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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : European Languages and Cultures - Italian

Undergraduate Course: Sicily from Sonnet to Cinema (ELCI10027)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course aims to provide a brief but inclusive account of Sicilian literary history and culture: from the Sicilian School of love poetry, which is credited with the invention of the sonnet, through the mythical and musical elaborations of its main themes, to the major prose writers that marked the unification of Italy and accompanied the advent of cinema. The course highlights the role played by Sicilian literature in the bottom-up formation of the Italian canon, with particular emphasis on the significance of Classical and Arabic influences and the relation between genres and gender. Literary material spans from the poets at the court of Frederick II to the Nobel Prizes Luigi Pirandello and Salvatore Quasimodo, and contemporary authors such as Vincenzo Consolo and Goliarda Sapienza. In addition to the course, students will be involved in in-depth seminars and will give individual presentations on one or more of the main topics.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the first Italian school of poetry in the vernacular, develop and apply techniques of analysis with critical understanding of basic literary forms such as the sonnet and the novella, and form awareness of the key role played by Sicilian culture in the development of Italian literary history.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsDELC Sicily from S to C
Contacts
Course organiserDr Davide Messina
Tel:
Email: D.Messina@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
Email: f.jack@ed.ac.uk
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