Visual arts, Music and Theatre Studies | COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

cod. 4312400010

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

	4312400010
	DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
	EQF6
	DISCIPLINE DELLE ARTI VISIVE, DELLA MUSICA E DELLO SPETTACOLO
	2017/2018

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/14	6	30	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS, RHETORICAL AND STYLISTIC TOOLS FOR WRITTEN TEXTS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED. SO THE ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTS WILL BE A CLOSE-READING. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR IN-DEPTH TEXT ANALYSIS. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING DURING THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL BEGIN TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE PROBLEMS OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION.

	Contents
	L.A. NOIR: FROM CHANDLER TO PYNCHON

	Teaching Methods
	LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS, RHETORICAL AND STYLISTIC TOOLS FOR WRITTEN TEXTS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED. SO THE ANALYSIS OF THE NOVELS OF RAYMOND CHANDLER (THE LONG GOODBYE) AND THOMAS PYNCHON (INHERENT VICE) WILL BE A CLOSE READING. THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR IN-DEPTH TEXT ANALYSIS. DURING THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL BEGIN TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE PROBLEMS OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION.

LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS, RHETORICAL AND STYLISTIC TOOLS FOR WRITTEN TEXTS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED. SO THE ANALYSIS OF THE NOVELS OF RAYMOND CHANDLER (THE LONG GOODBYE) AND THOMAS PYNCHON (INHERENT VICE) WILL BE A CLOSE READING. THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR IN-DEPTH TEXT ANALYSIS. DURING THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL BEGIN TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE PROBLEMS OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION.

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAMINATION WILL ASSESS ALL COURSE CONTENT. STUDENTS' ABILITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE WILL BE ASSESSED BY MEANS OF QUESTIONS IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND POSSIBLY THROUGH THE DISCUSSION OF SHORT PAPERS PREPARED BY STUDENTS.

	Texts
	NOVELS: RAYMOND CHANDLER, THE LONG GOODBYE THOMAS PYNCHON, INHERENT VICE MOVIES: THE LONG GOODBYE, DIRECTED BY ROBERT ALTMAN, 1973 INHERENT VICE, DIRECTED BY PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, 2014. ESSAY: GABRIELE FRASCA, IL ROVESCIO D'AUTORE, D'IF, 2016.