Undergraduate Course: Sicily from Sonnet to Cinema (ELCI10027)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to provide a brief but inclusive account of Sicilian literary history and culture: from the Sicilian School of love poetry, which is credited with the invention of the sonnet, through the mythical and musical elaborations of its main themes, to the major prose writers that marked the unification of Italy and accompanied the advent of cinema. The course highlights the role played by Sicilian literature in the bottom-up formation of the Italian canon, with particular emphasis on the significance of Classical and Arabic influences and the relation between genres and gender. Literary material spans from the poets at the court of Frederick II to the Nobel Prizes Luigi Pirandello and Salvatore Quasimodo, and contemporary authors such as Vincenzo Consolo and Goliarda Sapienza. In addition to the course, students will be involved in in-depth seminars and will give individual presentations on one or more of the main topics. |
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Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework (30%) + examination (70%) |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 1:30 | |
Learning Outcomes
| By the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the first Italian school of poetry in the vernacular, develop and apply techniques of analysis with critical understanding of basic literary forms such as the sonnet and the novella, and form awareness of the key role played by Sicilian culture in the development of Italian literary history.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | DELC Sicily from S to C |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Davide Messina
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
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