Undergraduate Course: Sicily from Sonnet to Cinema (ELCI10027)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 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 the mafia, and the entanglements of fascism with the stereotype of the Latin lover in literature and cinema. |
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Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| 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 | DELC Sicily from S to C |
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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