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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 Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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 introduction to the key role played by Sicilian culture in a bottom-up history of the Italian literary canon, outlining the diversity of cultural traditions that marked its origins and its development, from minority to mainstream (and vice versa): from the Sicilian School of love poetry, which is credited with the invention of the sonnet and the earliest Italian poetry żin a feminine voiceż, to the Sicilian novels which fashioned the major narratives of the unification of Italy, the evolution of the mafia, and the entanglements of fascism with the stereotype of the Latin lover in literature and cinema.
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 organiserProf 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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