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Key facts
| Type | Weekly Classes |
|---|---|
| Location | Oxford |
| Address | Ewert House Ewert Place Summertown Oxford |
| Dates | Tue 2 Oct 2012 to Tue 12 Mar 2013 Day: Tuesday Time of meeting: 2.00-4.00pm Number of meetings: 20 |
| Subject area(s) | Italian |
| CATS points | 20 |
| Fees | From £295.00 |
| Application status | Course ended |
| Course code | O12P789WEW |
| Course contact | If you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk. |
Overview
The course will be based around the reading, analysis and discussion of Italian short fiction. We will explore theme, style, genre, language, context, characterization, and register and nuance when considering each text and will look at the position of the author within the Italian literary tradition.Description
The course will be based on the reading, analysis and discussion of Italian short fiction. We will explore theme, style, genre, language, context, characterization, and register and nuance when considering each text and will look at the position of the author within the Italian literary tradition and canon.The course aims to provide a wide-ranging and broad overview of 20th and 21st century Italian literature through the analysis of a variety of works of short fiction by representative authors and a novel.
The course will require some reading at home in order to maximize class time for discussion and analysis.
The course will enable participants to:
• Study a variety of important Italian writers through analysis and discussion of a range of pieces of short fiction.
• Study and discuss a novel by a key 20th century writer, Carlo Levi, analysing the text, themes, and social and
historical context and viewing the eponymous film version.
• Examine and discuss the cultural and historical contexts in which literary works were written and produced.
• Gain an understanding of their importance within the literary movements of 20th and 21st century Italy.
Programme details
Week 1: I primi del Novecento: introduction to the historical and cultural framework and the Italian narrative.Week 2: Discussing and analysing a short story by Luigi Pirandello, La casa dell'agonia
Week 3: Discussing and analysing a short story by Dino Buzzati, Il mantello
Week 4: Discussing and analysing a short story by Alberto Moravia, Pignolo
Week 5: Discussing and analysing a short story by Carlo Levi, Il maniaco
Week 6: Discussing and analysing a short story by Carlo Emilio Gadda, Il seccatore
Week 7: Discussing and analysing a short story by Elsa Morante, Un uomo senza carattere
Week 8: Discussing and analysing Una ragazza by Vasco Pratolini
Week 9: Discussing and analysing a short story by Giuseppe Berto, Esame di maturità
Week 10: Discussing and analysing a short story by Cesare Pavese, Il nome
Week 11: Presentation of the author and his literary production: Edoardo Nesi
Week 12: Introduction to the book, Storia della mia gente, and its social and historical context.
Week 13: Analysis and discussion of the development/structure/plot and genre.
Week 14: Analysis and discussion of salient themes
Week 15: Nesi's language and style. Giudizio complessivo/Conclusioni.
Week 16: Discussing and analysing a short story by Renata Viganò, Matrimonio in borgata
Week 17: Discussing and analysing a short story by Italo Calvino, Il giardino incantato
Week 18: Discussing and analysing a short story by Antonio Tabucchi, Partita a tre
Week 19: Discussing and analysing a short story by Vincenzo Cerami, Il rumorino crudele
Week 20: Discussing and analysing a short story by Michele Serra, Le bilie di vetro
Background Reading:
Ed. Tina Piccardi Inventori di storie da Pirandello a Cerami (Einaudi Scuola) ISBN 9788828606802
Edoardo Nesi Storia della mia gente (Bompiani) ISBN 9788845263521
(Premio Strega 2011)
Staff
Mr Dante Ceruolo
Role: Tutor
Dante Ceruolo has taught Italian at the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education for some years at all levels and also teaches at the...more
Course aims
The course will be based on the reading, analysis and discussion of Italian short fiction. We will explore theme, style, genre, language, context, characterization, and register and nuance when considering each text and will look at the position of the author within the Italian literary tradition and canon.The course aims to provide a wide-ranging and broad overview of 20th and 21st century Italian literature through the analysis of a variety of works of short fiction by representative authors and a novel.
The course will require some reading at home in order to maximize class time for discussion and analysis.
The course will enable participants to:
• Study a variety of important Italian writers through analysis and discussion of a range of pieces of short fiction.
• Study and discuss a text by a contemporary Italian author, Edoardo Nesi, analysing the text, themes, and social and
historical context.
• Examine and discuss the cultural and historical contexts in which literary works were written and produced.
• Gain an understanding of their importance within the literary movements of 20th and 21st century Italy.
Assessment methods
The assessment each term for this course will be structured as a series of tasks which will complete the coursework portfolio of each student which may consist of a combination of the following:- a group discussion
or
- an individual presentation
and
- a 1,000 - 1,500 long essay/project
or
- two shorter essays of the equivalent length
Teaching methods
Classes are run as highly interactive seminars where students are encouraged to respond to and engage in discussion of the literature under consideration. Teaching delivery is supplemented by relevant handouts and tutor notes. A variety of teaching methods will be used to include: small group discussion, worksheets, whole group discussion and student presentations.Teaching outcomes
By the end of the course students will be expected to:• read and discuss a range of short stories and an Italian novel (in the TL)
• understand the genre of the short story and the tones and subtleties of literary language in a range of short fiction
• express and interactively discuss own reading of and opinion on the short fiction of an Italian author (in the TL)
• write essays which present and sustain well-developed arguments on the work of an Italian author (in the TL)
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Third Terms
All language courses will be offered for a third term, commencing in April 2013. Enrolled students who wish to sign up for the third term will receive a discount of £45.00 to the full fee if they do so before December 1 2012. The full cost of the third term is £165.00; the reduced price is £120.00.
PLEASE NOTE - It is not possible to enrol online for the Third Term at the discount rate. Please use the pdf application form below, entering your choice of course as, for example, French 1a Third Term and send it to the Weekly Classes Office along with your payment.
Note that this should be done AFTER you have enrolled for the first two terms of the course.
Sorry, this course is not currently accepting applications. If you have any questions about this course, please use the course enquiry form.
Programmes including this module
This module can be studied as part of these programmes: