The teaching examines the complex of Italian literary production in 1963, a year inseparably linked to the baptism of the Neoavanguardia, but marked by a myriad of facts (from the publication of works of great importance to the debut of new writers, from the affirmation of new editorial policies to the definitive consecration of the "machine" of literary prizes) that combine to make it one of the most memorable, even from an editorial point of view, of the entire last century.
Teaching objective is the deepening of historiographical lines of modern and contemporary Italian literature through the analysis-commentary of literary texts.
The course aims to achieve the following educational objectives: 1) consolidation of the knowledge of Italian literary history with particular reference to the years of the economic boom; 2) understanding of the mechanisms that regulate book production in the Italian publishing market between the end of the Second World War and the end of the Sixties; 3) ability to analyze the interaction that is established between the literary text and the socio-cultural reality of his time. At the end of the course the student is expected to have achieved the following results: 1) a more mature knowledge of contemporary Italian literature of the Fifties and Sixties; 2) an adequate understanding of the editorial dynamics underlying the policies of book production in the years of the economic boom; 3) a sure ability to understand the interaction between literary text and socio-political context.
Essential prerequisites of teaching are a sure knowledge of contemporary Italian literature and a capacity for expression appropriate to the subject matter, with mastery of an appropriate vocabulary.
The teaching consists of lectures, for a total of 54 hours. If necessary, students will receive useful materials for the lessons in advance via Aulaweb.
Literature and publishing in the year of the Neoavanguardia
Bibliography for students who use teaching for 6 CFU
1. Gian Carlo Ferretti, Storia dell’editoria letteraria in Italia 1945-2003, Torino, Einaudi, 2004, pp. 1-224 (I fondamenti, pp. 1-59; 1945-1958: la transizione, pp. 61-157; 1958-1971: il boom, pp. 159-224).
2. THREE works chosen from the following:
- Alberto Arbasino, Fratelli d’Italia (edition to use: Fratelli d’Italia (1963), in Alberto Arbasino, Romanzi e racconti, volume primo, a cura e con un saggio introduttivo di Raffaele Manica, Milano, Mondadori, 2009, pp. 577-1140, note alle pp. 1448-1466);
- Dino Buzzati, Un amore (any edition);
- Italo Calvino, La giornata d’uno scrutatore (any edition);
- Italo Calvino, Marcovaldo (any edition);
- Oreste del Buono, Né vivere né morire (etition to use: Milano, Mondadori, 1963);
- Beppe Fenoglio, Una questione privata (any edition);
- Carlo Emilio Gadda, La cognizione del dolore (any edition);
- Carlo Emilio Gadda, Gli accoppiamenti giudiziosi (edition to use: nuova edizione riveduta, a cura di Paola Italia e Giorgio Pinotti, Milano, Adelphi, 2015);
- Natalia Ginzburg, Lessico famigliare (any edition);
- Tommaso Landolfi, Rien va (any edition);
- Primo Levi, La tregua (any edition);
- Luigi Malerba, La scoperta dell’alfabeto (any edition);
- Luigi Meneghello, Libera nos a Malo (any edition);
- Elsa Morante, Lo scialle andaluso (any edition);
- Edoardo Sanguineti, Capriccio italiano (any edition);
- Leonardo Sciascia, Il Consiglio d’Egitto (any edition);
- Umberto Simonetta, Tirar mattina (any edition);
- Marcello Venturi, Bandiera bianca a Cefalonia (any edition).
Students who are not attending are advised to contact the teacher in good time to agree on the reading and the study of the works of their choice.
Bibliography for students who use teaching for 9 CFU
2. FIVE works chosen from the following:
Ricevimento: By appointment before and after school hours. To contact write to andrea.aveto@unige.it
ANDREA AVETO (President)
MANUELA MANFREDINI
SIMONA MORANDO
VERONICA PESCE
February 12, 2019
Oral examination
Expected knowledge and skills will be verified through an oral exam. The preparation will be considered adequate if the student demonstrates the ability to exhibit using a relevant terminology, will show that he understood the issues addressed during the lessons, will be able to independently apply the critical reflection on the proposed works, revealing that he was able to develop in a personal way the course contents.
