WEEKS 1-2 (Jan 19 / 21 - Jan 26 / 28)
Introduction to the course.
Initial remarks: What is Literature?
Genres and subgeners of Italian literature.
The textual and social interpretation of literature.
WEEK 3 (Feb 2 / 4)
The Italian Literary canon and periodization.
WEEKS 4 (Feb 9 / 11)
Literary communication:
The author, the narrator, the reader, and the text.
Literary language in the specific Italian context.
WEEK 5 (Feb 16 /18)
Rhetoric in literature.
FIRST Questionnaire DUE
WEEKS 6 -7-8 ((Feb 23 / 25 - Mar 2 / 4 - Mar 9 / 11)
Prose narrative form.
Narrator, narrative voice and point of view, and characters.
Strategies of the organization of the plot.
Analysis of texts.
Midterm Exam.
WEEKS 9 - 10 -11 (Mar 16/18 Mar 23/25 - Mar 30 / Apr 1)
SPRING BREAK Apr 6-10
The form of poetry:
Sound and sense.
Meter and syntax.
Figurative Language.
Analysis of texts.
WEEKS 12-13 ( Apr 13 / 15 - Apr 20 / 22)
Drama
The structure and language of drama.
Tragedy and tragedy in verse.
Comedy.
Analysis of texts.
SECOND Questionnaire DUE
WEEK 14 (Apr 27 / 29)
Review