Programme

Travelling, seeing, Arbasino

Core Documentation

a) Alberto Arbasino, Il meraviglioso, anzi, Milano, Garzanti, 1985 and/or Id., Le muse a Los Angeles, Milano, Adelphi, 2000 + Id., Ritratti italiani, Milano, Adelphi, 2014 and/or Ritratti e immagini, Milano, Adelphi 2016

or

Alberto Arbasino, Fratelli d’Italia, Milano, Adelphi, 1993 (or further editions)

b) Arbasino A-Z, edited by Andrea Cortellessa, Milano, Electa, 2023

c) Luigi Marfè, Oltre la «fine dei viaggi». I resoconti dell’altrove nella letteratura contemporanea, Olschki 2009

d) 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