Università Roma Tre

The Origins of Italian Literature in the European Context.

This course will provide a wide-ranging introduction to Italian literature of the thirteenth and fourteenth century, with a specific focus on the origins and development of poetic genres, from the so-called 'Sicilian school' through to the experience of Dante and to the vernacular lyric of Francesco Petrarch. The first few lectures will provide some basic notions of metrics and rhetoric, useful to a close reading of literary and more specifically poetic texts. Both the historic context and the sociological profile of writers will be emphasised. The multiple linguistic, thematic and formal connections and overlappings with other European literatures will be investigated.

- G. Alfano, P. Italia, E. Russo, F. Tomasi, "Letteratura italiana. Dalle Origini a metà Cinquecento. Manuale per studi universitari", Milano, Mondadori, 2018, pp. 1-328 (Epoche 1 e 2 nella loro interezza);
- Franco Suitner, "I poeti del medio evo. Italia ed Europa (secoli XII-XIV)", Roma, Carocci, 2010 (o successive ristampe);
- Marco Santagata, "L’amoroso pensiero. Petrarca e il romanzo di Laura", Milano, Mondadori, 2014 (disponibile online in formato elettronico).

Didactic materials will be uploaded on Moodle.