Cleaning Up the 'Mess': Gadda's Quer Pasticciaccio (IT0032)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-4-IT0032

In his bestselling Roman thriller, true to his title Gadda constructs his ideal reader as one fully committed to observing the messy process that goes on in the mind as we map the world.

While focusing on one of the classics of European Modernism, the course systematically opens it up for investigation through a variety of methodological approaches.

A wider than usual range of learning tools (maps, diagrams, special editions and a wealth of Edinburgh-based online resources) supplements the course.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

European Languages and Cultures - Italian, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 2 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	11:10	13:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : 1 additional class (film screening), 2 hours, at time to be arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To equip students for indepth monographic study of a major literary text while testing a number of theoretical approaches.

Assessment Information

One degree examination (70% of total assessment).
Two oral presentations, with written submission (1,000 words each); one essay (2,500 words) (30% of total assessment).