ITAL302 aims to give students extended knowledge of Italian literature and to practice a critical and independent understanding of central questions in the study of literature. The course also aims to give insight into selected and central literary theories.

  The course is comprised of two components: a theoretical and methodological part, and a literary part. The main purpose if the course is to provide central theories and methods that are relevant to Italian literary studies. 

Moreover, the course provides broader insight into Italian literature through a submersion into a selection of literary works. In this way, the course aims to provide students with a better basis for the choice and theoretical frame for the master¿s thesis.

Upon completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge The student should

• have a understanding of selected theories in modern literary studies
• have gained knowledge of methods that are relevant for literary theses and questions
• have gained specialized knowledge on individual works of fiction, topics and genres, as well as the cultural and historical framework they are a part of

Skills The student should

• be able to work independently with topics of the basis of insight into the field
• be able to evaluate the relevance of the theories and methods that have been discussed, in relation to a concrete question or thesis- be able to use the theoretical tools that have been acquired through textual analysis in an independent manner

General competence The student should

• be able to complete a theoretically demanding project with several dimensions
• be able to work independently with analytical issues related to the subject matter
• be proficient in high level Italian

Lectures and seminars with exercises. Approximately 4 hours per week for 10 weeks. The teaching will be both on campus and online (hybrid). 

In the case that less than five students register for a course, the organized teaching may be adapted to fit the number of students. If this occurs, students will be informed at the start of the semester, and before the registration deadline 1 February/1 September.

In the course of the semester the student must hold an oral presentation of about 20 minutes. The presentation is evaluated as a pass/fail. The term paper is supervised, and the students must complete a mandatory tutorial with the course instructor in order to be allowed to submit the paper. The topic for the oral presentation and the term paper cannot be the same.

The presentation must be passed and the tutorial must be completed in the same semester in order to qualify to sit for the exam of the course.

Compulsory assignments are only valid in the instruction semester.

The exam has two components:

1. A supervised term paper, which must be submitted by 15 November (or first week day after this date), of about 4000 words, written in Italian.
2. An oral exam where the question for the conversation can be taken from any part of the reading list from the course. Fall semester 2021, the oral exam will be held digitally, as a measure to prevent transmission of the corona virus.

The term paper and the oral exam both counts for 50 percent of the grade.

Students who receive an F on the term paper, will not be eligible for the oral exam. Students who receive an F at the oral exam, receive an F for the course as a whole. Both components of the exam must be completed in the same semester.

Student adviser: mailto:studierettleiar.if@uib.nostudierettleiar.if@uib.no

Exam administration: mailto:eksamen.if@uib.noeksamen.if@uib.no