The aim of the course is to provide master's students with the most appropriate analysis tools for reading works and issues relating to modern literature through the specific analysis of texts and the theoretical-critical study appropriate for a good interpretation
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Course description: The course aims to analyze the literary narrative in its relationship with history through the analysis of novels of our tradition from Manzoni to the contemporary age. The analysis of the texts that will be analyzed will require an in-depth study and reflection on the binomial history/fiction and on the debate around the question of the boundaries and specificities of literary and historiographical narration.
1. Texts:
Students will have to choose, in agreement with the teacher, 2 novels of their choice, for the analysis of which critical material will be recommended during the lessons.
Below are just a few of the novels and critical studies that the course will use to frame the question. The seminar dimension will include an in-depth bibliography depending on the texts and the period chosen, to allow individual or group work.
- I. Nievo, Le Confessioni d’un italiano
- L. Pirandello, I vecchi e i giovani
- A. Banti, Noi credevamo
- Antonio Scurati, M. Il figlio del secolo, (2018)
- H. Janeczek, Le rondini di montecassino (2010)
- A. Pennacchi, Canale Mussolini (2010)
- Monica Galfrè, Il figlio terrorista (2022)
2. Critical studies:
- Roberta Colombi, La verità della finzione. Storia e romanzo da Manzoni a Nievo, Roma, Carocci, 2022
- Giuliana Benvenuti, Il romanzo neostorico. Storia, memoria, narrazione, Roma, Carocci, 2012
Other critical studies (of which only the necessary parts will be indicated during the course):
. Il romanzo e la storia, a cura di N. Mineo,"Moderna", VIII, 1-2, 2006,
- Hanna Serkowska, Dopo il romanzo storico. La storia nella letteratura italiana del '900, Pesaro, Metauro, 2012
- Scritture di resistenza, Sguardi politici dalla narrativa italiana contemporanea, a cura di C. Boscolo e S. Jossa, Roma, Carocci, 2014
- E. Piga Bruni, La lotta e il negativo. Sul romanzo storico contemporaneo, Mimesis, 2018
Non-attending students must personally agree the exam program with the teacher
roberta.colombi@unirom3.it
Programme
Course title: The novel and history in italian modern literatureCourse description: The course aims to analyze the literary narrative in its relationship with history through the analysis of novels of our tradition from Manzoni to the contemporary age. The analysis of the texts that will be analyzed will require an in-depth study and reflection on the binomial history/fiction and on the debate around the question of the boundaries and specificities of literary and historiographical narration.
Core Documentation
Bibliography:1. Texts:
Students will have to choose, in agreement with the teacher, 2 novels of their choice, for the analysis of which critical material will be recommended during the lessons.
Below are just a few of the novels and critical studies that the course will use to frame the question. The seminar dimension will include an in-depth bibliography depending on the texts and the period chosen, to allow individual or group work.
- I. Nievo, Le Confessioni d’un italiano
- L. Pirandello, I vecchi e i giovani
- A. Banti, Noi credevamo
- Antonio Scurati, M. Il figlio del secolo, (2018)
- H. Janeczek, Le rondini di montecassino (2010)
- A. Pennacchi, Canale Mussolini (2010)
- Monica Galfrè, Il figlio terrorista (2022)
2. Critical studies:
- Roberta Colombi, La verità della finzione. Storia e romanzo da Manzoni a Nievo, Roma, Carocci, 2022
- Giuliana Benvenuti, Il romanzo neostorico. Storia, memoria, narrazione, Roma, Carocci, 2012
Other critical studies (of which only the necessary parts will be indicated during the course):
. Il romanzo e la storia, a cura di N. Mineo,"Moderna", VIII, 1-2, 2006,
- Hanna Serkowska, Dopo il romanzo storico. La storia nella letteratura italiana del '900, Pesaro, Metauro, 2012
- Scritture di resistenza, Sguardi politici dalla narrativa italiana contemporanea, a cura di C. Boscolo e S. Jossa, Roma, Carocci, 2014
- E. Piga Bruni, La lotta e il negativo. Sul romanzo storico contemporaneo, Mimesis, 2018
Non-attending students must personally agree the exam program with the teacher
roberta.colombi@unirom3.it
Type of delivery of the course
lectures and individual or group exercises during the courseAttendance
attendance, even if not mandatory, is strongly recommended because the course will provide for the active involvement of attending students.Type of evaluation
oral interview