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

Undergraduate Course: Italian Literature: Texts in Context 2 (ELCI08005)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn introduction to the development of Italian literature and culture, from the Middle Age to the XXIst century, focusing on selected seminal works (literary, philosophical and political) in relation to their historical backgrounds.
Course description Two topics studied each semester.
Two classes a week: Monday and Thursday at 2pm.

SEMESTER 1
1. Europe Italy Rome - Decolonization Impossible ' (wks 1-5)
2. Dante's Inferno (wks 6-10)

SEMESTER 2
3. 'Niccolò Machiavelli (wks 1-5)
4. Giacomo Leopardi (wks 6-10)


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Italian 1 (ELCI08001)
Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Italian Language 2 (ELCI08004)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs The prescribed texts set in the Reading List.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2018/19, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 44, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Class work 40%
Degree exam 60%
No exemption.
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a broad understanding and knowledge of the main Italian literary and historical developments from the XIII to the XXI century.
  2. Deepen the understanding of aesthetic and thematic aspects raised by the texts studied in relation to their cultural and socio-political contexts.
  3. Develop critical skills and improve command of literary terminology and rhetorical techniques.
  4. Demonstrate familiarity and engagement with the recommended secondary texts in relation to the texts studied.
  5. Demonstrate acquisition of certain transferable skills, including the ability to elaborate concepts, to evaluate evidence from different perspectives; to construct coherent and effective arguments.
Reading List
SEMESTER 1
Dante, Inferno. Hollander (translator), Random House USA.

SEMESTER 2
Niccolò Machiavelli, Il principe, ed. G. Inglese, Einaudi.
Niccolò Machiavelli, Mandragola, ed. Stoppelli, Mondadori.
Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali a cura di L. Melosi, Rizzoli-Bur.
Giacomo Leopardi, Canti, a cura di Lucio Felici, Newton Compton.

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsDELC Italian 2 TIC
Contacts
Course organiserDr Luana Babini
Tel: (0131 6)51 1360
Email: l.babini@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
Email: f.jack@ed.ac.uk
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