Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with knowledge of the main tools and methods of study relating to discipline, and to expand the canon of authors and texts covered during the 1st degree courses (Laurea triennale) of Italian Literature
Reccomended or required readings
GENERAL SECTION
The Italian literature of the first half of the twentieth century: the Futurists, Crepuscolari, Ungaretti, Saba, Montale, Hermetics, Svevo, Pirandello, the narrative of the early twentieth century, Gadda.
Manual recommended: C. Bologna, P. Rocchi, Rosa fresca aulentissima, vol. 6 (Il primo Novecento), Torino, Loescher, 2010.
MONOGRAPHIC COURSE
E. Montale, L'Opera in versi, by G. Contini and R. Bettarini, Torino, Einaudi, 1980;
E. Montale, Tutte le poesie, edited by G. Zampa, Milano, Mondadori, 1984 (also in paperback); annotated edition of Ossi di seppia (edited by P. Cataldi and F. d'Amely).
The critical bibliography will be provided during the lectures.