Letteratura italiana e storia

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1015320ANR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st and 2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Italian

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Ann Peeters
Andrea Penso (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
65 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course offers a general overview of the Italian history and culture during the decades that cover the period between the end of World War II and the turn of the century. More precisely, the most important historical and cultural events will be explained from a broad sociocultural perspective in order to provide students with a solid frame of reference. The following chapters will be discussed:

1. La fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e la nascita della Repubblica (1945-1948)
2. Il miracolo economico (1958-1963)
3. L'epoca dell'azione collettiva (1968-1973)
4. Gli anni di piombo (1973-1980)
5. Gli anni Ottanta (1980-1990)

Furthermore, excerpts from literary texts and newspaper articles closely linked to the contents provided in the theoretical part will be integrated as well. After providing a general introduction to the author, literary movement and general context, these texts will be prepared by the students in advance and analysed in class.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Manuale di storia politica dell'Italia repubblicana (dal 1946 ad oggi), Leonardo CASALINO - Alessandro GIACONE, Neuville-sur-Saône, Editions de Traverse, 9782313005149, 2014
Digital course material (Required) : Sintesi del corso, Ann PEETERS, 2018
Digital course material (Required) : Selezione di articoli di giornale e di brani letterari, Ann PEETERS, 2018

Additional info

Weekly attendance is strongly recommended.

The course is taught in Italian.

For the module ZELF ("Autonomous and External Working Methods") students need to prepare 2 chapters from the textbook.

More information will be provided during the first class.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The students acquire their first insight in the social structure and in the most important historical, literary and cultural developments of contemporary Italy (especially since 1945).
The purpose of the lectures is also to increase the receptive skills with regard to the knowledge of the Italian language.
The productive skills are allocated a role in the reformulation of fragments and phrases from the read texts.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Oral Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: Formative evaluation
During the examination period after the first semester, a written trial examination will be organised.

Additional info regarding evaluation

During the first class after Spring break, a compulsory test exam will be organised.

At the oral exam, students are granted written preparation time.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context