The Hypernovel from Boccaccio to Manganelli (IT0034)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-4-IT0034

This course looks at attempts, by authors from various periods in the Italian narrative tradition, to produce 'total' works where the implied content exceeds the material container. Topics will include framed narratives, combinatorial fictions, theories of unity and multiplicity of plot, allegoresis, and the metaphorics of the baroque and futurist movements.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : As there are quite a few handouts, set texts being impracticable on a survey course, there will be a charge of £5 to cover the cost of materials.

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 2 (Blocks 3-4)

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

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To give students of Italian, whose main learning experience at honours level is monographic, the experience of a wide-ranging, comparative enquiry guided by expressly theoretical concerns. To equip students with an understanding of the architectural issues in shaping narrative with ambitions towards totality.