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2013/14 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ITAL1093 Fictions of Fascism (A): The Family Album

10 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Olivia Santovetti
Email: O.Santovetti@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2013/14

Pre-requisite qualifications

A level or AS level Italian, or knowledge of Italian to a level that satisfies the Department

Module replaces

ITAL1070

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

- Do you have an 'A' level in Italian (or equivalent)? - Do you want to improve your confidence in reading in the language and to expand your knowledge of Italian culture through the reading of some key works of twentieth-century fiction? This module is intended to provide an introduction to reading Italian literature for Level 1 advanced students. Taking up some of the themes explored in the semester 1 module, ITAL1040 'Italy from Fascism to the Present', this module will give you the chance to read and to study in some depth two important twentieth-century novels: Natalia Ginzburg's Lessico famigliare and Giorgio Bassani's Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini. Both these texts are set during the Fascist period, and they share key themes and concerns. Both combine autobiography and fiction, both focus on the fortunes of a particular family, and both examine in particular the racial persecution of the period.The module will allow you to gain confidence in reading and understanding texts in Italian, as well as introducing you to the skills needed for analysing literary texts. As such, it aims to provide key transferable skills, which can also be applied to reading in other foreign languages (or even in English) and/or to reading other texts - both literary and otherwise - in Italian.This module is only open to those students who have an 'A' level in Italian, or who can show equivalent knowledge.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate an informed understanding and a critical and linguistic appreciation of selected literary texts.

Syllabus

This module will introduce students to the understanding and critical appreciation of a selection of Italian literary texts suitable for first-year post-beginner students.

The module will include a close study of the texts with the aim of encouraging students to develop the skills of reading comprehension and linguistic analysis.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			90.00
Total Contact hours			10.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

- 50 hours: reading of texts
- 20 hours: seminar preparation, 2 hours per seminar
- 20 hours: revision for examination.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Participation in seminars
- Seminar presentations.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 25/03/2014

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