Undergraduate Course: Italian Love Poetry from the Sicilians to the Stil Novo (Ordinary) (ELCI09003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | From being a luxury foreign import for high officials at the court of Frederick II in Sicily, love poetry rapidly became acclimatised and outstripped its models. By the end of the thirteenth century in Italy, vernacular love poetry was well on its
way to being a dominant art form.
Reading between the lines of this intense production of vernacular love poetry produced in thirteenth century Italy, you will discover a surprisingly playful and inventive use of notions from contemporary science, medicine, psychology, theology, law and even sociology. Often what looks like a trite declaration of love turns out to be an investigation into something else, something much more challenging
and original.
You will learn to admire the technical skill exercised by these writers as they grapple to express the inexpressible, and set themselves fiendish challenges in terms of language and poetic form.
Finally, you will be able to understand how, in the space of less than one hundred years, Italian literature could progress from being tongue-tied to being capable of producing a fertile linguistic and cultural context for writers like Dante and Petrarch.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | Students MUST also take:
Italian 3 Language (ELCI10023)
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Other requirements | This course is open to Ordinary Students only. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will be expected to show the ability:
- to demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of the chosen specialism(s)
- to recognise and acknowledge the complexity of the subject
- to show an understanding of and apply competently relevant concepts and theories
- to construct coherent arguments which demonstrate an awareness of the problems posed by the texts/issues studied
- to demonstrate a high level of expression in both written and oral presentations
- to offer alternative perspectives and show an awareness of contrasting viewpoints
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
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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