Learning Objectives

The teaching of literature, included among the subjects of the Course necessary for access to a teaching career, shares the main learning objectives as the interclass Course of Study inasmuch as it renders the following actions and operations functional to teaching literature in schools: consolidation of skills of a literary-critical, linguistic and philological type; direct contact with some of the most significant works of the literary tradition; positive exploitation of the fundamental unity of the themes running through western culture from classical antiquity to the contemporary world; interdisciplinary comparison with other areas of artistic expression such as the visual and performing arts, in particular music and cinema.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of the course students must demonstrate:
1. knowledge of the debate on the purpose of teaching literature and ability to reflect on the social and ethical responsibilities of the teacher’s work;
2. mastery of the chosen subjects (literary texts) in accordance with a multiplicity of critical approaches;
3. knowledge of and ability to evaluate in a critical spirit the tools, techniques and strategies of teaching;
4. ability to devise efficacious teaching projects;
5. ability to communicate clearly and unambiguously with interlocutors belonging to different classes and orders of schools.