Learning objectives
The purpose of the course is to enable students to develop a critical essay or a review for publication in a literary magazine. As such, a significant part of the course is dedicated to the lessons on essay-writing.
Objectives of the course according to the Dublin Descriptors:
Knowledge and understanding
Teaching Italian essay-writing provides students with a critical understanding of the structure of literary texts, essays, reportage. The lessons will be supported with targeted interventions: lectures, seminars, conferences, encounters with writers and journalists.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
The comprehensive study of methodologies and analysis of the literary communication techniques, along with the essay-writing, will hopefully produce understanding of the structure and content of the texts to be examined. This understanding, combined with the practice offered throughout the course of internships, will provide students with writing skills, suitable for the production of informational content of various kinds.
Making Judgements
At the end of the course, relying on the theoretical, linguistic and literary grounds, the students should have acquired the ability to collect data and critically interpret texts, as well as an aptitude to formulate independent judgments about the socio-cultural context.
Communication skills
At the end of the course, students should have achieved the ability to communicate in comprehensible manner and to apply all the skills required for writing a literary or a critical essay.
Learning skills
The commitment to the theoretical and structural grounds should give students a certain mastery concerning methodology, along with specific skills useful for their future professions related to communication and journalism.