Salvatore Nigro: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Salvatore Nigro (Professor Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS Guido Carli) - Roma) |
| Address | Rosa Pittorino Clausiusstr. 59, RZ H 12 D-GESS 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Visiting Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851-0331-06L | The Secretaries of the Baroque Age and the "Honest Dissimulation" | 3 credits | 2V | S. Nigro | |
| Abstract | Torquato Accetto, secretary and poet, published the treatise "Della simulazione onesta" in 1641. It was a thin manual to survive political turmoils and moral instability of the time; it was also a guide to "secret" writing in a time of censorship. The course follows the reception of the treatise up to the 20th century and focuses on how it got shaped to meet various historical and political ideas. | ||||
| Learning objective | The students know the author and his coeval context; the students can relate the writing modalities of the treatise to the socio-cultural context of various historical times; the students know how to identify and interpret the metaphorical potential of the texts, as well as its literary power. | ||||