The course contributes to the achievement of the educational objectives and learning outcomes of the degree course in Literatur, providing an essential knowledge base within the framework of historical culture, in particular according to the following points:

Knowledge and understanding:
To favour the knowledge of the main phases of the history of the modern age through the critical use of in-depth texts and sources, documentaries and iconographies, which open the way to specific competences of a historical-methodological nature.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding and develop independent judgment:
To stimulate the capacity of analysis and understanding in order to use them in the working field, developing and promoting an autonomous sensitivity towards the historical interpretation of sources and historical texts related to the modern age.

Communication skills:
To promote the development of linguistic and argumentative skills specific to the themes of the history of the modern age, paying particular attention to the understanding and assimilation of the specific language of the subject in order to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.

Learning ability:
To promote the methodological awareness typical of modern history in order to develop autonomous learning and analysis skills to be applied in general to literary studies.