Undergraduate Course: Cleaning Up the 'Mess': Gadda' as test (hard test) for theory (any theory) (Ordinary) (ELCI09006)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | In his bestselling Roman thriller, true to his title Gadda constructs his ideal reader as one fully committed to observing the messy process that goes on in the mind as we map the world.
While focusing on one of the classics of European Modernism, the course systematically opens it up for investigation through a variety of methodological approaches.
A wider than usual range of learning tools (maps, diagrams, special editions and a wealth of Edinburgh-based online resources) supplements the course. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | This course is open to Ordinary (BA) Students AND Visiting Students. Students will attend classes alongside ELCI10012. |
| Additional Costs | none |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | In order to be eligible to take 4th Year Options, Visiting Students should have the equivalent of at least two years of study at University level of the appropriate language(s) and culture(s) |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of the subject;
- Construct coherent arguments which demonstrate an awareness of the problems posed by the primary text;
- Apply competently relevant concepts from literary theory.
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Reading List
There are many Italian editions of Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (1957) but if you can get the following (now out of print), secondhand or otherwise, you would have, in one set, a learning tool and the primary text ¿ a scanned version of vol. 2 will be available via Learn:
C.E. Gadda, Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (1957). Strumenti per la lettura, ed. by M. Marchetti (Milan: Garzanti Scuola, 1997), 2 vols; ISBN 8811045010.
For obvious reasons, it is good to have the English edition handy ¿ here are the details: C.E. Gadda, That Awful Mess on Via Merulana (1985), Quartet Books (also available in EUL in multiple copies).
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/italian/gadda/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
2 hour(s) per week for 1 week(s). 1 additional class (film screening), 2 hours, at time to be arranged. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Federica Pedriali
Tel: (0131 6)50 3642
Email: F.Pedriali@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
Email: f.jack@ed.ac.uk |
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