The aim of the course is the acquisition of useful tools to understand how a text becomes a classic through the analysis of one or more works by a writer or a writer of Italian literature, in the ways of comparing texts, of reconstructing the historiographical debate , the exercise of critical thinking.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
Particularly corresponding to the present time, the short forms of narrative by twentieth-century women writers and authors constitute an important chapter in Italian literary history, from the novelle of Deledda and Pirandello to the short stories of Elsa Morante, Beppe Fenoglio and Primo Levi, to the short forms of Alice Ceresa and Giorgio Manganelli and even very recent experiences, such as that of Patrizia Cavalli. The course also aims to investigate their architecture in book form, tracing back the current critical debate.
Reference bibliography:
Sergio Atzeni, Bellas Mariposas, Palermo, Sellerio, 1996
Anna Banti, Il coraggio delle donne. Racconti, Milano, La Tartaruga, 1983
Maria Bellonci, Segni sul muro. Racconti, Milano, Mondadori, 1988
Patrizia Cavalli, Con passi giapponesi, Torino, Einaudi, 2019
Alice Ceresa, La morte del padre (1979), Milano, La Tartaruga/La nave di Teseo, 2022
Grazia Deledda, Come solitudine. Storie e novelle da un'isola, con uno scritto di Antonella Anedda, Roma, Donzelli, 2006
Beppe Fenoglio, Tutti i racconti, ed. Luca Bufano, Torino, Einaudi, 2007
Primo Levi, Il sistema periodico, Torino, Einaudi, 1975
Manganelli, Giorgio, Centuria. Cento piccoli romanzi fiume, Milano, Rizzoli, 1979
Savina Dolores Massa, Ogni madre, Nuoro, Il Maestrale, 2012
Elsa Morante, Lo scialle andaluso, Torino, Einaudi, 1963
Luigi Pirandello, Racconti fantastici, ed. Gabriele Pedullà, Torino, Einaudi, 2010
Programme
Short forms of narrative and their architectureParticularly corresponding to the present time, the short forms of narrative by twentieth-century women writers and authors constitute an important chapter in Italian literary history, from the novelle of Deledda and Pirandello to the short stories of Elsa Morante, Beppe Fenoglio and Primo Levi, to the short forms of Alice Ceresa and Giorgio Manganelli and even very recent experiences, such as that of Patrizia Cavalli. The course also aims to investigate their architecture in book form, tracing back the current critical debate.
Core Documentation
The Department of Humanities' e-learning platform Moodle will feature pdfs of recent critical essays.Reference bibliography:
Sergio Atzeni, Bellas Mariposas, Palermo, Sellerio, 1996
Anna Banti, Il coraggio delle donne. Racconti, Milano, La Tartaruga, 1983
Maria Bellonci, Segni sul muro. Racconti, Milano, Mondadori, 1988
Patrizia Cavalli, Con passi giapponesi, Torino, Einaudi, 2019
Alice Ceresa, La morte del padre (1979), Milano, La Tartaruga/La nave di Teseo, 2022
Grazia Deledda, Come solitudine. Storie e novelle da un'isola, con uno scritto di Antonella Anedda, Roma, Donzelli, 2006
Beppe Fenoglio, Tutti i racconti, ed. Luca Bufano, Torino, Einaudi, 2007
Primo Levi, Il sistema periodico, Torino, Einaudi, 1975
Manganelli, Giorgio, Centuria. Cento piccoli romanzi fiume, Milano, Rizzoli, 1979
Savina Dolores Massa, Ogni madre, Nuoro, Il Maestrale, 2012
Elsa Morante, Lo scialle andaluso, Torino, Einaudi, 1963
Luigi Pirandello, Racconti fantastici, ed. Gabriele Pedullà, Torino, Einaudi, 2010
Reference Bibliography
Reference bibliography: Le forme brevi della narrativa, ed. Elisabetta Menetti, Roma, Carocci, 2019Type of delivery of the course
The course is 36 hours (6 CFU) in Semester II. It takes place in seminar form and therefore involves attendance only: students are invited to register for the course on the Department of Humanities' e-learning platform Moodle in order to be notified of any preparatory initiatives for the course, its commencement and the material prepared.Type of evaluation
The examination will take place in written and oral form; during the course of the course it will be possible to take written and oral examinations that are useful for passing the examination; non-attending students are invited to contact to agree on arrangements that will enable them to take the examination using an alternative route: laura.fortini@uniroma3.it teacher profile teaching materials
Particularly corresponding to the present time, the short forms of narrative by twentieth-century women writers and authors constitute an important chapter in Italian literary history, from the novelle of Deledda and Pirandello to the short stories of Elsa Morante, Beppe Fenoglio and Primo Levi, to the short forms of Alice Ceresa and Giorgio Manganelli and even very recent experiences, such as that of Patrizia Cavalli. The course also aims to investigate their architecture in book form, tracing back the current critical debate.
Reference bibliography:
Sergio Atzeni, Bellas Mariposas, Palermo, Sellerio, 1996
Anna Banti, Il coraggio delle donne. Racconti, Milano, La Tartaruga, 1983
Maria Bellonci, Segni sul muro. Racconti, Milano, Mondadori, 1988
Patrizia Cavalli, Con passi giapponesi, Torino, Einaudi, 2019
Alice Ceresa, La morte del padre (1979), Milano, La Tartaruga/La nave di Teseo, 2022
Grazia Deledda, Come solitudine. Storie e novelle da un'isola, con uno scritto di Antonella Anedda, Roma, Donzelli, 2006
Beppe Fenoglio, Tutti i racconti, ed. Luca Bufano, Torino, Einaudi, 2007
Primo Levi, Il sistema periodico, Torino, Einaudi, 1975
Manganelli, Giorgio, Centuria. Cento piccoli romanzi fiume, Milano, Rizzoli, 1979
Savina Dolores Massa, Ogni madre, Nuoro, Il Maestrale, 2012
Elsa Morante, Lo scialle andaluso, Torino, Einaudi, 1963
Luigi Pirandello, Racconti fantastici, ed. Gabriele Pedullà, Torino, Einaudi, 2010
Programme
Short forms of narrative and their architectureParticularly corresponding to the present time, the short forms of narrative by twentieth-century women writers and authors constitute an important chapter in Italian literary history, from the novelle of Deledda and Pirandello to the short stories of Elsa Morante, Beppe Fenoglio and Primo Levi, to the short forms of Alice Ceresa and Giorgio Manganelli and even very recent experiences, such as that of Patrizia Cavalli. The course also aims to investigate their architecture in book form, tracing back the current critical debate.
Core Documentation
The Department of Humanities' e-learning platform Moodle will feature pdfs of recent critical essays.Reference bibliography:
Sergio Atzeni, Bellas Mariposas, Palermo, Sellerio, 1996
Anna Banti, Il coraggio delle donne. Racconti, Milano, La Tartaruga, 1983
Maria Bellonci, Segni sul muro. Racconti, Milano, Mondadori, 1988
Patrizia Cavalli, Con passi giapponesi, Torino, Einaudi, 2019
Alice Ceresa, La morte del padre (1979), Milano, La Tartaruga/La nave di Teseo, 2022
Grazia Deledda, Come solitudine. Storie e novelle da un'isola, con uno scritto di Antonella Anedda, Roma, Donzelli, 2006
Beppe Fenoglio, Tutti i racconti, ed. Luca Bufano, Torino, Einaudi, 2007
Primo Levi, Il sistema periodico, Torino, Einaudi, 1975
Manganelli, Giorgio, Centuria. Cento piccoli romanzi fiume, Milano, Rizzoli, 1979
Savina Dolores Massa, Ogni madre, Nuoro, Il Maestrale, 2012
Elsa Morante, Lo scialle andaluso, Torino, Einaudi, 1963
Luigi Pirandello, Racconti fantastici, ed. Gabriele Pedullà, Torino, Einaudi, 2010
Reference Bibliography
Reference bibliography: Le forme brevi della narrativa, ed. Elisabetta Menetti, Roma, Carocci, 2019Type of delivery of the course
The course is 36 hours (6 CFU) in Semester II. It takes place in seminar form and therefore involves attendance only: students are invited to register for the course on the Department of Humanities' e-learning platform Moodle in order to be notified of any preparatory initiatives for the course, its commencement and the material prepared.Type of evaluation
The examination will take place in written and oral form; during the course of the course it will be possible to take written and oral examinations that are useful for passing the examination; non-attending students are invited to contact to agree on arrangements that will enable them to take the examination using an alternative route: laura.fortini@uniroma3.it