Undergraduate Course: Italo Calvino: Four Decades of Renewal (ELCI10006)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting 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 will focus on Italo Calvino's intellectual contribution from 1946 to 1985, with special reference to some of the many literary avenues that he pursued: our choice includes three (short) fantasy novels, one ?traditional? novella, a collection of short stories mixing literature and science, a hypernovel and finally a collection of short stories centred on looking at and describing the world. Calvino?s exciting contribution is a useful stepping stone to other areas of knowledge, from Italian society to French or American contemporary literature. In a mixture of lectures and seminars, our approach to his work will focus mainly on textual analysis and his use of narrative techniques, but also on literary genres, literary movements and their historical context. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Students MUST have passed:
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Other requirements | 2011/12 ENTRY RESTRICTED TO STUDENTS INVOLVED IN CHSS CONCESSION. Contact secretary for more information.
2012/13 Visiting students should enrol on ELCI09005 (Ordinary). |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| To equip students for indepth monographic study of major literary texts while testing a number of theoretical approaches. |
Assessment Information
One degree examination (70% of total assessment).
One essay (2,500 words) (30% of total assessment).
2011/12 ONLY: CHSS Concession for 1 long essay to be 100% of assessment (3000 words).
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Claudia Nocentini
Tel: (0131 6)50 3645
Email: C.Nocentini@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Jacqueline Barnhart
Tel: (0131 6)50 4026
Email: Jackie.Barnhart@ed.ac.uk |
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