ࡱ > * bjbjVV 4 < < " + " " e e e e e y y y 8 y /- , , , , , , , K/ 1 , e , e e , z e e , , : $ , % =8 y B (% , , 0 /- 2% R 2 V . 2 % % v 2 e + , , /- 2 " + : Department of Languages, Linguistics & Comparative Literature Դɼ LOVE AND LOVERS IN ITALIAN LITERATURE ITT 3111 (3 credits) Lovers by Venetian Sculptor Antonio Canova MW 09:30 10:50. AH 204. Boca campus Instructor: Dr. Emanuele Pettener E-mail:HYPERLINK "https://exchange.fau.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=280722f90d8840c1b4338a535cfbe45c&URL=mailto%3aepettene%40fau.edu" \t "_blank"epettene@fau.edu Office phone number: 561-297-3623 Office: CU244 Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday, 8:30-9:30 A.M and Friday 8:00-12:00 and by appointment. Course Description The course, taught in English, analyzes the concept of love and the figure of the Italian lover from the origins of Italian literature to the present. Students will read some of the most exciting pages of Italian writers presenting seductive Italian women and men. Students will see how the idea oferosdevelops, how the vision of woman shifts continuously from angel to prostitute and vice versa, how the reserved and shy seducer of the Middle Ages becomes the provocative and audacious lover in D'Annunzio's novels and his parody in Brancati's work. Throughout the course, the instructor will introduce the authors and their works providing the students with a clear idea of each historical period. He will also stimulate debates in class with questions and critical information. Class participation is of the utmost importance: students should read the material thoroughly before coming to class, they should take possession of the text, and should not be afraid to discuss it. Exams will be in form of essay questions. There are no pre-requisites. Course Objectives Students will understand the authors literary personalities and will be able to locate them in their own historical time. Students will also develop the ability to interpret a text and to produce meaningful discussions on the literary topics. Evaluation Five exams: 90% (5 x 18%) Participation: 10% Grading Scale A 92-100 B+ 88-89 C+ 78-79 D+ 68-69 F 0-63 A- 90-91 B 82-87 C 72-77 D 66-67 B- 80-81 C- 70-71 D- 64-65 Americans with Disabilities Act In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), students who require special accommodation due to a disability to properly execute coursework must register with the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) in Boca Raton, SU 133 (561-297-3880); in Davie, MOD 1 (954-236-1222); in Jupiter, SR 117 (561-799-8585); or at the Treasure Coast, CO 128 (772-873-3305) and follow all OSD procedures. Bring a letter to your instructor from the OSD indicating that you need academic accommodations no later than the second week of classes. In accordance with the OSDs rules and regulations, students must turn in an Exam Sign-Up Sheet at least one week before the date on which each exam is scheduled. Please contact OSD for more information. Academic Honor Code & Honors Statement Students at Դɼ are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards. Academic dishonesty, including cheating and plagiarism, is considered a serious breach of these ethical standards, because it interferes with the University mission to provide a high quality education in which no student enjoys an unfair advantage over any other. Academic dishonesty is also destructive of the University community, which is grounded in a system of mutual trust and places high value on personal integrity and individual responsibility. Harsh penalties are associated with academic dishonesty. For more information, see HYPERLINK "http://wise.fau.edu/regulations/chapter4/4.001_Code_of_Academic_Integrity.pdf"http://wise.fau.edu/regulations/chapter4/4.001_Code_of_Academic_Integrity.pdf Students are expected to uphold the Academic Honor Code. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ON ALL ASSIGNMENTS AND EXAMS IS GROUNDS FOR FAILURE IN THE COURSE. COURSE MATERIAL: Course Package, articles from JSTOR, and the following books (any edition): Dante Alighieri,Vita Nuova/A New Life(1295) Niccolo' Machiavelli,Mandragola (1524) Vitaliano Brancati: Beautiful Antonio (1949) Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Separate Rooms (1989) Elena Ferrante,The Days of Abandonment (2002) COURSE CALENDAR NOTA BENE: January 13: last day to drop/add courses without consequences; courses are fee-liable after this date February 6: last day to drop w/o W/partial refund February 20-24: Mid-term grading available Mid-February: registration deadline for Study Abroad in VENICE. March 2: last day to drop a course or withdraw without receiving an F. 1 January, 9 11 Jan.13: LAST DAY DROP/ADDIntroduction to the course and first readings. God is Love, Love is God St.Francis, Canticle of Creatures. Further readings: Arnold, Matthew. Pagan and Medieval Religious Sentiment in Essays on Criticism (1885): 187-213. 2Jan. 16-18 Jan 18: Martin L. King DayLove in the 12thand 13thcenturies: the woman islike an angel Further readings: Donald Heiney. Intelletto and the Theory of Love in the Dolce Stil Nuovo Italica , 39. 3 (1962): 173-181. HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/477068"http://www.jstor.org/stable/477068 3Jan.23-25 The womanisan angel Dante:A New Lifeand readings from theDivine Comedy:. 4Jan. 30-Feb.1Excerpts from the Divine Comedy Further readings: Paul R. Olson. Two Sonnets of Heavenly Vision Italica , 35. 3 (1958): 156-161 HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/477647"http://www.jstor.org/stable/477647 Feb 1st:FIRST EXAM5Feb. 6-8Toward a new conception of the woman and of the seducer Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere. Further readings: Ronald L. Martinez. Mourning Laura in the Canzoniere: Lessons from Lamentations MLN , 118.1, Italian Issue (2003): 1-45 HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/3251569"http://www.jstor.org/stable/3251569 6 Feb. 13-15 The joys of love, sex,and revenge in the seducers of Boccaccio. Readings fromthe Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron. Further readings: Louise George Clubb. Boccaccio and the Boundaries of Love Italica , 37.3 (1960): 188-196 HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/477293"http://www.jstor.org/stable/477293 7 Feb. 20-22 Readings fromthe Decameron. 8 Feb. 27-29 Is the Prince a woman? Niccolo Machiavelli, Mandragola. Further readings: Susan Behuniak-Long , The Significance of Lucrezia in Machiavelli's La Mandragola." The Review of Politics, 51.2 (1989): 264-280. HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/1407406"http://www.jstor.org/stable/1407406 Joseph A. Barber. The Irony of Lucrezia: Machiavelli's "Donna di virt" Studies in Philology , 82.4 (1985): 450-459. HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/4174222"http://www.jstor.org/stable/4174222 Feb.29th:SECOND EXAM9March 5-11SPRING BREAK10March. 12-14A Renaissance seducer and poet: Veronica Franco. Readings from Veronica Francos letters and screening of the movie: Dangerous Beauty. Further readings: Margaret F. Rosenthal. Veronica Franco's Terze Rime: the Venetian Courtesan's Defense Renaissance Quarterly , 42.2 (1989): 227-257 HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/2861626"http://www.jstor.org/stable/2861626 11March 19-21The greatest lover of all times: Giacomo Casanova. Readings fromGiacomo Casanova, Story of My Life. Further reading: The Great Lover. History of My Life by Giacomo Casanova. Review by Marvin Mudrick. The Hudson Review , 20.4 (1967-1968): 681-686 HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/3849583"http://www.jstor.org/stable/3849583 12March 26-28 The lover in the Romantic Age. Readings from Giacomo Leopardi. Further reading: P. M. Pasinetti. Giacomo Leopardi. The Sewanee Review , 57.2 (1949): 251-260 HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/27537902"http://www.jstor.org/stable/27537902 March 28th: THIRD EXAM13April 2-4The passionate lover: Gabriele DAnnunzio. Readings from Gabriele DAnnunzio, The Pleasure. Further reading: G. B. Rose, Gabriele D'Annunzio, The Sewanee Review , 5. 2 (1897): 146-152 HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/27527923"http://www.jstor.org/stable/27527923 14Apr.9-11The parody of the Italian lover: Vitaliano Brancatis seducers. Vitaliano Brancati, Il bellAntonio Further readings: Louis Tenenbaum. Vitaliano Brancati and Sicilian Eroticism. Books Abroad , 31.3 (1957): 233-236. HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/40098600"http://www.jstor.org/stable/40098600 15Apr.16-18Love & struggle in the age of divorce Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment. April 18th:FOURTHEXAM16Apr.23-25 An Italian gay love-story:Separate Roomsby Pier Vittorio Tondelli. Further readings: Derek Duncan. Pier Vittorio Tondelli: An Art of the Body in Resistance? Italica, 76.1 (1999): 54-69 HYPERLINK "http://www.jstor.org/stable/479802"http://www.jstor.org/stable/479802 FINAL EXAM: Monday, April 30th, AH 204, 7:45 10:15 AM PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 > Z ŮmXC )h#! ha~ 0J B*CJ OJ QJ aJ ph )h#! h| 0J B*CJ OJ QJ aJ ph %h#! h| B*CJ OJ QJ aJ ph %h#! h0&