Learning objectives
The course aims to render students capable of independently preparing a critical essay and review for publication in a literary journal. <br />
To this end, before the oral exam students are required to submit a critical essay of approximately 5 typewritten pages of 2000 characters each and a review of a literary text. <br />
Possible topics, to which students may assign their own title, will be agreed upon with the course teacher. <br />
Prerequisites
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10 ECTS learning credits in Italian literature. <br />
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Course unit content
Course title (5 learning credits): Travel writing: from the literary essay to reportage. <br />
The course, after dealing with the essay as a literary genre, with particular reference to its various types and communicative forms, will cover travel writing, with reference to nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and authors. <br />
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Bibliography
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READING LIST: <br />
TEXTS: E. De Amicis, Marocco; G.A. Borgese, Atlante americano; G.Gozzano, Verso la cuna del mondo; C. Levi, Le parole sono pietre. <br />
CRITICA: G. De Pascale, Scrittori in viaggio (Bollati Boringhieri) (Chapter I); P. Fasano, Letteratura e viaggio (Laterza); A Cavalli, Fuga dalla critica (Patron); T. Todorov, La letteratura in pericolo (Garzanti). <br />
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