OVERVIEW

The course, divided in a general part and in three monographic sections (two for students who take the course for 6 credits), aims to deepen the study of the authors and texts of Italian literature of the last century, focusing in particular on some fundamental junctions. It will offer a reading of the texts examined, which will be accompanied by philological and bibliographical information and which will not neglect the opening to problems and historical-critical questions and the multiple connections to the publishing world.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Analysis of modern Italian literature (poetry, narrative prose, essays) both in relation to texts and critical methodology as well as a pondered historiographical setting. Broadening the critical perspective to take account of parallel experiences and experiments in the terrain of music and visual arts

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to achieve the following educational objectives: 1) knowledge of the evolution of Italian literary history of the last century, with particular attention to the fundamental junctions examined; 2) understanding of the mechanisms that regulate the "literary field", ie how a single work is placed with respect to the historical, critical and editorial context; 3) ability to analyze the interaction that is triggered between the literary text and the surrounding society, and how the former is a consequence of the second, but also represents an attempt to modify it.

At the end of the course the student is expected to have achieved the following results: 1) adequate knowledge of contemporary Italian literature; 2) a capacity for oral expression appropriate to the subject matter, with mastery of an appropriate vocabulary; 3) ability to analyze literary text; 4) ability to understand the interaction between literary text, social context and editorial.

PREREQUISITES

Essential prerequisite of teaching is a good ability to read and understand literary texts that allows access in autonomy to authors and works of the last century that will be the subject of monographic study during the lessons.

Students are advised to have taken the Italian literature I and II exams before attending this course.

All students are required to register on AulaWeb.

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching consists of lectures, with pc and projector, for a total of 60 hours.

Lessons will be held in person, with access regulated through the classroom seat reservation app and the possibility for other students to follow remotely via video conference on the Teams platform (team code: a90vzmu).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Programme for students taking the course for 6 cfu

The program is divided into a general part and two in-depth monographs. The general part of the program refers to the whole history and texts of Italian literature of the last century: it will be treated in class for general lines and will be studied in depth by the student. The two in-depth monographs will focus on the following topics:

- Carlo Emilio Gadda, La cognizione del dolore

- Clizia between Le occasioni and La bufera e altro

Programme for students taking the course for 9 cfu

The program is divided into a general part and three in-depth monographs. The general part of the program refers to the whole history and texts of Italian literature of the last century: it will be treated in class for general lines and will be studied in depth by the student. The three in-depth monographs will focus on the following topics:

- Carlo Emilio Gadda’s La cognizione del dolore

- Clizia between Le occasioni and La bufera e altro

- Beppe Fenoglio’s «big book»

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Programme for students taking the course for 6 cfu

1) For the general part:

- Giulio Ferroni, Storia della letteratura italiana. Il Novecento e il nuovo millennio, Milano, Mondadori Università, 2021 (tables entitled Il canone europeo and Letterature del mondo may be omitted from the reading and will not be discussed in the exam: see list on pp. 903-904).

2) For the two in-depth monographs:

- Full reading of Carlo Emilio Gadda, La cognizione del dolore, a cura di Paola Italia, Giorgio Pinotti e Claudio Vela, Adelphi, Milano 2018 (and subsequent editions), pp. 9-233.

- Complete reading of the following poems taken from the edition of Eugenio Montale's Occasioni edited by Tiziana De Rogatis (Milan, Mondadori, 2012 and subsequent editions): the entire series of Mottetti; Costa San Giorgio; Elegia di Pico Farnese; Nuove stanze; Palio; Notizie dall'Amiata. The scanned pages to be studied will be uploaded to Aulaweb at the end of the lessons.

NON-FREQUENTING STUDENTS are also required:

- Full reading and study of the Nota al testo accompanying the Adelphi edition of La cognizione del dolore (pp. 271-381);

- Full reading and study of Luigi Surdich, Clizia dal ’34 al ’40, in Il secolo di Montale, Genova 1896-1996, a cura della Fondazione Mario Novaro, Bologna, il Mulino, 1998, pp. 415-470.

Programme for students taking the course for 9 cfu

1) For the general part:

- Giulio Ferroni, Storia della letteratura italiana. Il Novecento e il nuovo millennio, Milano, Mondadori Università, 2021 (tables entitled Il canone europeo and Letterature del mondo may be omitted from the reading and will not be discussed in the exam: see list on pp. 903-904).

2) For the three in-depth monographs:

- Full reading of Carlo Emilio Gadda, La cognizione del dolore, a cura di Paola Italia, Giorgio Pinotti e Claudio Vela, Adelphi, Milano 2018 (and subsequent editions), pp. 9-233.

- Complete reading of the following poems taken from the edition of Eugenio Montale's Occasioni edited by Tiziana De Rogatis (Milan, Mondadori, 2012 and subsequent editions): the entire series of Mottetti; Costa San Giorgio; Elegia di Pico Farnese; Nuove stanze; Palio; Notizie dall'Amiata. The scanned pages to be studied will be uploaded to Aulaweb at the end of the lessons.

- Full reading of Beppe Fenoglio’s Primavera di bellezza and Il partigiano Johnny (to be read in full in any commercially available edition).

NON-FREQUENTING STUDENTS are also required:

- Full reading and study of the Nota al testo accompanying the Adelphi edition of La cognizione del dolore (pp. 271-381);.

- Full reading and study of Luigi Surdich, Clizia dal ’34 al ’40, in Il secolo di Montale, Genova 1896-1996, a cura della Fondazione Mario Novaro, Bologna, il Mulino, 1998, pp. 415-470.

- Full reading and study of Gabriele Pedullà, Le armi e il ragazzo, in Beppe Fenoglio, Il libro di Johnny, a cura di Gabriele Pedullà, Torino, Einaudi, 2015, pp. III-LXXVI.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANDREA AVETO (President)

ALESSANDRO FERRARO

DARIO GATTIGLIA (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

September 28, 2021

Class schedule

CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam in the form of interview with questions related to both the general part and the monographs.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

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 teaching content.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Class attendance, although not mandatory, is strongly recommended.

All students are required to register on AulaWeb.