6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 4014328FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
Emile Lorand-Course: Italian Linguistics and Literary Studies - 2023-2024
Gianluigi Simonetti
Université de Lausanne (CH)
Italian contemporary literature
All classes (12 hours) will take place in one single week, between 4 and 24 March 2024.
A short (formal) history of the Strega prize.
From “old-fashioned literature” to surrounding literature
1. In the “crucial times of the Resistance”. The origins of the Prize, realism and neorealism
2. The exceptions and the rule. From Isola di Arturo to Ferito a morte
3. In the season of the "active kobolds". From Teorema to Il nome della rosa
4. Beyond the 20th century. How the Strega prize changes
5. Literary institutions and "noble entertainment"
6. The Strega prize and surrounding literature
More information:
Dirk.Vanden.Berghe@vub.be
Course materials: didactic platform Canvas, 2024.
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Gianluigi Simonetti was educated at the Scuola Normale Superiore and at the University of Pisa. After several research stays abroad and a year at the American Academy in Rome as an affiliated fellow, he was appointed researcher and subsequently associate professor in Contemporary Italian Literature at the University of L'Aquila. During his career, he has carried out research and teaching activities as a visiting professor and fellow at several international institutions, in particular at the University of Chicago ("Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Italian Studies") and at the Institut d'Etudes Avancées de l'EHESS-CNRS in Paris, where he was a resident researcher.
His research focuses on twentieth-century Italian poetry and the stylistic genealogies that run through it, as well as on ultra-contemporary literature, which he investigates from a formal and comparative perspective.
Member of the editorial board of the journal "Contemporanea. Rivista di studi sulla letteratura e sulla comunicazione" he was, together with Guido Mazzoni and Massimo Gezzi, founder and coordinator of the literary website "Le parole e le cose" (www.leparoleelecose.it); he is currently editor of the cultural magazine "Snaporaz" (https://www.snaporaz.online/). He regularly contributes to the cultural supplement of the daily newspaper "Il Sole-24 ore". His latest books are "La letteratura circostante. Narrativa e poesia nell'Italia contemporanea", Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018 and "Caccia allo Strega. Anatomia di un premio letterario", Milano, nottetempo, 2023.
• Students acquire a good linguistic or literary insight regarding a number of Italian topics.
• Students are able to write a coherent scientific essay in the field of Italian linguistics or literature.
• Students optimize their critical and analytical skills.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Paper determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Not applicable.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages Double Degree