CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE

1) Knowledge and Understanding

knowledge and understanding of the main methodologies of historical, literary, philological analysis and documentary research; general knowledge of historical and literary phenomena from antiquity to the contemporary age and the ability to understand the critical problems connected to them and their links with artistic phenomena.

 

2) Applying Knowledge and Understanding

the ability to contextualise literary texts and works within their respective periods of production, devising and structuring effective arguments and solving problems in their field of study.

 

3) Making Judgements

the ability to reprocess the data deemed useful for drawing appropriate conclusions, critically evaluating the main methodological tools of the humanities.

 

4) Communication Skills

the ability to communicate orally and in writing, effectively and appropriately, to both specialist and general audiences, using registers suited to each recipient.

 

5) Learning Skills

the competences necessary to independently carry out documentation tasks and in-depth study in specific fields.

The course includes a first module aimed at the acquisition of basic historical knowledge on contemporary Italian literature (poetics, trends, genres, authors and works) and a second module aimed at the full reading of six canonical works with the support of critical studies and teaching monographs.

Attendance is not compulsory.

The course includes a first module aimed at the acquisition of basic historical knowledge on contemporary Italian literature (poetics, trends, genres, authors and works) and a second module aimed at the full reading of six canonical works with the support of critical studies and teaching monographs.

 

History

Cento anni di letteratura italiana 1910-2010, a cura di Marco A. Bazzocchi, Einaudi, 2021, pp. 1-494 (to consult)

 

 

Works

1.     Luigi Pirandello, Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio operatore, 1916 e 1925

a.     Riccardo Castellana, Pirandello o la coscienza del realismo: «I Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio operatore» in R. Luperini e M. Tortora (a cura di), Sul Modernismo italiano, Liguori, 2012, pp. 105-134

b.     Giancarlo Mazzacurati, Il doppio mondo di Serafino Gubbio, in Pirandello nel romanzo europeo, il Mulino, 1985, pp. 241-267

2.     Italo Svevo, La coscienza di Zeno, 1923

a.     Fabio Vittorini, Svevo: guida alla Coscienza di Zeno, Carocci, 2003, pp. 128

3.     Eugenio Montale, Ossi di seppia, 1925

a.     Alberto Casadei, Montale, il Mulino, 2018, pp. 1-41

b.     Pietro Cataldi e Floriana d’Amely, commentary on Eugenio Montale, Ossi di seppia, Mondadori, 2016

4.     Pier Paolo Pasolini, Scritti corsari, 1975

a.     Marco Belpoliti, Pasolini in salsa piccante, Guanda, 2010, pp. 1-144

b.     Filippo La Porta, Pasolini, il Mulino, 2012, pp. 103-125

5.     Italo Calvino, Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore, 1979

a.     Claudio Milanini, L’utopia discontinua. Saggi su Italo Calvino, Carocci, 2023, pp. 127-143

6.     Elsa Morante, Aracoeli, 1982

a.     Massimo Schilirò, Il ritorno di Adamo in paradiso, in Tornare alla casa della madre, ETS, pp. 59-120

 

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).

The teachers undertake, within the limits of the financial resources, to ensure as far as possible that a copy of the adopted texts is available in the departmental library or (in the case of hard-to-find texts, articles and essays) to make them available on Studium, in accordance with the applicable copyright laws.