Comparative Literature
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The course aims at introducing students to the comparative study of literature. Courses will concern European and non-European literatures, mainly in European languages, and they will focus on modern and contemporary times. Students will be involved in reading literary texts, both in their original languages and in translation, and in reflecting on the theories and methods of literary criticism.
Expected learning outcomes
Students will achieve an in-depth knowledge of a selection of authors and works from several literatures. By approaching a plurality of historical and cultural horizons in multiple languages, they will improve their hermeneutical skills and their ability to dialog with different cultures. Finally, they will become more aware of the theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of literature.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The course will offer a picture of the trends of Italian and European poetry from the 1950s to the 1970s, focusing on experimental and avant-garde expressions and their relationship with the tradition of poetic language and what had ripened between the two World Wars. First, some aspects of the historical avant-gardes and of European modernism will be recalled; then, a series of postwar texts, both Italian and foreign (by Luzi, Sereni, Pasolini, Fortini, Zanzotto, Auden, Frénaud, Queneau, Enzensberger, Bachmann, Brodskij, Ginzberg), will be read and commented upon, to observe the evolutions underway; finally, the so-called neo-avant-garde will be analysed and discussed.
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites for admission.
Teaching methods
The course will be offered in lecture format, but students will have the chance to participate and dialogue with the teacher. Regular class attendance is recommended.
Teaching Resources
Students who must acquire 6 credits are required to study the following essays:
· E. Esposito, Metrica e poesia del Novecento, FrancoAngeli, 1992 and 2019
· U. Eco, "La poetica dell'opera aperta" (1959), in Opera aperta. Forma e indeterminazione nelle poetiche contemporanee, Bompiani, 2000
· F. Fortini, "Le poesie italiane di questi anni" (1959), in Saggi italiani, De Donato, 1974, and Garzanti, 1987
· F. Fortini, "Verifica dei poteri" (1960) and "Due avanguardie", in Verifica dei poteri, Il Saggiatore, 1965, and Einaudi, 1989
· P.P. Pasolini, "La libertà stilistica" (1957), in Passione e ideologia, Einaudi, 1985
· L. Anceschi, "Orizzonte della poesia" (1962), in Le istituzioni della poesia, Bompiani, 1968
· H.M. Enzensberger, "Il linguaggio mondiale della poesia moderna", in Questioni di dettaglio, Feltrinelli, 1965 , and E/O, 1998
· A. Berardinelli, "Cosmopolitismo e provincialismo nella poesia moderna" and "Estremismo letterario 1960-1980", in Tra il libro e la vita, Bollati Boringhieri, 1990
Students who do not attend classes will also have to study the texts and commententaries comprised in sections "Dopo la bufera" and "La tentazione della prosa" of E. Esposito (ed), Poesia del Novecento in Italia e in Europa, vol. II, Feltrinelli, 2000.
Students who must acquire 9 credits are required to study the works above and, in addition, the following ones:
· E. Vittorini, "Industria e letteratura" (1961), in Diario in pubblico, Bompiani, 1970, pp. 459-65.
· U. Eco, "Del modo di formare come impegno sulla realtà" (1962), in Opera aperta. Forma e indeterminazione nelle poetiche contemporanee, Bompiani, 2000, pp. 235-90.
· N. Balestrini, "Come si agisce" (1963) e "Linguaggio e opposizione" (1960-61), in Come si agisce e altri procedimenti, DeriveApprodi, 2015, pp. 29-50, 59-90, 100-01, 131-63, 185-225, 395-99.
· A. Rosselli, "Variazioni belliche" (1964) and "La libellula (panegirico della libertà)" (1966), in L'opera poetica, edited by S. Giovannuzzi, Mondadori, 2012, pp. 39-189 (also in A. Rosselli, Le poesie, edited by E. Tandello, Garzanti, 1997, pp. 141-94)
· A. Loreto, Dialettica di Nanni Balestrini. Dalla poesia elettronica al romanzo operaista, Mimesis, 2014, pp. 9-108.
· A. Loreto, I santi padri di Amelia Rosselli. "Variazioni belliche" e l'avanguardia, Arcipelago, 2014, pp. 21-55, 101-43.
Non-attending students will have to study the two essays by A. Loreto (Dialettica di Nanni Balestrini and I santi padri di Amelia Rosselli) in full.
· E. Esposito, Metrica e poesia del Novecento, FrancoAngeli, 1992 and 2019
· U. Eco, "La poetica dell'opera aperta" (1959), in Opera aperta. Forma e indeterminazione nelle poetiche contemporanee, Bompiani, 2000
· F. Fortini, "Le poesie italiane di questi anni" (1959), in Saggi italiani, De Donato, 1974, and Garzanti, 1987
· F. Fortini, "Verifica dei poteri" (1960) and "Due avanguardie", in Verifica dei poteri, Il Saggiatore, 1965, and Einaudi, 1989
· P.P. Pasolini, "La libertà stilistica" (1957), in Passione e ideologia, Einaudi, 1985
· L. Anceschi, "Orizzonte della poesia" (1962), in Le istituzioni della poesia, Bompiani, 1968
· H.M. Enzensberger, "Il linguaggio mondiale della poesia moderna", in Questioni di dettaglio, Feltrinelli, 1965 , and E/O, 1998
· A. Berardinelli, "Cosmopolitismo e provincialismo nella poesia moderna" and "Estremismo letterario 1960-1980", in Tra il libro e la vita, Bollati Boringhieri, 1990
Students who do not attend classes will also have to study the texts and commententaries comprised in sections "Dopo la bufera" and "La tentazione della prosa" of E. Esposito (ed), Poesia del Novecento in Italia e in Europa, vol. II, Feltrinelli, 2000.
Students who must acquire 9 credits are required to study the works above and, in addition, the following ones:
· E. Vittorini, "Industria e letteratura" (1961), in Diario in pubblico, Bompiani, 1970, pp. 459-65.
· U. Eco, "Del modo di formare come impegno sulla realtà" (1962), in Opera aperta. Forma e indeterminazione nelle poetiche contemporanee, Bompiani, 2000, pp. 235-90.
· N. Balestrini, "Come si agisce" (1963) e "Linguaggio e opposizione" (1960-61), in Come si agisce e altri procedimenti, DeriveApprodi, 2015, pp. 29-50, 59-90, 100-01, 131-63, 185-225, 395-99.
· A. Rosselli, "Variazioni belliche" (1964) and "La libellula (panegirico della libertà)" (1966), in L'opera poetica, edited by S. Giovannuzzi, Mondadori, 2012, pp. 39-189 (also in A. Rosselli, Le poesie, edited by E. Tandello, Garzanti, 1997, pp. 141-94)
· A. Loreto, Dialettica di Nanni Balestrini. Dalla poesia elettronica al romanzo operaista, Mimesis, 2014, pp. 9-108.
· A. Loreto, I santi padri di Amelia Rosselli. "Variazioni belliche" e l'avanguardia, Arcipelago, 2014, pp. 21-55, 101-43.
Non-attending students will have to study the two essays by A. Loreto (Dialettica di Nanni Balestrini and I santi padri di Amelia Rosselli) in full.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam will consist of an oral exam about the topics of the course. In order to pass it, students will have to demonstrate their capacity to read and interpret the texts which will be discussed during classes and their knowledge and understanding of the historical and methodological issues regarding the period under discussion. The teacher will also assess students' skills at critical thinking and discussing and their language proficiency.
Marks will be out of 30.
Marks will be out of 30.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/14 - LITERARY CRITICISM AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor:
Esposito Edoardo
Shifts:
-
Professor:
Esposito Edoardo
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/14 - LITERARY CRITICISM AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor:
Esposito Edoardo
Shifts:
-
Professor:
Esposito Edoardo
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/14 - LITERARY CRITICISM AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor:
Loreto Antonio
Shifts:
-
Professor:
Loreto Antonio