Learning outcomes
Formative objectives:
The aim of the course is to offer a picture of the most meaningful aspects, texts, of the twentieth-century Italian literature, always starting from the readings and the analytical comments of the texts, with necessary philologic and historical-critical elements, together with a continuous connection to the essential lines of foreign modern literatures.
Course contents
Through the 20th century: “speed”, Modernity and Postmodernism, crucial aspects, their context, critical lines.
Aim of the course is to illustrate − with extended readings and with references also to foreign cultures − some epochal shifts, facts, authors of twentieth-century Literature (Modernism and Postmodern turn).
For bibliographic information and suggestions, you can ask the teacher, the tutors and assistants. For foreign students, an “ad personam” programme will be arranged. A good level of knowledge of Italian is also requested to attend the classes.
Programme for students not attending the course
The attendance at the lessons is deeply recommended, the students who cannot attend, are invited to come to speak to the teacher during her consulting hours or to contact her by an email to fix an alternative programme
Reccomended or required readings
Bibliography:
editions: During the course extended passages will be read and discussed from C. E. Gadda, I. Calvino, E. Morante and A. Arbasino. Several portions from the works of the above-mentioned can be read in annotated edition in C. Segre, C. Martignoni, Leggere il mondo, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2001, vol. 8 - Guerra. Dopoguerra. Secondo Novecento. As for Svevo, Tozzi, Calvino, Morante, and Arbasino, see their collected works in the “Meridiani” series of the publisher Mondadori; for Gadda, see Opere, edited by Dante Isella, Milano, Garzanti.
Critical essays: for a focus on the most significants problems and the developments of the 20th century, see: M. Revelli, Oltre il Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 2001; Stephen Kern, Il tempo e lo spazio, K. Kumar Le nuove teorie del mondo contemporaneo, Torino, Einaudi, 2000; D. Harvey, La crisi della modernità, Milano, EST, 1997; A. Compagnon, Il demone della teoria, Torino, Einaudi, 2000. During the course let’s get more bibliographic information about the texts and the writers.
Bibliography for the general part of literature studies: a good knowledge of the twentieth-century literature is requested, with very detailed readings of the texts. Recommended handbook: C. Segre, C. Martignoni, Leggere il mondo, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2001, voll. 7 (Il primo Novecento: tra modernità, avanguardie e rinnovamento) e 8 (Guerra. Dopoguerra. Secondo Novecento).
For bibliographic information and suggestions, you can ask the teacher, and the assistants. For foreign students, an “ad personam” programme will be arranged. A good level of knowledge of Italian is also requested to attend the classes.
Programme for students not attending the course
The attendance at the lessons is deeply recommended, the students who cannot attend, are invited to come to speak to the teacher during her consulting hours or to contact her by an email to fix an alternative programme
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