Fiction From the Deep: Italo Svevo (Ordinary) (U03202)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : LLC-3-IT0019

Svevo is the Italian byname for heightened humour and ambiguity. His "Coscienza di Zeno" (1923) remains one of the most approachable and yet thoroughly challenging classics of European Modernism.

In taking up the challenge, this course explores how a struggle with the father, which started in pre-Kafkian fashion with the early works, can turn into autonomy from all fathers and pre-postmodernist humour in the later major fiction.

From Schopenhauer to Freud, in Svevo all authority is dealt a blow. The course employs a variety of methodological approaches to analyse how that effect is achieved in the texts.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Ordinary students only

? 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 : 3rd 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	Friday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

(a) to demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of the subject; (b) to construct coherent arguments which demonstrate an awareness of the problems posed by the texts; (c) to apply competently relevant concepts from literary theory.

Assessment Information

One degree examination (70% of total assessment).
Two oral presentations, with written submission (700 words each); one essay (2,000 words) (30% of total assessment).