Corso di laurea magistrale in
Lingue dell'Asia e dell'Africa
per la comunicazione e la cooperazione internazionale

The teaching is one of the characterizing institutes of the Hindi curriculum of the "Master's Degree Course in Asian and African Languages for Communication and International Cooperation."

The teaching contributes to the achievement of the educational objectives of the study course in the area of language skills, but also invests those of cultural and humanities areas.

Main educational objectives of the course are: to provide theoretical and methodological tools for the analysis of literary phenomena; to acquire the ability to analyze literary texts with the use of theoretical tools and to have a critical look at articles that analyze literary phenomena; to deepen the linguistic and methodological knowledge needed to translate a literary text; and to develop the ability to judge, produce and communicate interpretive discourse on the topics covered.

Knowledge and understanding:

- to know and understand methods, concepts and tools of literary criticism

- through the analysis of critical and literary texts, to deepen the knowledge and understanding of the contexts already analyzed in other teachings of the study course from other points of view (e.g., historical, philosophical...)

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:

- to know how to analyze and interpret literary texts using critical and historiographical concepts and tools

- to be able to critically apply concepts from literary historiography to the period under consideration

- to know how to translate effectively a complex literary text from Hindi to Italian

Judgment skills:

- be able to develop critical judgments about textual and literary-historical phenomena that are part of the program by resorting to critically sound arguments

- be able to subject to critical examination various types of sources (academic and literary texts)

- refine one's ability to critique (neo)orientalist, essentialist and stereotypical discourses

Communication skills:

- know how to carry out the analysis of a literary text in writing, with the use of interpretive tools of critical theory

- to know how to report orally the content addressed in one's study, in a concise and effective manner without resorting to automatisms and schematisms that are the result of mnemonic study.

Learning skills:

- to know how to take notes in a complete and effective manner

- be able to critically integrate the study of different materials (notes, slides, manuals, creative texts, academic articles)

- be able to independently study materials and topics not covered during lectures

- refine the ability to study materials in English and Hindi languages

Seminar

1) participation in in-class seminar work: 20%.

2) writing a paper on a topic related to Hindi literature (80% of the final grade). The paper will have a minimum length of 3000 words, maximum 4000 words (about ten pages) and is due at least 2 weeks before the oral examination. Formal directions will be given during the course. This test will assess the student's ability to apply the knowledge and skills provided by the course, his or her ability to argue in an original way, his or her independent judgment, and his or her synthesis, argumentative and critical skills.

The course program is divided into two parts:

1) Examination of articles related to some literary texts and exercises in narrative text analysis.

2) Literary translation exercises

teaching material will be made available during classes

Studens please contact the instructor sending a mail by November 10, 2022. Students who cannot attend classes must inform the instructor at the beginning of the course in order to fix an alternative program