COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

The whole Course is a reading and writing Lab; it is divided in two modules (18 hours each). Students will work either individually and in group.

The First Part introduces to the Theory of Literature as a Form of Human and Cultural Communication. The Second Part focuses on the character of the Bourgeois in literature, theater and film.

Modulo A – 3 ECTS - Literature Today

Testo: F. Bertoni, Letteratura. Teorie, metodi, strumenti, Carocci, pp. 3-286

Modulo B – 3 ECTS The Bourgeois: a Quest.

Testi:

H. Melville, Benito Cereno, Rizzoli;

G. Flaubert, L’educazione sentimentale, Einaudi;

H. Ibsen, Un nemico del popolo, in Drammi moderni, Rizzoli;

G. Orwell, Una boccata d’aria, Mondadori.

Film: M. Monicelli, Un borghese piccolo piccolo, 1976;

H. Ashby, Oltre il giardino, 1979;

M. Placido, Un borghese onesto, 1995.

Testi di accompagnamento:

F. Moretti, Il borghese, Einaudi;

F. de Cristofaro e M. Viscardi, Il borghese fa il mondo, Donzelli.

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.