Learning objectives
The course has the aim to provide students with the notions, the concepts, and the critical tools to analyse artistic creations from the viewpoint of the political message they convey, with a multidisciplinary approach. The student will be able to make a politically and legally oriented reading of works ranging from ancient literature to literature and the other arts in the contemporary landscape, thereby achieving a deeper understanding of politics and artistic expression, and the ability to make autonomous analyses and structured judgements on the relationship between arts and politics.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course addresses central themes of politics and law through the analysis of how they have been presented in literature and the other arts, fitting into the so-called 'law and humanities' perspective of study
Full programme
Founding myths (Romulus); the trial (Aeschylus, the ordeal, Kafka); ideas of justice (Antigone, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Manzoni); utopia (from Homer to Bulwer-Lytton); society in transformation (Dickens and the Industrial Revolution); the concept of "enemy" and the construction of the public enemy
Bibliography
1) Tincani, Raccontare la società. Diritto e politica nella letteratura e nelle altre arti (Mondadori - Le Monnier, 2022)
2) Novellino (ed.) Oltre il nemico (Mimesis, 2023)
Teaching methods
Classroom lesson
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam.
After evaluating the basic preparation on the programme texts and concepts, the student's critical and analytical skills will be assessed. The student must be able to make connections between different works and concepts, also in a diachronic perspective.
Particular attention will be paid to the assessment of language property, indispensable for both social sciences and literary criticism, and the ability to formulate autonomous analyses and judgements.
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
quality education; reducing inequalities; peace, justice and strong institutions
