Fernando Pessoa'suniverse, Portuguese Modernism and its influences on art and literature in the XXth Century
The course will examine the variety of literary and artistic expressions in a XXth century perspective of Fernando Pessoa and the Portuguese Modernism. The course will focus on on specific topics such as the poetics of "eteronimia", and its influences on the modern aestethics .
An introduction to the african literatures written in portuguese and their relationship with portuguese and brazilian history, culture and society from the origin to modernity, with a special focus on the case studies of Angola and Cape Verde and the angolan writer Luandino Vieira.
Lectures and seminars in italian and portuguese. Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to study some supplementary material
AA.VV, (a cura di V. Tocco), Breve storia della Letteratura portoghese, Pisa, Carocci
Mario de Micheli, Le avanguardie artistiche del Novecento, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1986
Fernando Pessoa, Una sola moltitudine, Vol. I, Milano, Adelphi
Fernando Pessoa, Una sola moltitudine, Vol. II, Milano, Adelphi
Fernando Pessoa, Il secondo libro dell’Inquietudine, Milano, Feltrinelli
Antonio Tabucchi, Un baule pieno di gente, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1990
Tuesday, Ith October 2018
PORTUGUESE LITERATURE AND CULTURE
The exam will be a conversation in Italian or Portuguese and will consist of questions on the whole course (https:// servizionline.unige.it/studenti/esami).
