Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Emilio Lomonaco
Contact via emilio.lomonaco@mq.edu.au
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TBA
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
6cp at 200 level including ITL211
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit analyses Italian culture, history and society through the study of key literary works by prominent twentieth century writers and, where possible, their cinematic adaptations. The aim of this unit is to promote fluency in reading Italian and to develop students' skills in critical analysis and introduce students to the basics of academic research including essay writing skills and literary criticism.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Written assignment | 30% | No | Weeks 5 & 8 |
Final essay | 40% | No | TBA |
Oral exam | 20% | No | Week 13 |
Class participation | 10% | No | Ongoing |
Due: Weeks 5 & 8
Weighting: 30%
2 written assignments in Italian, 500 words each
Due: TBA
Weighting: 40%
1 final essay in Italian, 1500 words
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 20%
1 Oral exam,
Presentazione orale Due: week 13
The student will present to the class another work of one of the three authors. (That includes short stories, bookchapters, screenplay or a filmversion representing or illustrating an important aspect of the authors studied.
Your presentation should be delivered freely (not read from notes) and last no longer than 7 minutes. At the end of the presentation one student and the tutor, will ask one question each (two questions in total) about the author/topic presented.
You should prepare a handout (ie. photocopy page(s) from the work to be presented). Please let your tutor have the materials ahead of time, so that photocopies can be made before the class starts.
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 10%
This course introduces students to three important Italian writers: Luigi Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia e Alessandro Baricco. The novels studied in this course provide opportunities to reflect on key issues of Italian culture and society from the end of the XVIII century to the end of the XX century.
Pirandello, Luigi. Il fu Mattia Pascal – Oscar Mondadori, I ed. 1988, ristampa 42, 2011 ISBN 978-88-04-49250-4
ISBN 978-88-459-1675-5
ISBN 978-88-078-1302-3
Suggested ReadingsOn Pirandello Caputi Anthony Pirandello and the crisis of modern consciousness, 1998 Bassanese Fiora A. Understanding Luigi Pirandello, 1997 Strong Cincotta Madeleine Luigi Pirandello: the humorous existentialist, 1989 Luigi Pirandello The late Mattia Pascal - Translated by William Weaver, 1995/2005 Bondanella P. / Ciccarelli A. The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel, 2003 On Sciascia Leonardo Sciascia The day of the owl, 1987 Fano Nicola Come leggere Il giorno della civetta – Mursia Editore, 1993 Porzio D. /Sciascia L. Fuoco all’anima: Conversazioni con Domenico Porzio/Leonardo Sciascia, 1992 This unit has an online presence. Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
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Programma delle lezioni
Settimana |
Lezioni |
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Introduzione al corso e a Luigi Pirandello Il romanzo Il fu Mattia Pascal |
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Il fu Mattia Pascal Leggere fino a capitolo VI incluso- Commenti e discussione |
3
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Il fu Mattia Pascal Leggere fino a cap. XII incluso - Commenti e discussione |
4
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Il fu Mattia Pascal Finire la lettura (fino a pagina 222)- Commenti e discussione |
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Considerazioni finali su Luigi Pirandello e sul romanzo letto Introduzione a Leonardo Sciascia La Sicilia e la mafia Il romanzo Il giorno della civetta Compito scritto 1 |
6
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Il giorno della civetta Leggere fino a pagina 51 – Commenti e discussione |
7
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Il giorno della civetta Leggere fino a pag. 91 – Commenti e discussione Semester Break |
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Il giorno della civetta Finire la lettura (fino a pagina 137) – Commenti e discussione Compito scritto 2 |
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Considerazioni finali su Leonardo Sciascia e sul romanzo letto Introduzione a Alessandro Baricco. Il monologo Novecento |
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Novecento Leggere fino a pagina 21 inclusa – Commenti e discussione |
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Novecento Leggere fino a pagina 34 inclusa – Commenti e discussione |
12
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Novecento Finire la lettura – Commenti e discussione Presentazioni orali e consegna della parte scritta
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13
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Presentazioni orali e consegna della parte scritta |
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