Undergraduate Course: Italian Literature: Texts in Context 2 (ELCI08005)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will introduce students to Italian literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. By focusing on a selection of seminal literary, philosophical and political texts, students will learn to analyse them and situate them in their historical and cultural contexts. |
| Course description |
Students are offered 4 modules per academic year (2 modules each semester), including 3 modules on key Italian authors (Dante Alighieri, Niccolò Machiavelli, Giacomo Leopardi) and one module on cultural studies (Europe Italy Rome - Decolonisation Impossible).
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Italian 1 (ELCI08001)
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Co-requisites | Students MUST also take:
Italian Language 2 (ELCI08004)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | The prescribed texts set in the Reading List. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 50 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 44,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
150 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
2 self-reflexive commentaries worth 35% in total + 1 comparative essay worth 35%
30% group presentations (4 ALG submissions, 1 for each module)
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a broad understanding and knowledge of the main Italian literary and historical developments from the 13th to the 21th century.
- Deepen the understanding of aesthetic and thematic aspects raised by the texts studied in relation to their cultural and socio-political contexts.
- Develop critical skills and improve command of literary terminology and rhetorical techniques. Demonstrate familiarity and engagement with the recommended secondary texts in relation to the texts studied.
- Demonstrate acquisition of certain transferable skills, including the ability to elaborate concepts, to evaluate evidence from different perspectives; to construct coherent and effective arguments.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | DELC Italian 2 TIC |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Emanuela Patti
Tel:
Email: Emanuela.Patti@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Stuart Moyes
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: stuart.moyes@ed.ac.uk |
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