The aim of the course will be to introduce the student to the thought and works of the Historical Vanguards, in a perspective that links them to the great romantic and anti-bourgeois thought. It seems increasingly evident that an adequate critical training can only be achieved by having a historical-cultural perspective capable of going back to the epistemic novelty marked by Duchamp and company, thanks to their reflections and their works, especially starting from the revolutionary device of the ready-made.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
A. Breton, Nadja, Torino, Einaudi, 2007
V. Magrelli, Profilo del dada, Roma, Laterza 2006
Programme
The course will start from Isaiah Berlin’s text on Romanticism and will then focus on how Romanticism influenced all the Avantgardes, especially Dadaism. We will take in consideration theoretical and aesthetic problems of the movement, with particular regard to Duchamp’s ready made art works. Finally we will examine Nadja, a masterpiece of French literature by Andre Breton.Core Documentation
I. Berlin, Le radici del romanticismo, Milano, Adelphi, 2001A. Breton, Nadja, Torino, Einaudi, 2007
V. Magrelli, Profilo del dada, Roma, Laterza 2006
Type of delivery of the course
Oral lesson. Historical study, text reading, text anaysis, discussion, with wide use of musical and cinematographical examples trought internet.Attendance
The frequency is strongly recommended.Type of evaluation
The exam will be oral. The test is aimed at verifying the level of understanding of the concepts and notions acquired during the course. Save for exceptions, the duration of the test is going to be between 15 and 30 minutes.Mutuazione: 20709107 LETTERATURA FRANCESE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 (docente da definire)