B029964 - COMPARATIVE LITERARY STUDIES (C)

italian

"Readers, Readings: The Pleasures of the Text." The course aims to provide tools for a conscious study of narrative text, focusing on the figure of the reader, the intertwining of narratology and cognitive psychology, as well as the 'prosumer' and 'booktoker' reader. The methodologies that constitute the narratological analysis of literary texts will be illustrated, and in the second part of the course, the theories of reception and the reader's emotional response.

THEORETICAL TEXTS
1) Stefano Calabrese, Manuale di comunicazione narrativa, Milano, Pearson 2019 (o edizioni successive)
2) Daniele Garritano, "Un'affollata solitudine. Per una sociologia della lettura", Roma, Carocci 2022
3) Peter Brooks, "Sedotti dalle storie. Usi e abusi della narrazione", Roma, Carocci 2023.

LITERARY TEXTS (choose 2 books)
Alan Bennett, La sovrana lettrice, trad. it. di Monica Pavani, Milano, Adelphi.
Jorge Luis Borges, Finzioni, trad. it. di Antonio Melis, Milano, Adelphi.
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, trad. it. di Giuseppe Lippi, Milano, Mondadori.
Antonia Susan Byatt, Possessione, trad. it. di Anna Nadotti, Torino, Einaudi.
Italo Calvino, Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore (qualsiasi edizione).
Gustave Flaubert, La signora Bovary, trad. it. di Natalia Ginzburg, Torino, Einaudi.
Virginia Woolf, Gita al faro, trad. it. di Anna Nadotti, Torino, Einaudi.

The 36-hour course is dedicated to the history of reading and the figure of the reader, and has the following objectives:
a. Allowing a conscious approach to the study of narrative text.
b. Providing a wealth of knowledge regarding reception theories.
c. Illustrating to students the connections between narratology and cognitive psychology.
d. Offering an overview of the current state of reading and the changes that the figure of the reader has undergone, also in light of the digital revolution (fanfiction, booktoking).

1. Knowledge and understanding: Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding in historical and cultural contexts and will acquire the critical tools to cope with the formal and substantive components of the literary texts analyzed during the lessons.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding: Students will learn how to apply processes, models, questions, and theories that result in enhanced clarity in the comprehension of literary texts included in the program, which will be appreciated in both their formal and their contextual features.
3. Making judgements: Students will develop the ability to discuss the literary questions considered during the course, proposing critical perspectives and well-grounded judgements on the texts included in the program.
4. Communication skills: Students will develop the ability to can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions, with particular reference to themes and questions considered during the lessons.
5. Learning skills: Students will acquire the methodological tools needed to read, analyze and understand literary texts in their generic structures.

High-level proficiency in at least one foreign language in addiction to Italian. Basic knowledge of the history of European literary, philosophical and artistic culture of the past two centuries.

Frontal lectures and seminar exercises on interactive teaching methods.

The course takes place in the second semester.
Further information will be given at the beginning of the course.

The exam will be conducted orally and will examine one or more literary texts from the program (chosen by the student for the exam) and aims to achieve the following objectives:

1. Conscious use of the theoretical and methodological tools illustrated during the course.
2. Assessment of the student's argumentative skills.
3. Development of a broad perspective regarding storytelling practices.

The evaluation during the oral exam will include a question that aims to assess:

- The knowledge of basic concepts of narratology.
- The ability to describe literary phenomena, placing them in their historical and cultural context.
- The ability to read and comment on the texts under study with expressive mastery.
- The ability to use critical terminology appropriately.

Nos. 1 and 4 are essential in order to obtain the minimum passing grade (18/30); higher evaluations depend on to what extent’ students have developed their skills in all four points listed above.

"Readers, Readings: The Pleasures of the Text." The course aims to provide tools for a conscious study of narrative text, focusing on the figure of the reader, the intertwining of narratology and cognitive psychology, as well as the 'prosumer' and 'booktoker' reader. The methodologies that constitute the narratological analysis of literary texts will be illustrated, and in the second part of the course, the theories of reception and the reader's emotional response to forms of storytelling will be discussed.
THEORETICAL TEXTS

1) Stefano Calabrese, Manuale di comunicazione narrativa, Milano, Pearson 2019 (o edizioni successive)
2) Daniele Garritano, Un'affollata solitudine. Per una sociologia della lettura, Carocci
3) Stefano Calabrese, Valentina Conti, Neuronarrazioni, Milano, Editrice Bibliografica 2020.
4) Peter Brooks, "Sedotti dalle storie. Usi e abusi della narrazione", Roma, Carocci 2023

LITERARY TEXTS (choose 2 books)
Alan Bennett, La sovrana lettrice, trad. it. di Monica Pavani, Milano, Adelphi.
Jorge Luis Borges, Finzioni, trad. it. di Antonio Melis, Milano, Adelphi.
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, trad. it. di Giuseppe Lippi, Milano, Mondadori.
Antonia Susan Byatt, Possessione, trad. it. di Anna Nadotti, Torino, Einaudi.
Italo Calvino, Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore (qualsiasi edizione).
Mark. Z. Danielewski, Casa di foglie, trad. it. di Sara Reggiani, Roma 66th And 2nd edizioni.
Gustave Flaubert, La signora Bovary, trad. it. di Natalia Ginzburg, Torino, Einaudi.
Virginia Woolf, Gita al faro, trad. it. di Anna Nadotti, Torino, Einaudi.