20710561 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - LM

The course aims to deepen the authors , moments , genres and themes that characterize the Italian literature of our time , from the early twentieth century , taking into account also , as much as possible , the links with the other systems of literary expression , other arts , the literatures of other countries , as well as the history and geography of our country. Critical and analytical tools that will be used during the course will also help , the student , to hone their reading mode .
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Mutuazione: 20710561 LETTERATURA ITALIANA CONTEMPORANEA - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 CORTELLESSA ANDREA

Programme

Travelling, seeing, Manganelli

Core Documentation

Travelling, seeing, Manganelli
a) Giorgio Manganelli, Esperimento con l’India, Milano, Adelphi, 1992 + Id., La favola pitagorica,
Milano, Adelphi, 2005 + Id., L’isola pianeta, Milano, Adelphi, 2006 + Viaggio in Africa, Adelphi
2018
b) Giorgio Manganelli, La morte come luce. Scritti sulle arti, Adelphi 2023
c) Lietta Manganelli, Giorgio Manganelli. Aspettando che l’inferno cominci a funzionare, La nave di Teseo 2022
d) Andrea Cortellessa, Il libro è altrove. Ventisei piccole monografie su Giorgio Manganelli, Luca Sossella 2020 and/or Andrea Cortellessa, Filologia fantastica. Ipotizzare, Manganelli, Argolibri 2022
e) to give a context in 20th and 21st century italian literary history: Giulio Ferroni, Storia della letteratura italiana, quarto volume: Il Novecento e il nuovo millennio, Milano, Mondadori Università, 2012

Type of delivery of the course

Classes will be held both in-person (traditional mode) and distance learning

Attendance

Attendance is optional

Type of evaluation

The examination will consist of a written test on the topics covered in the course