Ateneo - UPO

JOURNEYS TO ITALY

• J. W. Goethe, Viaggio in Italia, trad. it. E. Castellani, Milano, Mondadori, 2017. Students have to read the following pages: 20-40, 51-53, 60, 67-80, 94-97, 104-107, 123-139, 143-144, 147-152, 158-159, 163, 166, 171-172, 204, 213-216, 221-222, 238-240, 268-293, 325-328, 331-332, 335-336, 357-359, 368-373, 380. Will be made available on DIR
• J. G. Seume, L’Italia a piedi 1802, trad. it. A. Romagnoli, Milano, Longanesi, 1973. Please read the following pages: 39-46, 108-121, 143-160, 166-189, 199-211, 217-254 (p. 254 only the first three lines), 273- half 292, 303-320, 330-336. The footnotes relating to the parts read are on pp. 377, 382-383, 387-391, 393, 394, 396, 397. Will be made available on DIR.
• F. C. Delius, La passeggiata da Rostock a Siracusa, Sellrio, 1998. Will be made available on DIR, because it is out of print.

- Lyrics or the excerpts from works by other authors we will examine will be made available on DIR.

Through face-to-face teaching and self-study activities, the course aims to enable students to develop the ability to outline the development of German travel literature with particular reference to the Grand Tour era, as well as to contextualise the authors and their travel experiences and to identify the peculiarities of the various literary genres of odeporic literature. A more advanced objective is to provide students with the necessary skills to process the information received during the course into a critical discourse that is able to relate literary epochs, authors and texts and to make critical considerations, including personal ones, on the works examined, developing the ability to analyse the central themes of the course.

For students NOT in the second year: Fair knowledge of the German language.
During the lessons all texts read in German will be translated into Italian. Students who do not have to be examined in German will therefore be able not to miss anything. The same goes for second year non-attendants.

Lectures, critical reading, translation and commentary on texts, use of multimedia materials.

Critical literature and further information will be provided at the beginning of the course.
The registration on DIR is required.
Plaese check the teacher's page on Upobook regularly.
Non-attending students are requested to contact the teacher in order to get their detailed program by mail. The preparation of the non-attendance program is necessary in order to obtain the 6CFU foreseen for the module, which also includes either the 30 hours of lectures or the reading of substitute materials to be carried out in an equal number of hours.
Please read the texts before we will analyze them in the lessons, so you will be able to better understand the explanations and to participate in the discussion.
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Oral examination in Italian and, for students NOT in the second year, also in German with questions on the following topics:
- the cultural-historical context of travel literature in relation to the biographical or artistic experience of the authors, the ability to focus on the important features of the literary genres of the odeporic literature.
Second year students: 40% of the evaluation.
Students NOT in the second year: 35% of the evaluation. Questions will be asked in German concerning the parts of lectures taught in this language - 20% of the German skills evaluation.
- the ability to analyze and interpret texts, to express critical judgements, including original ones, to develop a specific critical discourse on single authors or texts linked to the central issues of the course - Second year students: 60% of the weight of the evaluation. Students NOT in the second year: 45% of the evaluation.
Evaluation will base on the ability to outline the basic lines of the course, on the knowledge and comprehension of texts and writers, on the skill to relate the main issues and the analyzed literary works also referring to the critical bibliography, and on the ability to expose the topics clearly in Italian and for the students NOT in the second year in German as well.

The journey to Italy stands out as a central experience in the life and art of numerous German writers of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Lessing, Goethe, Seume, von Platen and Nicolai. The journey described by Delius can be traced back to the 1880s, but shows how the Grand Tour can also be significant in the context of the division between the two Germanies and how it is an integral part of German culture. The course aims to investigate the most significant aspects of the travel experience and to analyse some particularly significant texts belonging to different literary genres, in prose and verse, focusing not only on the different ways of relating to the 'other' and of describing the travel experience, but also on the main features of various epochs and movements of German literature.

In order to attain the knowledge and skills corresponding to the minimum sufficiency level, students are required to demonstrate
Knowledge and ability to analyse the topics dealt with and the texts analysed
Ability to explain the central topics clearly, with references to the historical, cultural and literary context of the works and with an appropriate critical vocabulary in Italian, and for students not in the second year, also in German.