The teaching contributes to achievement of the learning objectives of the Degree course in Philology, linguistics and literary traditions, in particular along the following lines:
Knowledge and Understanding
On completion of the course, students must:
- know and understand the main critical stances on Decadentism;
- be capable of reading and analyzing works by the authors indicated in the syllabus, recognizing their distinctive features and correctly placing them in their time and cultural context.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
On completion of the course students must:
- be able to carry out targeted analyses of the selected texts, taking account critical interpretations that have appeared over the years;
- be able to carry out bibliographical research in an exhaustive and updated manner, both with telematic and traditional tools, orienting themselves correctly in an archive and succeeding in correctly finding and examining the sources.
Independence of Judgement
On completion of the course students must:
-have developed autonomous abilities in analysis and interpretation of literary texts, as well as in research, collection and discussion of critical studies;
-be able to supply critically grounded but also personal interpretations of the themes and texts studied.
Communications skills
On completion of the course students must:
-have achieved a good level of expounding and communicating the subjects of study. In particular they must employ precisely and appropriately an expressive register proper to the specific discipline.
Learning ability
On completion of the course students must:
-have developed the ability to orient themselves autonomously in research and in-depth study in the humanistic field;
-have developed abilities of interaction at a good level in diversified cultural and linguistic contexts, using the knowledge and skills they have learnt.
