Italian Contemporary Literature
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide a first overview of contemporary Italian literature, according to three perspectives. The first one is critical and methodological: it introduces the knowledge of the contemporary literary system institutions. The second one is historical: it describes the changing relationships between writers and readers during the twentieth century. The third provides close reading cases: it analyses a selection of literary works and exemplary authors.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge: 1) Essential historical overview of Italian literature from Unity to the present day (major works and authors, main genres and trends, time frames). 2) Understanding roles and functions of the literary system: author, audience, critical and publishing mediation. 3) Textual analysis techniques (narrative structures; stylistic, rhetorical and metric devices); awareness of the multiple research perspectives on literary works. 4) Criteria for bibliographical tagging.
Skills: 1) Ability to identify main textual features (structural, thematic, stylistic) and to interpret them. Ability to describe textual choices as a result of the author-readers interaction. 2) Ability of setting appropriate chronological sequences and to correctly attribute individual works to a genre. Ability to illustrate the essential data of a historical framework. 3) Ability to sort through literary functional relationships that define the modern literary system and shape the texts. Ability to use bibliographical references for close reading. Ability to handle a basic critical glossary 4) Ability to connect the reading list to its bibliographical reference; ability to identify bibliographical data in order to describe, interpret and evaluate texts and their reliability.
Skills: 1) Ability to identify main textual features (structural, thematic, stylistic) and to interpret them. Ability to describe textual choices as a result of the author-readers interaction. 2) Ability of setting appropriate chronological sequences and to correctly attribute individual works to a genre. Ability to illustrate the essential data of a historical framework. 3) Ability to sort through literary functional relationships that define the modern literary system and shape the texts. Ability to use bibliographical references for close reading. Ability to handle a basic critical glossary 4) Ability to connect the reading list to its bibliographical reference; ability to identify bibliographical data in order to describe, interpret and evaluate texts and their reliability.
Lesson period: Second 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
A-De
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Topics:
Teaching unit A
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Genres dynamics
- Literary analysis tools applied to fiction and poetry
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
Teaching unit B:
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview on the Twentieth-century Italian short story, through the analysis of exemplary texts
Teaching unit C:
- Close reading of Vittorio Sereni's "Gli strumenti umani" e "Un posto di vacanza": literary devices, effects on readership.
Teaching unit A
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Genres dynamics
- Literary analysis tools applied to fiction and poetry
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
Teaching unit B:
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview on the Twentieth-century Italian short story, through the analysis of exemplary texts
Teaching unit C:
- Close reading of Vittorio Sereni's "Gli strumenti umani" e "Un posto di vacanza": literary devices, effects on readership.
Prerequisites for admission
An essential knowledge of Italian literary history from the Unification to the mid-Twentieth century.
Basic abilities to analyse literary texts and to read critical bibliography.
Basic abilities to analyse literary texts and to read critical bibliography.
Teaching methods
Lectures, slides, audio-visual contents.
Dialogic learning
Clarification of learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Dialogic learning
Clarification of learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources
(References marked with * can be downloaded from the course site)
Teaching unit A:
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, chapts. 3. Generi letterari e successo editoriale, pp. 35-59; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, p. 137-170);
- F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003, chapts. Modi della poesia (pp. 81-134) and Modi della narrativa (pp. 135-180).
Teaching unit B:
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
- Short stories uploaded to the course site
Teaching unit C
V. Sereni, Gli strumenti umani and Un posto di vacanza: students can choose the edition. Clarifications concerning Sereni's editions will be provided at the beginning of class.
- P.V. Mengaldo, Iterazione e specularità in Sereni, in Id., La tradizione del Novecento. Prima serie, Bollati Boringhieri 1996 pp. 382-410, available also in V. SERENI, Gli strumenti umani, Einaudi 1975, pp. 89-116.
- N. Scaffai, Il luogo comune e il suo rovescio: effetti della storia, forma libro ed enunciazione negli Strumenti umani di Sereni, in Id., Il lavoro del poeta. Montale, Sereni, Caproni, Carocci 2015, pp. 136-171.*
Additional readings for non-attending students:
Teaching unit A:
Non-attending students will read in addition:
- P. Giovannetti, Il racconto, Carocci 2012, pp. 41-57; 97-201 (chapt. 2 Perché il narratore è diverso dall'autore; chapt. 5, Se il tempo domina: gli eventi; chapt. 6, Se lo spazio domina: personaggi e ambienti).
Teaching unit B:
Non-attending students will read in addition:
- R. Luperini, Il modernismo italiano esiste, in L. Luperini, M. Tortora (eds.) Sul modernismo italiano, Liguori 2012, pp. 3-12*.
- Non-attending students only have to choose one of the two short stories sections uploaded to the site course
Teaching unit C:
Non-attending students will read in addition:
E. Gambaro, "Sul rovescio dell'estate". Il lavoro di Sereni in Un posto di vacanza, in S. Ghidinelli e E. Gambaro (eds), La poesia in archivio. Progetti autoriali e processi editoriali, Unicopli 2019, pp. 33-57.
Teaching unit A:
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, chapts. 3. Generi letterari e successo editoriale, pp. 35-59; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, p. 137-170);
- F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003, chapts. Modi della poesia (pp. 81-134) and Modi della narrativa (pp. 135-180).
Teaching unit B:
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
- Short stories uploaded to the course site
Teaching unit C
V. Sereni, Gli strumenti umani and Un posto di vacanza: students can choose the edition. Clarifications concerning Sereni's editions will be provided at the beginning of class.
- P.V. Mengaldo, Iterazione e specularità in Sereni, in Id., La tradizione del Novecento. Prima serie, Bollati Boringhieri 1996 pp. 382-410, available also in V. SERENI, Gli strumenti umani, Einaudi 1975, pp. 89-116.
- N. Scaffai, Il luogo comune e il suo rovescio: effetti della storia, forma libro ed enunciazione negli Strumenti umani di Sereni, in Id., Il lavoro del poeta. Montale, Sereni, Caproni, Carocci 2015, pp. 136-171.*
Additional readings for non-attending students:
Teaching unit A:
Non-attending students will read in addition:
- P. Giovannetti, Il racconto, Carocci 2012, pp. 41-57; 97-201 (chapt. 2 Perché il narratore è diverso dall'autore; chapt. 5, Se il tempo domina: gli eventi; chapt. 6, Se lo spazio domina: personaggi e ambienti).
Teaching unit B:
Non-attending students will read in addition:
- R. Luperini, Il modernismo italiano esiste, in L. Luperini, M. Tortora (eds.) Sul modernismo italiano, Liguori 2012, pp. 3-12*.
- Non-attending students only have to choose one of the two short stories sections uploaded to the site course
Teaching unit C:
Non-attending students will read in addition:
E. Gambaro, "Sul rovescio dell'estate". Il lavoro di Sereni in Un posto di vacanza, in S. Ghidinelli e E. Gambaro (eds), La poesia in archivio. Progetti autoriali e processi editoriali, Unicopli 2019, pp. 33-57.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written test
Students (both attending and non-attending) who take the 9 CFU exam must take a written test, which is held twice a year (May, September). The test consists of closed questions and focuses on teaching units A and B. It assesses knowledge and skills related to:
- twentieth-century literary system features;
- text and paratext analysis tools;
- essential knowledge of periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth century Italian literature
- elements of bibliographic identification
The test assessment, expressed through a 30-points grade scale, is worth 50% of the final grade.
Results will appear on the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test is available on the same platform.
Oral exam
Students who pass the written test will take an interview focused on:
- attending students: the short stories discussed in class during teaching unit B
- non-attending students: one of the two sections of the short stories uploaded to the Ariel platform. - attending and non-attending students: the entire teaching unit C.
Students who do not pass the written test: oral examination will focus on the entire course syllabus (teaching units A, B, C).
Students who take the exam for 6 CFU access directly the oral exam.
Students (both attending and non-attending) who take the 9 CFU exam must take a written test, which is held twice a year (May, September). The test consists of closed questions and focuses on teaching units A and B. It assesses knowledge and skills related to:
- twentieth-century literary system features;
- text and paratext analysis tools;
- essential knowledge of periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth century Italian literature
- elements of bibliographic identification
The test assessment, expressed through a 30-points grade scale, is worth 50% of the final grade.
Results will appear on the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test is available on the same platform.
Oral exam
Students who pass the written test will take an interview focused on:
- attending students: the short stories discussed in class during teaching unit B
- non-attending students: one of the two sections of the short stories uploaded to the Ariel platform. - attending and non-attending students: the entire teaching unit C.
Students who do not pass the written test: oral examination will focus on the entire course syllabus (teaching units A, B, C).
Students who take the exam for 6 CFU access directly the oral exam.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Di-N
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The course syllabus includes the presentation and discussion of the following topics:
Teaching unit A
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Dynamics of the genres system and literary levels
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
- Tools for literary analysis of poetry and fiction
Teaching unit B:
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview of Twentieth-century Italian poetry, through the analysis of exemplary authors and texts
Teaching unit C:
- Close reading of two poetry books by Giorgio Caproni, Il seme del piangere (1959) and Congedo del viaggiatore cerimonioso & altre prosopopee (1965): poetic voice, space and time structures, metrical and stylistic devices.
Teaching unit A
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Dynamics of the genres system and literary levels
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
- Tools for literary analysis of poetry and fiction
Teaching unit B:
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview of Twentieth-century Italian poetry, through the analysis of exemplary authors and texts
Teaching unit C:
- Close reading of two poetry books by Giorgio Caproni, Il seme del piangere (1959) and Congedo del viaggiatore cerimonioso & altre prosopopee (1965): poetic voice, space and time structures, metrical and stylistic devices.
Prerequisites for admission
An essential knowledge of Italian literary history from the Unification to the mid-Twentieth century.
Ability to use basic tools for text analysis and for reading critical contributions.
Ability to use basic tools for text analysis and for reading critical contributions.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with use of telematics tools, slides, audio-visual contents.
Dialogic teaching moments.
Illustration of the learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria.
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Dialogic teaching moments.
Illustration of the learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria.
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources
Teaching unit A:
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010 (limitedly to chapters 3. Generi letterari e successo editoriale, pp. 35-59; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, p. 137-170);
- F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003, limitedly to the chapters Modi della poesia (pp. 81-134) and Modi della narrativa (pp. 135-180).
Teaching unit B:
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
Teaching unit C:
- Giorgio Caproni, Il seme del piangere and Congedo del viaggiatore cerimonioso & altre prosopopee, in Id., Tutte le poesie, Garzanti, Milano 2016 (alternatively, it is also possible to read the two works in G. Caproni, L'Opera in versi, Mondadori, "I Meridiani", Milano 1998).
- S. Bozzola, Narratività e intertesto nella poesia di Caproni, «Studi Novecenteschi», Vol. 20, No. 45/46 (giugno-dicembre 1993), pp. 113-151 (limitedly to pp. 113-132).
- E. Testa, Personaggi caproniani, in Id., Per interposta persona, Bulzoni, Roma 1999, pp. 99-109.
- S. Ghidinelli, Dove non si può (non) tornare. La galleria mobile del Congedo, in Id., L'interazione poetica, Guida, Napoli 2013, pp. 237-253.
Bibliography for non-attending students
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following texts:
Teaching unit A:
- P. Beltrami, Gli strumenti della poesia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
Teaching unit B:
- C. Segre, C. Ossola (edited by), Antologia della poesia italiana. Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 1999, limitedly to the following authors (introduction to each author and related poem). First volume: G. Gozzano (Totò Merumeni); A. Palazzeschi (La passeggiata); C. Rebora (XLIX); C. Sbarbaro (Taci, anima stanca di godere); U. Saba (Città vecchia); G. Ungaretti (Sono una creatura); E. Montale, (Forse un mattino andando in un'aria di vetro); V. Sereni (Dall'Olanda - Amsterdam); G. Caproni (Per lei). Second volume: M. Luzi (Incitamenti); chapter Poesia in dialetto (Raffaello Baldini, E' soliteri); F. Fortini (Traducendo Brecht), P.P. Pasolini (Le ceneri di Gramsci, IV), A. Rosselli (La passione mi divorò giustamente), E. Pagliarani (La ragazza Carla, I, 1); G. Giudici (Cambiare ditta).
Teaching unit C
- P. V. Mengaldo, Per la poesia di Giorgio Caproni, in G. Caproni, L'Opera in versi, Mondadori, "I Meridiani", Milano 1998, pp. XII-XLIV.
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010 (limitedly to chapters 3. Generi letterari e successo editoriale, pp. 35-59; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, p. 137-170);
- F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003, limitedly to the chapters Modi della poesia (pp. 81-134) and Modi della narrativa (pp. 135-180).
Teaching unit B:
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
Teaching unit C:
- Giorgio Caproni, Il seme del piangere and Congedo del viaggiatore cerimonioso & altre prosopopee, in Id., Tutte le poesie, Garzanti, Milano 2016 (alternatively, it is also possible to read the two works in G. Caproni, L'Opera in versi, Mondadori, "I Meridiani", Milano 1998).
- S. Bozzola, Narratività e intertesto nella poesia di Caproni, «Studi Novecenteschi», Vol. 20, No. 45/46 (giugno-dicembre 1993), pp. 113-151 (limitedly to pp. 113-132).
- E. Testa, Personaggi caproniani, in Id., Per interposta persona, Bulzoni, Roma 1999, pp. 99-109.
- S. Ghidinelli, Dove non si può (non) tornare. La galleria mobile del Congedo, in Id., L'interazione poetica, Guida, Napoli 2013, pp. 237-253.
Bibliography for non-attending students
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following texts:
Teaching unit A:
- P. Beltrami, Gli strumenti della poesia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
Teaching unit B:
- C. Segre, C. Ossola (edited by), Antologia della poesia italiana. Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 1999, limitedly to the following authors (introduction to each author and related poem). First volume: G. Gozzano (Totò Merumeni); A. Palazzeschi (La passeggiata); C. Rebora (XLIX); C. Sbarbaro (Taci, anima stanca di godere); U. Saba (Città vecchia); G. Ungaretti (Sono una creatura); E. Montale, (Forse un mattino andando in un'aria di vetro); V. Sereni (Dall'Olanda - Amsterdam); G. Caproni (Per lei). Second volume: M. Luzi (Incitamenti); chapter Poesia in dialetto (Raffaello Baldini, E' soliteri); F. Fortini (Traducendo Brecht), P.P. Pasolini (Le ceneri di Gramsci, IV), A. Rosselli (La passione mi divorò giustamente), E. Pagliarani (La ragazza Carla, I, 1); G. Giudici (Cambiare ditta).
Teaching unit C
- P. V. Mengaldo, Per la poesia di Giorgio Caproni, in G. Caproni, L'Opera in versi, Mondadori, "I Meridiani", Milano 1998, pp. XII-XLIV.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written test
Students who take the exam for 9 CFU (both attending and non-attending) must take a written test, which is held twice a year (May, September). The test consists of closed questions and focuses on teaching units A and B. It assesses knowledge and skills related to the following topics:
- Characteristics of the twentieth-century literary system;
- Text and paratext analysis tools;
- Elements of bibliographic identification;
- Essential knowledge on periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth century Italian literature.
The written test assessment, expressed through a 30 points grade scale, is worth 50% of the final grade.
The results of written test will be communicated to students through the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test is available on the same platform.
Oral exam
For students who pass the written test, the oral exam consists of an interview focusing on the poetic texts presented in class during teaching unit B (attending students), or listed in the additional bibliography for non-attending students (in the section related to teaching unit B), and on the entire program of teaching unit C. The texts presented in class during teaching unit B are available for attending students on the Ariel platform.
For students who do not pass the written test, the oral examination focuses on the entire course programme (teaching units A, B, C).
Students who take the exam for 6 CFU access directly the oral exam.
Students who take the exam for 9 CFU (both attending and non-attending) must take a written test, which is held twice a year (May, September). The test consists of closed questions and focuses on teaching units A and B. It assesses knowledge and skills related to the following topics:
- Characteristics of the twentieth-century literary system;
- Text and paratext analysis tools;
- Elements of bibliographic identification;
- Essential knowledge on periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth century Italian literature.
The written test assessment, expressed through a 30 points grade scale, is worth 50% of the final grade.
The results of written test will be communicated to students through the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test is available on the same platform.
Oral exam
For students who pass the written test, the oral exam consists of an interview focusing on the poetic texts presented in class during teaching unit B (attending students), or listed in the additional bibliography for non-attending students (in the section related to teaching unit B), and on the entire program of teaching unit C. The texts presented in class during teaching unit B are available for attending students on the Ariel platform.
For students who do not pass the written test, the oral examination focuses on the entire course programme (teaching units A, B, C).
Students who take the exam for 6 CFU access directly the oral exam.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
O-Z
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The course syllabus includes the presentation and discussion of the following topics:
Teaching unit A
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Dynamics of the genres system and literary levels
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
- Tools for literary analysis of poetry and fiction
Teaching unit B
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview of dynamics of the Twentieth-century Italian literary genres system, through the analysis of paradigmatic authors and texts
Teaching unit C
- Close reading of Vizio di forma (1971), second short stories book by Primo Levi: narrative voice, character analysis, rhetorical and stylistic devices, macrotextual structures.
Teaching unit A
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Dynamics of the genres system and literary levels
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
- Tools for literary analysis of poetry and fiction
Teaching unit B
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview of dynamics of the Twentieth-century Italian literary genres system, through the analysis of paradigmatic authors and texts
Teaching unit C
- Close reading of Vizio di forma (1971), second short stories book by Primo Levi: narrative voice, character analysis, rhetorical and stylistic devices, macrotextual structures.
Prerequisites for admission
An essential knowledge of Italian literary history from the Unification to the mid-Twentieth century.
Ability to use basic tools for text analysis and for reading critical essays.
Ability to use basic tools for text analysis and for reading critical essays.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures with use of telematics tools, slides, audio-visual contents.
Dialogic teaching moments.
Illustration of the learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria.
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Dialogic teaching moments.
Illustration of the learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria.
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources
Teaching unit A
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, limitedly to chapters: 3. Generi letterari e successo editoriale, pp. 35-59; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, pp. 137-170)
- F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003, limitedly to chapters Modi della poesia (pp. 81-134) e Modi della narrativa (pp. 135-180)
Teaching unit B
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013
- selected texts available on the Ariel teaching platform (Un percorso nel Novecento letterario section)
Teaching unit C
- Primo Levi, Vizio di forma, in I racconti. Storie naturali, Vizio di forma, Lilìt, Einaudi
- G. Grassano, La «musa stupefatta». Note sui racconti fantascientifici, in P. Levi: un'antologia della critica, a c. di E. Ferrero, Einaudi, Torino, 1997, pp. 117-147
- F. Cassata, Fantascienza?, Torino, Einaudi, 2016
- F. Pianzola, Il Postumanesimo di Primo Levi: storie sulle co-evoluzione di natura e tecnica, in Primo Levi, a c. di M. Barenghi, M. Belpoliti e A. Stefi, «Riga» 38, pp. 515-527
Bibliography for non-attending students
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following texts:
Teaching unit A
- P. Giovannetti, Il racconto, Roma, Carocci, 2012, in particular pp. 41-57; 97-201 (cap. 2 Perché il narratore è diverso dall'autore; cap. 5, Se il tempo domina: gli eventi; cap. 6, Se lo spazio domina: personaggi e ambienti).
Teaching unit B
- R. Luperini, Il modernismo italiano esiste, in Sul modernismo italiano, a cura di L. Luperini e M. Tortora, Napoli, Liguori 2012, pp. 3-12
Teaching unit C
- M. Porro, Primo Levi, Bologna, il Mulino 2017, pp. 9-100 (chapter L'ombra della tecno-scienza included)
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, limitedly to chapters: 3. Generi letterari e successo editoriale, pp. 35-59; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, pp. 137-170)
- F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003, limitedly to chapters Modi della poesia (pp. 81-134) e Modi della narrativa (pp. 135-180)
Teaching unit B
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013
- selected texts available on the Ariel teaching platform (Un percorso nel Novecento letterario section)
Teaching unit C
- Primo Levi, Vizio di forma, in I racconti. Storie naturali, Vizio di forma, Lilìt, Einaudi
- G. Grassano, La «musa stupefatta». Note sui racconti fantascientifici, in P. Levi: un'antologia della critica, a c. di E. Ferrero, Einaudi, Torino, 1997, pp. 117-147
- F. Cassata, Fantascienza?, Torino, Einaudi, 2016
- F. Pianzola, Il Postumanesimo di Primo Levi: storie sulle co-evoluzione di natura e tecnica, in Primo Levi, a c. di M. Barenghi, M. Belpoliti e A. Stefi, «Riga» 38, pp. 515-527
Bibliography for non-attending students
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following texts:
Teaching unit A
- P. Giovannetti, Il racconto, Roma, Carocci, 2012, in particular pp. 41-57; 97-201 (cap. 2 Perché il narratore è diverso dall'autore; cap. 5, Se il tempo domina: gli eventi; cap. 6, Se lo spazio domina: personaggi e ambienti).
Teaching unit B
- R. Luperini, Il modernismo italiano esiste, in Sul modernismo italiano, a cura di L. Luperini e M. Tortora, Napoli, Liguori 2012, pp. 3-12
Teaching unit C
- M. Porro, Primo Levi, Bologna, il Mulino 2017, pp. 9-100 (chapter L'ombra della tecno-scienza included)
Assessment methods and Criteria
Teaching unit A
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, limitedly to chapters: 3. Generi letterari e successo editoriale, pp. 35-59; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, pp. 137-170)
- F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003, limitedly to chapters Modi della poesia (pp. 81-134) e Modi della narrativa (pp. 135-180)
Teaching unit B
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013
- selected texts available on the Ariel teaching platform (Un percorso nel Novecento letterario section)
Teaching unit C
- Primo Levi, Vizio di forma, in I racconti. Storie naturali, Vizio di forma, Lilìt, Einaudi
- G. Grassano, La «musa stupefatta». Note sui racconti fantascientifici, in P. Levi: un'antologia della critica, a c. di E. Ferrero, Einaudi, Torino, 1997, pp. 117-147
- F. Cassata, Fantascienza?, Torino, Einaudi, 2016
- F. Pianzola, Il Postumanesimo di Primo Levi: storie sulle co-evoluzione di natura e tecnica, in Primo Levi, a c. di M. Barenghi, M. Belpoliti e A. Stefi, «Riga» 38, pp. 515-527
Bibliography for non-attending students
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following texts:
Teaching unit A
- P. Giovannetti, Il racconto, Roma, Carocci, 2012, in particular pp. 41-57; 97-201 (cap. 2 Perché il narratore è diverso dall'autore; cap. 5, Se il tempo domina: gli eventi; cap. 6, Se lo spazio domina: personaggi e ambienti).
Teaching unit B
- R. Luperini, Il modernismo italiano esiste, in Sul modernismo italiano, a cura di L. Luperini e M. Tortora, Napoli, Liguori 2012, pp. 3-12
Teaching unit C
- M. Porro, Primo Levi, Bologna, il Mulino 2017, pp. 9-100 (chapter L'ombra della tecno-scienza included)
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, limitedly to chapters: 3. Generi letterari e successo editoriale, pp. 35-59; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, pp. 137-170)
- F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Roma, Carocci, 2003, limitedly to chapters Modi della poesia (pp. 81-134) e Modi della narrativa (pp. 135-180)
Teaching unit B
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013
- selected texts available on the Ariel teaching platform (Un percorso nel Novecento letterario section)
Teaching unit C
- Primo Levi, Vizio di forma, in I racconti. Storie naturali, Vizio di forma, Lilìt, Einaudi
- G. Grassano, La «musa stupefatta». Note sui racconti fantascientifici, in P. Levi: un'antologia della critica, a c. di E. Ferrero, Einaudi, Torino, 1997, pp. 117-147
- F. Cassata, Fantascienza?, Torino, Einaudi, 2016
- F. Pianzola, Il Postumanesimo di Primo Levi: storie sulle co-evoluzione di natura e tecnica, in Primo Levi, a c. di M. Barenghi, M. Belpoliti e A. Stefi, «Riga» 38, pp. 515-527
Bibliography for non-attending students
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following texts:
Teaching unit A
- P. Giovannetti, Il racconto, Roma, Carocci, 2012, in particular pp. 41-57; 97-201 (cap. 2 Perché il narratore è diverso dall'autore; cap. 5, Se il tempo domina: gli eventi; cap. 6, Se lo spazio domina: personaggi e ambienti).
Teaching unit B
- R. Luperini, Il modernismo italiano esiste, in Sul modernismo italiano, a cura di L. Luperini e M. Tortora, Napoli, Liguori 2012, pp. 3-12
Teaching unit C
- M. Porro, Primo Levi, Bologna, il Mulino 2017, pp. 9-100 (chapter L'ombra della tecno-scienza included)
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
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