Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature straniere e Culture moderne

The teaching of Serbian and Croatian Literature is part of the literary training and is aimed at acquiring literary and historical-cultural knowledge of the periods treated, understanding the specificity of the literatures of the southern Slavs, their similarities and differences.

At the end of the course, students should acquire general knowledge of Serbian and Croatian literature and culture from the end of the 19th century, the opus of Ivo Andrić and the proposed authors/travellers. It is expect from the student to be able to read, analyse and interpret the most significant texts in an appropriate way and to identify the specific elements of the authors, of the epochs and of the currents dealt with.

Frontal lessons, Power Point, expert lessons, conferences and/or congresses organized by the Department.

The examination is oral and focuses on the topics and authors covered during the course. The examination also includes the discussion of a short text in the form of a written report and/or in PP, on a topic chosen by the student and agreed with the teacher.

During the exam, students are required to present a list of their readings and the materials used to prepare them.

Poetic and prose texts (short stories and/or novels) in the Bibliography are mandatory.

The teaching programme will consist of three modules:

MODULE A (30 hours) will focus on the main currents traceable in Serbian and Croatian literature at the end of the 19th century and in the first decades of the 20th century. The following currents will be treated: Modernism, poetic "isms", the Avant-garde, as an expression of modernization, Europeanisation and self-assertion of the two literatures.

In the course of the teaching, we will read and analyze poetic and prose texts in Italian translation by Serbian authors A. Šantić, J. Dučić, M. Rakić, D. Vasiljev, M. Crnjanski and Croatian authors: J. Polić Kamov, A. B. Šimić, T. Ujević, M. Krleža.

MODULE B (10 hours): Ivo Andrić novelist and narrator:

During the course will be present the most characteristic traits of the works of the Yugoslav Nobel Prize (1961) and the universal importance of the author in the context of the Yugoslav cultural space and current, individual nation-states;

MODULE C (14 hours): During the module will be present the image of Italy of Serbian and Croatian travellers as a recurring topos in various texts and literary genres (letter, diary, essay, journalistic article, memoirs, travel book). During the module short texts and/or some passages of Croatian and Serbian authors of the 19th and 20th century will be read and analyzed in the Italian translation in order to map the Italian cities (Trieste, Venice, Turin, Florence, Rome, Naples) and their presentation in travel literature.

Information on the currents and authors treated (Module A) is available:

- in the teaching handouts and/or in the PPs (on the teacher's website);

- in the manuals on the history of literature (for the parts dealt with, a choice can be made between the indicated titles)

Meriggi, Le letterature della Jugoslavia, Milano, 1970.Jelčić, Storia della letteratura croata, Milano, 2005.

Mitrović, M. Mitrović, Storia della cultura e della letteratura serba, Lecce, 2015.

Ivetić, : Jugoslavia sognata. Lo jugoslavismo delle origini, Roma, 2012.

Module B: It is compulsory for all students to read (at least) two novels and two short stories by Ivo Andric, at the student's choice.

Module C:

 Lj. Banjanin, Alla scoperta dell'Italia: viaggiatrici serbe fra Ottocento e Novecento, Ed.dell'Orso, Alessandria, 2020. (autrici a scelta dello studente)

 Lj. Banjanin, I viaggi europei di Ljubomir Nenadović, in Il mondo slavo e l'Europa. Contributi presentati al VI Congresso Italiano di Slavistica (Torino, 28-30 settembre 2016), a cura di M. Bidovec, M. C. Bragone, Firenze University Press, Firenze, 2019, 231-239.(disponibile online sul sito della FUP).

 Lj. Banjanin, Incontri italo-serbi fra Ottocento e Novecento. Immagini e stereotipi letterari, Ed. dell'Orso, Alessandra, 2012, pp. 87-157.

Information on the currents and authors treated (Modcule A) is available:

- in the teaching handouts and/or in the PPs (on the teacher's website);

- in the manuals on the history of literature (for the parts dealt with, a choice can be made between the indicated titles)

Module B: It is compulsory for all students to read (at least) two novels and two short stories by Ivo Andric, at the student's choice.

Module C:

Lj. Banjanin, Alla scoperta dell'Italia: viaggiatrici serbe fra Ottocento e Novecento, Ed.dell'Orso, Alessandria, 2020. (autrici a scelta dello studente)

 Lj. Banjanin, I viaggi europei di Ljubomir Nenadović, in Il mondo slavo e l'Europa. Contributi presentati al VI Congresso Italiano di Slavistica (Torino, 28-30 settembre 2016), a cura di M. Bidovec, M. C. Bragone, Firenze University Press, Firenze, 2019, 231-239.(disponibile online sul sito della FUP).

 Lj. Banjanin, Incontri italo-serbi fra Ottocento e Novecento. Immagini e stereotipi letterari, Ed. dell'Orso, Alessandra, 2012, pp. 87-157.