MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE M - Z

The aim of this course is to give students a synthetic knowledge of Italian literature in the in XIX and XX Centuries. It includes some in-depth readings on representative topics, such as modes and forms of Italian Poetry in XX Century, excerpts from novels and/or short-stories. Short critical essays, and short workshops will supply students with tools in order to perform critical text analysis.

Main tendencies of Italian Literature in XX Century, and his cultural roots in XIX Century; connections with European Cultures; Texts of Italian Poetry in XIX, XX and XXI Century; texts of Italian prose in XIX and XX Century; short essays and workshops.

Questions, problems, methods:

P. Giovannetti, La letteratura italiana moderna e contemporanea. Guida allo studio, Carocci 2009 (the whole book, except for cpts. 4, 5,7);

W. Benjamin, Il narratore. Considerazioni sull’opera di Nikolai Leskov, Einaudi 2011

Texts and study notes:

G. Verga: le novelle Rosso Malpelo; Libertà (ed. of your choise); workshops with students; short study notes will be found on-line (Studium);

Italo Svevo, La coscienza di Zeno, cpt. IV, La morte di mio padre; short study notes will be found on-line (Studium);

P. Levi, I sommersi e i salvati, D. Bidussa ed., Einaudi;

V. Magrelli, Millennium poetry. Viaggio sentimentale nella poesia italiana, Il Mulino 2015, pp. 96-170;

C. Rebora, Scienza vince natura (two poems from Frammenti lirici); the text of the poems and short study notes will be found on-line (Studium);

E. Montale, Il sogno del prigioniero; (the text and short study notes will be found on-line, Studium);

E. Pagliarani, La ballata di Rudi, sections IX,X; the text and short study notes will be found on-line (Studium);

F. Fortini, …e questo è il sonno (workshop with students); the text of the poem and study notes will be found on-line (Studium);

A. Zanzotto, Erbe e manes, inverni (the text and short study notes will be found on-line, Studium);

V. Magrelli, the section «Timore e tremore» (nine poems) from Il sangue amaro(Einaudi 2015); the text of the poems and short study notes will be found on-line (Studium).