an analysis of the text contextualised to the historical-literary reference landscape, is conducted orally. Assessment is measured in terms of aptitude and takes into account: a) Knowledge and ability to understand; b) Use of knowledge and ability to understand; c) Communication skills; d) Ability to learn.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
• Which points of Pascoli's poetics of the ‘Fanciullino’ can be derived from the following text?
• What are the narratological functions of the 'fable' in Gozzano's author fable?
• Which rhetorical figure is present in the following verse by Ungaretti?
• What type of focalisation is adopted in the following passage from La coscienza di Zeno?