Course teached as: B004014 - LETTERATURA ITALIANA MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDIES Curriculum LETTERE MODERNE
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course deals with the theme of the relationship between history, memory and narration in Italian literature of the 1800s and 1900s, with a theoretical and textual path from the historical Risorgimento novel and its transformations to the contemporary neo-historical novel. The in-depth study of the theoretical questions and of the critical debate, in the different historical contexts, will make use of the reading and commentary of representative works, through the main text analysis tools
Studies:M. Ganeri, "Il romanzo storico in Italia", Lecce, Manni. 1999: H.Serkowska, "Dopo il romanzo storico. La storia nella leteratura italiana del '900", Pesaro, Metauro, 2012, Introduzione e capp. I e IV; G. Benvenuti, "Il romanzo neostorico in Italia", Roma, Carocci,2012, capp.1, 2,3; E. Dei, "Il romanzo storico nel Novecento tra moderno e postmoderno", in "Il romanzo e la storia", "Moderna", n.-2, 2006 ( fotocopia); E. Scarano, "Forme della storia e forme della finzione", ivi (fotocopia); G. Rosa, "Di storia in storia", in "Tirature '91", a c. di V. Spinazzola, Torino, Einaudi 199i ( fotocopia); M. Biondi,"Risorgimento letteratura e romanzi contemporanei£, in "Il discorso letterario sulla nazione", Catanzaro,Rubbettino, 2012 (fotocopia).
Readings: G.Tomasi di LAmpedusa, "Il Gattopardo"; A, Banti, "Noi credevamo" o "Artemisia"; L- Sciascia, "Il consiglio d'Egitto"; V. Consolo, "Il sorriso dell'ignoto marinaio"; S. Vassalli, La chimera; A. Tabucchi, Piazza d'Italia; A. Scurati, "Una storia romantica" o "M". Eventuali altri materiali saranno indicati o pubblicati sulla piattaforma Moodle
Learning Objectives
The 72-hour course is dedicated to "History memory and novel in Italian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries", with the following educational objectives
1.Knowledge and understanding: The course allows students to reach an in-depth and critical understanding of the formal and substantial structure of the literary texts treated during the lessons and allows them to become familiar with the historical, literary and socio-cultural context as well as theoretical questions and literary debate from the 19th and 20th centuries in Italy.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding: The teaching develops the ability to understand, summarize and propose critical readings of the literary texts in the program, in their formal and rhetorical aspects
3 Making judgments: The student will be able to establish a dialogue on literary issues addressed during the course, formulating autonomous and motivated judgments, and critically elaborating the contents introduced and discussed in class.
4. Communication skills : The course prepares to communicate effectively in oral and / or written form on the topics covered during the lessons.
5. Ability to learn (Learning skills): Students acquire a methodological mastery aimed at studying literature and the different literary genres
Prerequisites
The prerequisites for attending this course are those required by the Degree Course
Teaching Methods
Lectures conducted through references to documents, texts, critical essays proposed during the course. The course uses the e-learning platform for sharing materials and images
Further information
The course will take place in the first semester. Attendance is mandatory for at least 2/3 of the lessons. Further information will be given at the beginning of the course
Type of Assessment
Oral examination. The student must demonstrate that he is able to hold a critical interview on the topics covered during the course, both as regards the debate of ideas and poetics and the theoretical aspects, both as regards the works discussed and analyzed during the lectures and in particularly those required in reading, possibly proposing connections between different works / authors and expressing themselves with clarity and terminological precision. The score of the exam is expressed by a mark out of thirty. In the evaluation of the exam the determination of the final grade takes into account the following elements:
1) knowledge of the topics, of the critical and literary texts treated during the lessons;
2) ability to understand, summarize and propose critical readings of the literary texts in the program;
3) ability to formulate independent and motivated judgments;
4) clarity of exposure.
The satisfaction of aspects 1 and 2 is a necessary condition for passing the exam; to obtain a mark higher than enough (18/30) the student must at least partly satisfy the other aspects listed above. To achieve the maximum score (30/30) the student must fully satisfy the requests.
Course program
It is a fact that the more or less close and fictional relationship between memory history and narration in literary writing has for some decades been decidedly invasive in editorial production, including international publishing, encountering growing interest and favor among readers. The course aims to trace the origins of the "historical novel" genre to address the broader theme of the relationship between history, memory and narration in Italian literature of the 1800s and 1900s, in particular outlining a theoretical and textual path from the historical novel Risorgimento and its transformations reach the contemporary neostorico novel. The study of theoretical questions and critical debate, in different historical contexts, will make use of reading and commenting on representative works, using the main text analysis tools. In particular, problems of theoretical definition and the fundamental aspects of the genre will be tackled starting from A. Manzoni, to arrive, after the redefinition of the Manzoni model with the "Cento Anni" by Rovani and "Le confessioni di un italiano" by Nievo, to break and deconstruction of the nineteenth-century pattern with the novels of De Roberto and "I vecchi e giovani" by Pirandello, followed by a phase of stagnation of this kind until after the Second World War Neorealism. With "Il Gattopardo" by Tomasi di Lampedusa a "rebirth" of the historical novel begins, or rather a close relationship between narrative fiction and history is reconstituted, albeit on theoretical basis and very changed narrative instances, which lead, from the "anti-historical" novel by Tomasi and by the resurrectional exhumations of Banti and Bianciardi, to the counter-history of Morante and Tabucchi; from the micro-stories of Sciascia to the allegories of the present by Tabucchi and Malerba, up to the post-modern of Eco and Scurati,