2015/2016

2015/2016

DM270

L-FIL-LET/11 (CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

MODERN PHILOLOGY. SCIENCE OF LITERATURE THEATRE CINEMA

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 28/05/2016)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

MARTIGNONI CLELIA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

For foreign students. a good level of linguistic knowledge is requested

Formative objectives: The aim of the course is to offer a deep research on works, authors, genres and historical-cultural questions dealing with the various literary aspects: philological elements, cultural connections, historical-social contests, stylistic elements, genres, foreign models, tradition-innovation links.

CARLO EMILIO GADDA: THE ECCENTRIC PRACTICE OF SELF-ANNOTATION IN GADDA’S BOOKS, SATIRE AND HUMOUR.

Essential bibliography:
Editions: C.E.G., L’Adalgisa, and others novels and tales, in C.E.G., Opere by D. Isella, Milano, Garzanti, 1993, vol I, Romanzi e racconti.

Critical bibliography:
Critical bibliography: for a general introduction to Gadda’s work, see Gianfranco Contini Saggio introduttivo to La Cognizione del dolore, Torino, Einaudi, 1963 (then to Varianti e altra linguistica, Torino, Einaudi, 1970); and Gian Carlo Roscioni, La disarmonia prestabilita, Torino, Einaudi, 1975. Emilio Manzotti in Storia della letteratura italiana, Roma, Salerno, vol. IX, Il Novecento, 2000. We can also watch the review “I Quaderni dell’Ingegnere”, founded by Isella in 2001, now printed (n. s.) by Fondazione Bembo / Guanda Edizioni. For more specific deepening, see C. Martignoni, Sul sistema delle note in Gadda: lavori in corso, in Meraviglie di Gadda. seminario di studi sulle carte dello scrittore, a cura di Monica Marchi e Claudio Vela. Pisa: Pacini, 2014; C. Martignoni-L. Panizzi, La «malattia delle note» e alter bizzarrie, «Strumenti critici», 137. gennaio-aprile 2015.


Programme for students not attending the course
The attendance is strongly suggested, also for the presence of seminars and workshops with general discussions on each student’s work. For those who couldn’t follow the lessons, after giving suitable reasons, the modified programme will be individually arranged with the teacher.

Lectures, seminars and students individual works and papers discussed in class

Essential bibliography:
Editions: editions: C.E.G., L’Adalgisa, and others novels, in C.E.G., Opere by D. Isella, Milano, Garzanti, 1993, vol I, Romanzi e racconti.

Critical bibliography: for a critical introduction to Gadda’s work, see: Gianfranco Contini Saggio introduttivo to La Cognizione del dolore, Torino, Einaudi, ’63 (then to Varianti e altra linguistica, Torino, Einaudi, 1970), Gian Carlo Roscioni, La disarmonia prestabilita, Torino, Einaudi, 1975; Emilio Manzotti in Storia della letteratura italiana, Roma, Salerno, vol. IX, Il Novecento, 2000. We can also watch the review “I Quaderni dell’Ingegnere”, founded in 2001, now printed (n. s.) by Fondazione Bembo / Guanda Edizioni. For more specific deepening (Per approfondimenti specifici), see C. Martignoni, Sul sistema delle note in Gadda: lavori in corso, in Meraviglie di Gadda. seminario di studi sulle carte dello scrittore, a cura di Monica Marchi e Claudio Vela. Pisa: Pacini, 2014; C. Martignoni-L. Panizzi, La «malattia delle note» e alter bizzarrie, «Strumenti critici», 137. gennaio-aprile 2015.

Programme for students not attending the course
The attendance is strongly suggested, also for the presence of seminars and workshops with general discussions on each student’s work. For those who couldn’t follow the lessons, after giving suitable reasons, the modified programme will be individually arranged with the teacher.
For foreign students, an “ad personam” programme will be arranged.

seminars. students individual works and papers discussed, oral exams

seminars. students individual works and papers discussed, oral exams