CULTURAL JOURNALISM

Through the focus on the political-cultural debate that animates in the articles (signed by Natalia Ginzburg and Italo Calvino) on the Italian society of the sixties and seventies (to which the first module is dedicated) and through the exemplary case of the interview genre literary (to which the second module is dedicated) intends to focus attention on the complex implications between cultural facts and the political value of journalistic communication, on the evolution of forms and on the change of devices of the cultural debate. The course is devoted to the following specific knowledge and skills:

1) Knowledge and understanding

Know the main topics of the course and understand the theoretical concepts 

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

Express interdisciplinary considerations on political and cultural debate of mass-media communication and in particular of newspapers.

3) Autonomy of judgment

Integrate the knowledge of the course and formulate interpretative hypotheses on the proposed case studies

4) Communication skills

Development of the specialized lexicon referring to the proposed field of study

5) Learning skill 

Autonomy in the recognition of bibliographic sources and in the integration of contents

Module A “Without a political mind”: Natalia Ginzburg and Italo Calvino “invisible” intellectuals (3 ECTS)

Module B Literary interview (3 ECTS)

Module A “Without a political mind”: Natalia Ginzburg and Italo Calvino “invisible” intellectuals (3 ECTS)

Texts:

- N. Ginzburg, Non possiamo saperlo. Saggi 1973-1990, a cura di D. Scarpa, Torino, Einaudi, 2001, pp. 26-30; 37-47; 84-92; 103-108; 118-132; 144-156.

- N. Ginzburg, La qualità della vita, «La Stampa», 5 maggio 1978, ora in «Doppiozero», https://www.doppiozero.com/materiali/la-qualita-della-vita.

- I. Calvino, La giornata di uno scrutatore, Milano, Mondadori, 2023.

- I. Calvino, Saggi 1945-1985, a cura di M. Barenghi, tomo II, pp. 2249-2359.

 

Critical Essays:

- C. Bertoni, Letteratura e giornalismo, Roma, Carocci, 2009.

- M. Rizzarelli, Gli arabeschi della memoria. Grandi virtù e piccole querelles nei saggi di Natalia Ginzburg, Catania, CUECM, 2004, pp. 47-114.

G.C. Ferretti, Le capre in bikini. Calvino giornalista e saggista 1945-1985, Roma, Editori Riuniti, 1989, pp. 11-23; 84-94; 113-119; 134-153.

 

Module B Literary Interview (3 ECTS)

Texts:

Group A (1 from the follow list)

T. Capote, Musica per camaleonti, Milano, Garzanti, 2021.

C. Lonzi, Autoritratto. Accardi, Alviani, Castellani, Consagra, Fabro, Fontana, Kounellis, Nigro, Paolini, Pascali, Rotella, Scarpitta, Turcato, Twombly, Milano, Abscondita, 2019.

O. Fallaci, Gli antipatici, Milano, Rizzoli, 2014.

D. Maraini, E tu chi eri? 26 interviste sull’infanzia, Milano, Rizzoli, 1998.

G. Manganelli, Le interviste impossibili, Milano, Adelphi, 1997.

 

Group B (1 from the follow list)

The Paris Review. Interviste, vol. 5, Fandango, 2018

N. Ginzburg, È difficile parlare di sé, Torino, Einaudi, 1999.

R. Barthes, La grana della voce. Interviste 1962-1980, Torino, Einaudi, 1997.

S. Sontag, Odio sentirmi una vittima. Intervista su amore, dolore e scrittura con Jonathan Cott, Milano, il Saggiatore, 2016.

F. Truffaut, Il cinema secondo Hitchcock, Milano, il Saggiatore, 2014.

 

Critical Essay:

F. Fastelli, L’intervista letteraria. Storia e teoria di un genere trascurato, Roma, Carocci, 2019.

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.