ITALIAN LITERATURE

Students must be able to develop critical competence concerning the origins of Italian literature and the novel of XIX-XX century.

Lectures

A – “Cortesia” vs. “masserizia”: the end of Middle Age (5 CFU)

B – Literature and Anarchism between XIX and XX century. (4 CFU)

A.

Dante, Inferno, X; Purgatorio, II, IV, XXIV, XXVI; Paradiso, XI, XV, XVI, XVII;

Boccaccio, Decameron, giornate V and VI;

L. B. Alberti, Libri della famiglia, libro III.

The study of the first three centuries on a literary history manual will be useful.

B.

F. De Roberto, Spasimo, Donzelli;

A. Di Grado, L’idea che uccide, Nerosubianco, pp. 3-110;

un testo a scelta tra: F. Dostoevskij, I demoni; E. Zola, Germinal; P. Valera, La folla; G. Cena, Gli ammonitori; R. Bacchelli, Il diavolo al Pontelungo.

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.