Programme

The course will focus on the different forms that narrative can take within Italian literature over the centuries: from Dante's terza rima to Boccaccio's prose narrative in the 14th century, from chivalric poems in ottava rima to short stories in 15-16th centuries, and on to the short story and novel in modern literature. Through a series of particularly significant cases, attention will be paid not only to the narrative mechanisms but also to the way they are translated into images - both the illustrations of the various texts and the works of art inspired by them.

Core Documentation

Attendig students:
- Handouts supplied by the professor and downloadable from Teams
- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso, introduzione e commento di Emilio Bigi, a cura di Cristina Zampese, Milano, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 2012
- Giancarlo Alfano, Paola Italia, Emilio Russo, Franco Tomasi, Profilo di letteratura italiana: dalle origini a fine Ottocento, Milano, Mondadori, 2021


Non-attending students will add to attending students' syllabus:
Luca Serianni, Il verso giusto. 100 poesie italiane, Bari, Laterza, 2020 (testi 1-76)

Attendance

In presence

Type of evaluation

Oral test