Course: Folly in Italian Humanism

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Course title Folly in Italian Humanism
Course code KRF/92BX1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Italian
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Špička Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
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.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 4 hours per semester
Learning outcomes

- 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
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Attendance at the seminar and the final discussion.
Recommended literature
  • Alberti. (2003). Intercenali. Bologna.
  • Alberti. (1987). Momo o del principe. Genova.
  • Mattioli. (1980). Luciano e l'umanesimo. Napoli.
  • Scott Blanchard. (1995). Scholar's Bedlam. Bucknell.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Dutch Philology (2020_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance Languages (2021_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -