OVERVIEW

The course will deepen the study of modern Italian literature (poetry, prose fiction, non-fiction) and in relation to the texts and the critical methodology, and in relation to a meditated historiographical framework, suggesting a widening of the critical perspective that takes into account the parallel experiences and experiments in the areas of music and visual arts.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The themes related to contemporary Italian literature – seen in this case as the creation of Italian collective imagination from the Unification of Italy to the present day – will be tackled with particular regard to the aspect of school environment and to the role of the school teacher (from De Amicis’ Il romanzo d'un maestro to Paola Mastrocola’s La scuola raccontata al mio cane). The laboratory, which is an integral part of the course, will build on a selection of specific texts to get to tackle, through the study of autobiographical writing, the important topic of ‘school memories’

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

The course's main objective is to acquire a good knowledge of the history and texts of contemporary Italian literature.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons. As per available students are required to attend at least the percentage of lessons provided for in Regulation of the course of study

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1. Introduction to contemporary Italian literature.

2. Telling the school.

For the first part of the program the student will have to demonstrate a good knowledge of Italian literature of the last century, for the second the ability to move appropriately between the texts discussed in class, three of which must be read in their entirety.

The course is a laboratory integrated (1 CFU); you can take the exam only after acquiring the laboratory credit.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

STUDY TEXTS:

• It is required to study a good anthology of the last year of high school in order to gain a sure knowledge of Italian literature between the beginning of the twentieth century (d'Annunzio and Pascoli excluded) to the present day. For students who do not have or wish to procure a new suggest the following reading: Giulio Ferroni, Andrea Cortellessa, Italo Pantani, Silvia Tatti, Storia e testi della letteratura italiana, Milano, Mondadori Università, 2004-2005, volumi VIII (La Nuova Italia (1861-1910), limited to the chapter L’alba del nuovo secolo, pp. 551-603), IX (Guerre e fascismo (1910-1945)), X (Ricostruzione e sviluppo nel dopoguerra (1945-1968)) and XI (Verso una civiltà planetaria (1968-2005)).

• it requests the reading of three of the following books to be discussed during the course: Margherita Oggero, La collega tatuata, Milano, Mondadori, 2002; Domenico Starnone, Ex cattedra e altre storie di scuola, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2006; Andrea Bajani, Domani niente scuola, Torino, Einaudi, 2008; Silvia Dai Pra’, Quelli che però è lo stesso, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2011; Christian Raimo, Tranquillo prof, la richiamo io, Torino, Einaudi, 2015; Eraldo Affinati, L’uomo del futuro. Sulle strade di don Lorenzo Milani, Milano, Mondadori, 2016. Non-attending students are required to read four texts from those indicated.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANDREA AVETO (President)

LAURA CORNERO (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

September 27, 2016.

Class schedule

CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

For the first part of the program the student will have to demonstrate a good knowledge of Italian literature of the last century, for the second the ability to move appropriately between the texts discussed in class, three of which must be read in their entirety.

Non-attending students will have to agree with the teacher the program and the methods of study that ensure the acquisition of skills required for the course before classes.