Undergraduate Course: The Hypernovel from Boccaccio to Manganelli (ELCI10014)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - Italian |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional 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. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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. |
Assessment Information
One independent essay (30% of total assessment)
One examination of two hours (70% of total assessment |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Federica Pedriali
Tel: (0131 6)50 3642
Email: F.Pedriali@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Jacqueline Barnhart
Tel: (0131 6)50 4026
Email: Jackie.Barnhart@ed.ac.uk |
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