Undergraduate Course: Sicily from Sonnet to Cinema (Ordinary) (ELCI09017)
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 | This 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 ¿in a feminine voice¿, to the Sicilian novels which fashioned the major narratives of the unification of Italy, the evolution of mafia, and the entanglements of fascism with the stereotype of the Latin lover in literature and cinema. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is open to Ordinary (BA) Students AND Visiting Students. Students will attend classes alongside ELCI10027. Please contact the course organiser before enrolling. |
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
| 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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Davide Messina
Tel:
Email: D.Messina@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
Email: f.jack@ed.ac.uk |
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