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On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of different poetic trends and literary movements in Italy between 1914 and 1945;
2. Analyse poetic texts in terms of form, content, and cultural/historical context;
3. Write critical essays of a high standard, using appropriate secondary sources in both Italian and English;
4. Engage in discussion on central themes of the module.
1. Module introduction + Italy and WW1 + Futurism (Manifesto and poems)
2. Idealization of war – Futurism and Giuseppe Ungaretti’s relationship with Fascism
3. The experimental nature of Ungaretti’s poetry (Il porto sepolto, 1916)
4. After WW1 - Hermetic poetry and Vittorio Sereni (Frontiera 1941 > 42).
5. Research skills – (comparative work, critical sources)
6. Break
7. Fascism policies – Realist poetry and Cesare Pavese (Lavorare stanca 1936 > 43).
8. Antifascism – Cesare Pavese and poetry of exile.
9. Prisoners – Poetry of immobility and memory in Vittorio Sereni’s Diario d’Algeria (1947).
10. Race laws in Italy and WW2 - Ungaretti (Il dolore 1947).
11. Conclusions.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 10 |
Tutorial | 10 |
Specified Learning Activities | 35 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 105 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Class Test: timed (one hour) online test | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Examination: timed (two hours) online test | Week 12 | No | Graded | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Two task-based assignments (writing the abstract of a secondary source; completing a list of references) will be completed (but not graded) between week 2 and 6. Class feedback will be given the week following completion of the assignment. Individual feedback for submitted essays will be given in week 12,