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History of Literature Course in Florence, Italy
The Accademia Europea di Firenze offers the History of Italian Literature Course for people who are interested in having a thorough knowledge of Italian literature and its protagonists throughout history. This course is recognized for the efficiency of its teachers and quality of structure, as well as for its ability to create a friendly environment where students can openly discuss their ideas and opinions on the topics presented in class.
Upon finishing the course with passing marks students will receive a diploma recognizing their achievements during the course.
Italian Literature is extremely vast; yet it is possible to trace guidelines that can help understand its most interesting and influential events, publications and findings. The students will learn to understand even the more complex texts through the guidance and explanation of the teacher who will help them by putting into context the works and events of famous writers and movements throughout history.
Some of the topics of the course are:
The origins of Italian Literature
The rise of a literature, both written and spoken, in the Italian language started in the 13th century: religious poetry; poetry made popular by the French jongleurs; the comic-satirical poetry of Cecco Angiolieri; chivalric literature, didactic and moralistic prose in which Brunetto Latini was prominent, and, the most widespread, love poetry.
The Sicilian and Tuscan poets
Guido delle Colonne, Pier dela Vigna, Cielo Dalcamo, Chiaro Davanzati, Compiuta Donzella.
Stil Novo
(Guido Guinizelli, Guido Cavalcanti, Lapo Gianni, Cina da Pistoia,) Stil Novo was the basic experience of the conscience and the life of the soul. A more spiritual conception of woman, exalted as an angel of salvation, and a deeper intellectual and philosophical consideration of love as the source of moral virtue, and a more developed searching of the psyche.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
The Florentine Dante Alighieri originated the modern Italian literary and linguistic tradition. "Vita Nuova", "Divine Comedy", "Convivio", "De vulgari eloquentia", "De monarchia",.
Dante's "Divine Comedy"
The greatest in Italian literature is the "Divine Comedy": Dante's vision is of a journey in the afterlife through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise where he encounters the souls of the great men of the past and discusses with them the most important subjects like: philosophy, religion, morality, politics and culture.
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374)
A precursor of the Humanist thought of the Renaissance with its full evaluation of earthly existence. Main works include: I Trionfi, and Il Canzoniere.
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
Boccaccio's greatest work is "The Decameron", a collection of 100 tales linked in a narrative framework, where he portrays different characters and their various passions, creating a lively image of life in all its many aspects.
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 –1527)
Was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright.
As well as these other topics:
Although the History of Literature Course can be taken alone, other students usually have chosen to combine the Italian language Courses and the History of Literature Course and that's why we've created the Intensive Culture Courses (Italian + Culture).
For more information about this course please contact us.
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The Accademia Europea di Firenze offers the History of Italian Literature Course for people who are interested in having a thorough knowledge of Italian literature and its protagonists throughout history. This course is recognized for the efficiency of its teachers and quality of structure, as well as for its ability to create a friendly environment where students can openly discuss their ideas and opinions on the topics presented in class.
Upon finishing the course with passing marks students will receive a diploma recognizing their achievements during the course.
Italian Literature is extremely vast; yet it is possible to trace guidelines that can help understand its most interesting and influential events, publications and findings. The students will learn to understand even the more complex texts through the guidance and explanation of the teacher who will help them by putting into context the works and events of famous writers and movements throughout history.
Some of the topics of the course are:
The origins of Italian Literature
The rise of a literature, both written and spoken, in the Italian language started in the 13th century: religious poetry; poetry made popular by the French jongleurs; the comic-satirical poetry of Cecco Angiolieri; chivalric literature, didactic and moralistic prose in which Brunetto Latini was prominent, and, the most widespread, love poetry.
The Sicilian and Tuscan poets
Guido delle Colonne, Pier dela Vigna, Cielo Dalcamo, Chiaro Davanzati, Compiuta Donzella.
Stil Novo
(Guido Guinizelli, Guido Cavalcanti, Lapo Gianni, Cina da Pistoia,) Stil Novo was the basic experience of the conscience and the life of the soul. A more spiritual conception of woman, exalted as an angel of salvation, and a deeper intellectual and philosophical consideration of love as the source of moral virtue, and a more developed searching of the psyche.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
The Florentine Dante Alighieri originated the modern Italian literary and linguistic tradition. "Vita Nuova", "Divine Comedy", "Convivio", "De vulgari eloquentia", "De monarchia",.
Dante's "Divine Comedy"
The greatest in Italian literature is the "Divine Comedy": Dante's vision is of a journey in the afterlife through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise where he encounters the souls of the great men of the past and discusses with them the most important subjects like: philosophy, religion, morality, politics and culture.
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374)
A precursor of the Humanist thought of the Renaissance with its full evaluation of earthly existence. Main works include: I Trionfi, and Il Canzoniere.
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
Boccaccio's greatest work is "The Decameron", a collection of 100 tales linked in a narrative framework, where he portrays different characters and their various passions, creating a lively image of life in all its many aspects.
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 –1527)
Was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright.
As well as these other topics:
- Literature and the Counter-Reformation: Torquato Tasso;
- The 17th century, the Baroque and Arcadia;
- The 18th century, between Enlightenment, Neoclassicism and Romanticism: Vittorio Alfieri and Carlo Goldoni;
- The Romantic period: Ugo Foscolo and Giacomo Leopardi;
- Giacomo Manzoni and the literature of the Unity of Italy;
- The age of Verismo: Verga and Pirandello;
- Gabriele D’Annunzio and the literature of Decadentismo;
- Eremitism and the new lyrical poets: Ungaretti and Quasimodo;
- The season of Neorealism: Moravia, Pavese and Bassani;
- Contemporary literature: Calvino, Pasolini and Umberto Eco;
Although the History of Literature Course can be taken alone, other students usually have chosen to combine the Italian language Courses and the History of Literature Course and that's why we've created the Intensive Culture Courses (Italian + Culture).
For more information about this course please contact us.
Check Price
- All prices are in Euros;
- 1 lesson: 45 minutes;
- For more information click on Enrollment procedure and Enrollment form.
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