B004639 - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE

italian

The course focuses on the analysis of literary movements and genres in Italy, in particular with regard to neohistorical novel int he second half of 20th century.

Manuale di storia della letteratura italiana contemporanea con antologia di testi:
R. Luperini, P. Cataldi, L. Marchiani, F. Marchese, Il nuovo La scrittura e l’interpretazione, Palumbo 2011 (edizione rossa): vol. 5 Naturalismo, simbolismo e avanguardie (dal 1861 al 1925); vol. 6 Modernità e contemporaneità (dal 1925 ai nostri giorni).
Lo studente dovrà dimostrare la conoscenza delle principali riviste novecentesche,delle opere antologizzate dei principali poeti, e dei principali narratori
Opere creative: G. Tomasi di Lampedusa, "Il Gattopardo", A. Tabucchi, Piazza d'Italia, S. Vassalli, La Chimera, A. Scurati, "M".
Testi critici: M. Ganeri, Il romanzo storico in Italia,Manni, Lecce 1999 H. Serkowska, Dopo il romanzo storico, Metauro, Pesaro 2012, cap. IV; Elisa Dei, Il romanzo storico nel Novecento tra modernismo e postmoderno, in fotocopia, G. Rosa, Di storia in storia, in fotocopia.

The course of 36 hours focuses on "History, memory and novel in Italy in the second half of 20th century"
Aims of the course:
a. to introduce students to different literary genres;
b. to familiarize students with the critical instruments required for the analysis of literary texts;
c. to enable students to develop a critical consciousness and an awareness of critical theory and culture theory through detailed analyses of some the most representative texts of modern and contemporary Italian literature.

1. Knowledge and understanding: Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding in historical and cultural contexts of modern and contemporary Italian literature and will acquire the critical tools to cope with the formal and substantive components of the literary texts analyzed during the lessons.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding: Students will learn how to apply processes, models, questions, and theories that result in enhanced clarity in the comprehension of literary texts included in the program, which will be appreciated in both their formal and their contextual features.
3. Making judgments: Students will develop the ability to discuss the literary questions considered during the course, proposing critical perspectives and well-grounded judgments on the texts included in the program.
4. Communication skills: Students will develop the ability to can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions, with particular reference to themes and questions considered during the lessons.
5. Learning skills: Students will acquire the methodological tools needed to read, analyze and understand literary texts in their generic structures.

The prerequisites are those outlined the course of study

Lectures referring to documents, works, texts, critical and theoretical essays analyzed during the course.

The course takes place in the second semester.
Further information will be given at the beginning of the course.

Oral and/or written exam. The exam will test students’ knowledge of:
1. Modern and contemporary Italian poetry.
2. Modern and contemporary Italian fiction;
3. historical and theoretical framework of the genres and literary currents treated during the course
4. The key texts and critical literature treated during the course.

Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and critically evaluate the key texts included in the reading list, and to place them within their historical and cultural contexts.
Successful candidates will be required to demonstrate adequate knowledge in all of the above points (1,2,3,4).
The exam aims to assess:
- The knowledge of key concepts in the history of Modern and contemporary Italian literature.
- The ability to describe and place literary phenomena within their contexts of production and reception;
- The ability of close reading and appreciation of all the texts included in the reading list as well as a thorough command of methodological and theoretical tools;
- The ability to use formal and critical terminology;

Students will demonstrate that they can discuss the subjects treated during the course, make appropriate connections between different authors and works, and express themselves clearly.
Grades are given on the basis of 30 points. Points are awarded if students are able to
1) describe form and contents of the texts studied,
2) understand, summarize and propose critical readings of those texts,
3) elaborate personal judgements that are solidly grounded on the text and/or secondary literature,
4) use appropriate terms.
Nos. 1 and 4 are essential in order to obtain the minimum passing grade (18/30); higher evaluations depend on to what extent’ students have developed their skills in all four points listed above.

The course focuses on the analysis of literary movements and genres in Italy, in particular with regard to neohistorical novel in the second half of 20th century. 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 study will make use of reading and commenting on representative works, using the main text analysis tools. After a phase of stagnation of this kind i in time of the 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,