Course catalogue | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Geografia (M-GGR/01)
Field: Discipline storiche, geografiche, filosofiche, sociologiche e psicologiche
Type of training activity: Characterising

40 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

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Learning objectives

The course aims at offering a theoretical foundation for the use of literary sources in the study of geography, together with the abilty to apply these concepts in the analysis of specific case studies

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the ftheoretical foundations of cultural geography; familiarity with the the scientific lexicon used in human geography

Course unit content

The course will offer an overview of the interdisciplinary encounters between geography and literature. The spatial turn that recently affected social and human sciences produced a renewed interest towards space among scholars of literature and cultural studies. The course will illustrate the tradition of geographical studies focused on the use of literary sources, both in prose and in poetry. The literary texts, in fact, can be fruitfully used to understand the perception of places, the sense of attachment to a place, the feeling of being an insider or an outsider, the very sense of identity of an individual or a society. Together with these theoretical approaches, some case studies illustrating the relationship between literary works and places, both in the Italian and in the international context, will be offered.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Girolamo Cusimano, editor, Scritture di paesaggio, Bologna, Pàtron, 2003

Teaching methods

lectures, use of Power Point presentations, class discussions, possibly lectures by guest speakers, oral presentations by the students

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam

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