Civilizations of Italy in the Golden Age : from the Middle Ages to the Baroque [ LROM1544 ]

Materials: A detailed class description is available on I-Campus ( > https://www.icampus.ucl.ac.be/)

Prerequisite : A good knowledge of written and spoken Italian. Course

Development of subjects concerning the XIX century that anticipate some important political and social aspects of contemporary life: - Birth of the concept of the Italian nation; - Federalist ideas in Italy in the XIX century; - Cultural and economic differences between the North and the South; the meridional question; - Political "trasformismo" after 1876; - Iconography and the Risorgimento; - The Italian concept of Europe in the XIX century.

• The students shall be able to give an interpretation of the semantics of history. That is to say, they shall examine a series of historical facts and their relative representations coherently (with an emphasis on works of literature and iconographic expressions).
• Students shall be able to compare various historical documents, be they graphic, literary, journalistic, or on film (fictional or documentary).
• The course aims to develop the students' autonomy when doing research, as well as to develop their awareness of Italian culture, by enabling them to recognize its distinctive traits.

Assessment : Students submit a ten-page paper written in Italian dealing with one of the topics seen in class or a closely related subject.

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