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Lecturer(s)
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Špička Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Patterns from the classical tradition: the Letters of the ps.-Hippocrates. 2. Leon Battista Alberti: Momus and Intercoenales. 3. Folly in the northern Humanism: Sebastian Brant and Erasmus of Rotterdam. 4. Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. 5. Giordano Bruno: comedy and furore. 6. Luigi Pirandello's existentialist folly: Enrico IV. 7. Conclusions and final discussion. The course is supported by the project CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0179 Diverzifikace a systematizace postgraduálního studia na FF UP Olomouc.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Homework for Teaching
- 26 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 4 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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- Excercise of methods of thematic comparative studies - Excercise of methods of evolutive comparative studies - Better insight in the spirit of Italian and Northern Humanism - Better insight in episthemic background of literature of 20th century
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance
Attendance at the seminar and the final discussion.
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Recommended literature
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Alberti. (2003). Intercenali. Bologna.
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Alberti. (1987). Momo o del principe. Genova.
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Mattioli. (1980). Luciano e l'umanesimo. Napoli.
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Scott Blanchard. (1995). Scholar's Bedlam. Bucknell.
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