Programme

The course is focused on authors, works and basic literary movements of the second Italian twentieth century to the present. Starting from the great socio-cultural changes of the sixties to the present, we will analyse the literary history on both the lyrical and narrative side, by some examples of reading and textual analysis of masterpiece. The course will have a seminary structure and the lessons will be organized so as to facilitate the discussion. The course requires a written elaboration. This draft will have to be sent fifteen days before the exam.

Core Documentation

Narrative:
Italo Calvino, Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore, o Palomar
Anna Maria Ortese, L’Iguana o Il porto di Toledo
Elsa Morante, La Storia o Aracoeli
Stefano D’Arrigo, Horcynus Orca
Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa o Il Pendolo di Foucault
Leonardo Sciascia, Todo Modo
Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Altri libertini
Antonio Tabucchi, Sostiene Pereira o Piazza d’Italia
Andrea Camilleri, Conversazioni su Tiresia
Melania Mazzucco, Vita o Storia di Brigitte
Roberto Saviano, Gomorra
Elena Ferrante, L’amica geniale

Poetry:
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Le ceneri di Gramsci o Poesia in forma di rosa
Amelia Rosselli: Variazioni belliche o Documento
Jolanda Insana: La stortura o La tagliola del disamore
Patrizia Cavalli: Le mie poesie non cambieranno il mondo o Datura
Vivian Lamarque: una raccolta a scelta
Patrizia Valduga: una raccolta a scelta
Valentino Zeichen: Poesie
Biancamaria Frabotta: La pianta del pane
Valerio Magrelli: Ora serrata retinae o Poesie (1980-1992)
Bibliography:
The general part has to be prepared on a manual of Italian literature (we recommend: Giulio Ferroni, Il Novecento e il nuovo millennio, Mondadori Università).
Costanza Melani-Monica Venturini, Ecce Video. Tv e letteratura dagli anni Ottanta ad oggi. Firenze, Cesati, 2018.

A good knowledge of the following authors, is required: Paolo Volponi, Luigi Malerba, Alberto Arbasino, Vincenzo Consolo, Gesualdo Bufalino, Francesca Sanvitale, Fabrizia Ramondino, Dacia Maraini, Umberto Eco, Stefano D’Arrigo, Gianni Celati, Ermanno Cavazzoni, Franco Cordelli, Daniele Del Giudice, Sebastiano Vassalli, Antonio Tabucchi, Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Aldo Busi, Franco Fortini, Andrea Zanzotto, Edoardo Sanguineti, Giovanni Giudici, Giovanni Raboni, Alda Merini, Amelia Rosselli, Franco Loi, Dario Bellezza, Valentino Zeichen, Jolanda Insana, Patrizia Cavalli, Maurizio Cucchi, Cesare Viviani, Vivian Lamarque, Milo De Angelis, Patrizia Valduga, Giuseppe Conte, Eugenio De Signoribus, Valerio Magrelli.

Type of delivery of the course

The oral examination will be focused on the written test, on the works analysed during the course and on the critical essays. Attending students will have to prepare four books from the list. The oral examination will be focused on the texts analysed during the course. Students who do not attend are required to read two books in addition. Erasmus students will have to prepare just two books from the list.

Type of evaluation

The exam will be evaluated according to the following items: Content knowledge / Exposure clarity / Synthesis and analysis / Language proficiency and use of appropriate language / Critical judgement skills.

Programme

The course is focused on authors, works and basic literary movements of the second Italian twentieth century to the present. Starting from the great socio-cultural changes of the sixties to the present, we will analyse the literary history on both the lyrical and narrative side, by some examples of reading and textual analysis of masterpiece. The course will have a seminary structure and the lessons will be organized so as to facilitate the discussion. The course requires a written elaboration. This draft will have to be sent fifteen days before the exam.

Core Documentation

Narrative:
Italo Calvino, Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore, o Palomar
Anna Maria Ortese, L’Iguana o Il porto di Toledo
Elsa Morante, La Storia o Aracoeli
Stefano D’Arrigo, Horcynus Orca
Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa o Il Pendolo di Foucault
Leonardo Sciascia, Todo Modo
Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Altri libertini
Antonio Tabucchi, Sostiene Pereira o Piazza d’Italia
Andrea Camilleri, Conversazioni su Tiresia
Melania Mazzucco, Vita o Storia di Brigitte
Roberto Saviano, Gomorra
Elena Ferrante, L’amica geniale

Poetry:
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Le ceneri di Gramsci o Poesia in forma di rosa
Amelia Rosselli: Variazioni belliche o Documento
Jolanda Insana: La stortura o La tagliola del disamore
Patrizia Cavalli: Le mie poesie non cambieranno il mondo o Datura
Vivian Lamarque: una raccolta a scelta
Patrizia Valduga: una raccolta a scelta
Valentino Zeichen: Poesie
Biancamaria Frabotta: La pianta del pane
Valerio Magrelli: Ora serrata retinae o Poesie (1980-1992)
Bibliography:
The general part has to be prepared on a manual of Italian literature (we recommend: Giulio Ferroni, Il Novecento e il nuovo millennio, Mondadori Università).
Costanza Melani-Monica Venturini, Ecce Video. Tv e letteratura dagli anni Ottanta ad oggi. Firenze, Cesati, 2018.

A good knowledge of the following authors, is required: Paolo Volponi, Luigi Malerba, Alberto Arbasino, Vincenzo Consolo, Gesualdo Bufalino, Francesca Sanvitale, Fabrizia Ramondino, Dacia Maraini, Umberto Eco, Stefano D’Arrigo, Gianni Celati, Ermanno Cavazzoni, Franco Cordelli, Daniele Del Giudice, Sebastiano Vassalli, Antonio Tabucchi, Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Aldo Busi, Franco Fortini, Andrea Zanzotto, Edoardo Sanguineti, Giovanni Giudici, Giovanni Raboni, Alda Merini, Amelia Rosselli, Franco Loi, Dario Bellezza, Valentino Zeichen, Jolanda Insana, Patrizia Cavalli, Maurizio Cucchi, Cesare Viviani, Vivian Lamarque, Milo De Angelis, Patrizia Valduga, Giuseppe Conte, Eugenio De Signoribus, Valerio Magrelli.

Type of delivery of the course

The oral examination will be focused on the written test, on the works analysed during the course and on the critical essays. Attending students will have to prepare four books from the list. The oral examination will be focused on the texts analysed during the course. Students who do not attend are required to read two books in addition. Erasmus students will have to prepare just two books from the list.

Type of evaluation

The exam will be evaluated according to the following items: Content knowledge / Exposure clarity / Synthesis and analysis / Language proficiency and use of appropriate language / Critical judgement skills.