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ITAL413 The Italian Detective Novel

Updated: 09 April 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites ITAL200 or ITAL201 and candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites ITAL301 and ITAL302
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units ITAL313 - The Italian Detective Novel
Coordinator(s) Anna Cavallaro (acavalla@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit will explore the detective novel as a literary form. Popular since the twenties this genre has been used by eminent writers such as Sciascia and Eco as a metaphor for the 'search for the truth'. This unit will present three contemporary authors, Sciascia, Eco and Camilleri, as a basis for literary analysis.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Il nome della rosa
ISBN: 9788845246340
Eco, U., Mondadori 1989
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
A ciascuno il suo
ISBN: 9788845915147
Sciascia, L., Adelphi 2000
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Il cane di terracotta
ISBN: 9788838912269
Camilleri, A., Sellerio 1996
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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