Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE MAL3098

 
TITLE Il-Metafora: Testi Mistħarrġa

 
UM LEVEL 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 2

 
DEPARTMENT Maltese

 
DESCRIPTION Dan il-kors jistħarreġ l-użu tal-metafora f’testi letterarji Maltin. Filwaqt li l-enfasi tkun fuq kitbiet letterarji ta’ ġeneri differenti minn perijodi distinti tal-letteratura Maltija, issir analiżi wkoll, fost l-oħrajn, tat-taħdit ta’ kuljum għall-funzjonijiet figurattivi tiegħu. Matul il-kors, il-metafori jiġu analizzati f’kuntesti lingwistiċi, letterarji, u kulturali li jikxfu s-saffi semantiċi u assoċjattivi tagħhom.

Għanijiet tal-Kors

Li l-istudenti jagħrfu d-dinamika tal-metafori letterarji f’diversi kuntesti.

Kisbiet mit-Tagħlim

1. Tagħlim

Fi tmiem il-kors l-istudenti se jkunu kapaċi jidentifikaw u janalizzaw l-effetti tal-metafora fuq il-qari.

2. Ħiliet

Fi tmiem il-kors l-istudenti se jkunu kapaċi japplikaw l-osservazzjonijiet tagħhom tal-mekkaniżmi metaforiċi għal testi oħrajn.

Biblijografija

- Grima, A. (2011) “Minn kull xorta ta’ qżież.” Dun Karm u l-konfini tal-identità fil-mument tal-metafora. Malta: Dipartiment tal-Malti, L-Università ta’ Malta u Fondazzjoni Karmen Mikallef Buħaġar.
- Grima, A. “The Idealized Nation-Mother of the Romantics and the Status Quo.” Symposia Melitensia, no. 5, 2008, University of Malta Junior College.
- Grima, A. (2005) “Tarzan u l-Udjenza Tiegħu fil-Ġnien’ ta’ Henry Holland.” Fora Melitensia, 2, 2005.
- Lakoff, G. & Turner, M. (1989) More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor.Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Ortony, A. ed. (1993) Metaphor and Thought.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Van den Abbeele, G. (1992) Travel as Metaphor: From Montaigne to Rousseau.

 
RULES/CONDITIONS Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE MAL2098

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Examination (1 Hour) Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Adrian Grima

 

 
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