Print syllabusAutobiographies, diaries, journals: Italian autobiographical writings before and today in a historical context
General data
| Course ID: | 3223-AWP-OG |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
09.4
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| Course title: | Autobiographies, diaries, journals: Italian autobiographical writings before and today in a historical context |
| Name in Polish: | Autobiografie, memorie, diari: la scrittura autobiografica italiana ieri e oggi nel contesto storico |
| Organizational unit: | Institute of Specialised and Intercultural Communication |
| Course groups: |
General university courses General university courses General university courses in the humanities |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | Italian |
| Type of course: | foreign languages |
| Prerequisites (description): | The Italian language on the level B2 |
| Mode: | Blended learning |
| Short description: |
The lecture is aimed at students interested in first-person analysis of the literary text and its interpretation from the sociological, cultural and narratological point of view. Based on theoretical works by eminent narratologists, it aims to outline various forms of content and expression of first-person texts, referring to a range of literary genres. The examples of works by the most eminent writers and people of culture, primarily Italian, but also foreigners of the 19th and 20th centuries, will show the differences and similarities of individual genres as well as the multi-faceted interpretation possibilities of first-person literature. |
| Full description: |
Lectures on first-person narration in Italian and world literature in the second half of the 19th century and in the 19th century will discuss different types of first-person narrative based on different genres: autobiography, travel journals, personal journal, diary, autobiographical novel. The starting point for considerations on particular types of narrative strategies is the "autobiographical pact" formulated by Ph. Lejeune and the interpretative suggestions proposed by Beatrice Didier. The subject of detailed analysis will be the narrative techniques used in contemporary novels with a first-person narrator, ranging from the epistolary novel (Goethe, Foscolo, Verga), Nievo, D'Annunzio in Italian literature, and Rousseau and Stendhal in 19th-century French, and Pirandello, Svevo, Proust, Sartre, Camus, Pavese, Nabokov et al.). During the course, extensive fragments of the works of these authors will be analyzed. The lectures are aimed primarily at students interested in literature and its genres, multi-context interpretation of literary texts, as well as future literary researchers, as they will help to indicate the interpretation key for individual works in the prose of contemporary literature and suggest a form of conducting their own analysis. |
| Bibliography: |
(in Polish) L. Kolakowski, Moje słuszne poglądy na wszystko (trad. aut.), Wyd. Znak, Kraków 1999 J. Olney, Autobiography and the Cultural Moment, Princeton University Press, Princeton 1980 J. Sturrock, Theory Versus Autobiography, in: The Culture of Autobiography, Stanford University Press, New Haven, 1993 M. Barenghi, Vite, confessioni, memorie in: Manuale di letteratura italiana, Ed. Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 1995, vol. III, A. Battistini, Lo specchio di Dedalo – autobiografia e biografia, Il Molino, Bologna 1993 A. Ristori, Ricordi e studi artistici, Ed. L. Roux, Torino 1887 D. Perocco, Narrazione di viaggio ed esperienze di racconto tra Cinque e Seicento, Ed. Dell’Orso, Alessandria 1997 Z. Sokołowska, Sycylia i Kalabrya, Red. Sienna, Warszawa 1909 Viaggio e scrittura. Le straniere nell’Italia dell’Ottocento, Slathine, Genève 1988 Pekaniec A., Czy w tej autobiografii jest kobieta? Kobieca literatura dokumentu osobistego od początku XIX w. do wybuchu II wojny światowej, Kraków, Księgarnia Akademicka, 2013 Lubas-Bartoszyńska R., Pisanie autobiograficzne w kontekstach europejskich, , Katowice, Śląsk,2003 Il racconto delle donne: voci autobiografie, figurazioni, a cura di A. Arru, Napoli, Liguori 1990 P. Lejeune, Wariacje wokół jednego paktu, tłum. i oprac. R. Lubas-Bartoszyńska, Universitas, Kraków 2007, F. D'Intino, L'autobiografia moderna. Storia forme problemi I. Tassi, Storie dell'io. Aspetti e teorie dell'autobiografia, Bari 2007 B. Carmelini, La scrittura come l'avventura dell'anima: laboratorio di scrittura autobiografica, Arco, 2007 U. Musarra-Schroder, Narciso e lo specchio U. Valli, Manuale di semiotica |
| Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) Wiedza – absolwent zna i rozumie: - kluczowe pojęcia subdziedzin literaturoznawstwa (w szczególności teorii literatury i analizy dzieła literackiego); - S2.3_W03; - główne kierunki rozwoju i tendencje badawcze oraz główne ośrodki badawcze literaturoznawstwa (w szczególności teorii literatury i analizy dzieła literackiego); - S2.3_W05; Umiejętności - absolwent potrafi: - wykorzystywać posiadaną wiedzę w zakresie literaturoznawstwa (w szczególności teorii literatury i analizy dzieła literackiego) w działalności badawczej i zawodowej;- S2.3_U02; - formułować i testować hipotezy oraz prezentować wyniki swoich obserwacji i analiz, a także wydawać sądy w zakresie literaturoznawstwa (w szczególności teorii literatury i analizy dzieła literackiego); - S2.3_U05; - samodzielnie planować i realizować własne kształcenie z wykorzystaniem znajomości języków obcych oraz ukierunkowywać innych w tym zakresie;- S2.3_U07; Kompetencje społeczne - absolwent jest gotów do: - krytycznej oceny posiadanej wiedzy i odbieranych treści, a także zasięgania opinii ekspertów z zakresu literaturoznawstwa (w szczególności teorii literatury i analizy tekstu literackiego) przy rozwiązywaniu teoretycznych i praktycznych problemów terminologicznych i translacyjnych; - S2.3_K02; - wypełniania zobowiązań społecznych i działania na rzecz interesu społecznego wiążącego się z efektywnym wykorzystaniem wiedzy z zakresu literaturoznawstwa (w szczególności teorii literatury i analizy dzieła literackiego); - S2.3_K04; |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Teaching methods: - classes in the form of a lecture with the possibility of asking questions and discussions - discussing doubts and possible ambiguities Student work assessment methods: - current assessment of activity and attendance during classes; - at the end of the lectures (a week after the end, the student submits a short written essay discussing 3 selected lectures (up to 3000 characters) Assessment criteria: Assessment based on presence (60% required) and the result of written work Scoring rules for the current assessment: • attendance at 14 out of 15 lectures - 5 • attendance at 13 lectures - 4+ • attendance at 12 lectures - 4 • attendance at 10-11 lectures - 3+ • attendance at 8-9 lectures - 3 • An additional criterion is a credit for a short written essay (here the grade is ass / nzal) on one topic selected from among the 3 proposed Teaching methods: - classes in the form of a lecture with the possibility of asking questions and discussions - discussing doubts and possible ambiguities Student work assessment methods: - current assessment of activity and attendance during classes; - at the end of the lectures (a week after the end, the student submits a short written essay discussing 3 selected lectures (up to 3000 characters) Assessment criteria: Assessment based on presence (60% required) and the result of written work (one topic selected from among the 3 proposed) Scoring rules for the current assessment: • attendance at 14 out of 15 lectures - 5 • attendance at 13 lectures - 4+ • attendance at 12 lectures - 4 • attendance at 10-11 lectures - 3+ • attendance at 8-9 lectures - 3 • An additional criterion is to pass a short written essay (here the grade is on one topic selected from among the 3 proposed) |
| Practical placement: |
(in Polish) brak |
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