OVERVIEW

The course, divided into two sections (one for students who must obtain 6 credits), focuses on main movements and authors of particular relevance of the Italian literary panorama of 18th-20th century.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Analyse authors, texts, genres of Italian literature in relation to the historical context in which they originate and in relation to the tools of philological and interpretative text analysis. 

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to enhance knowledge along some fundamental directrixes in the context of Italian literature: text tradition, philology, the precise use of bibliographical sources, interpretative exegesis and critical-historiographical reconstruction. At the end of the course students should be able to independently use the analytical knowledge acquired.

Knowledge and understanding:

Through lectures, guided analysis, and class discussions students will improve their knowledge of the most important methods in textual analysis of a literary text and will achieve the full ability to understand critical texts related to the literary work considered.

Applying knowledge and understanding:

Through independent perusal of literary texts and translations, the student is able to apply the previously achieved analytical skills, so to identify both structural aspects of the analyzed text, and the relationship between the text and the cultural and historical context in which it was produced.

Making autonomous judgments:

Through an oral presentation the student is able to understand, critically discuss and explain the specific literary characteristic of the text.

Communication skills:

The final oral discussion improves the ability to present analysis results in an efficient and synthetic way; they also allow students to express the concepts learned, with an appropriate language, and to hold a discussion on the topics dealt with in class.

Learning skills: The described activities allow students to acquire the methodological tools necessary to continue their studies and to address, at the end of the course, the inclusion in the world of scientific research and in the labour market.

PREREQUISITES

Students who take the course must have a good knowledge of 18th-20th century authors and literary works.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures (with computer and projector). It is strongly recommended to attend classes with the books the teacher will indicate for every lesson. Students participation will be encouraged through questions and interventions. The course also provides students with learning tools (such as slides used during classes, supplementary or support materials) available in AulaWeb..

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Syllabus for students taking the course for 9 cfu

1. Giuseppe Parini: Letture.
2. Raccontare la guerra. Eserciti, conflitti, propaganda bellica e denuncia pacifista nella letteratura italiana dalla Scapigliatura alla prima Guerra Mondiale

       La polemica antimilitarista della Scapigliatura

       Letture (tra l’altro) da U.I. Tarchetti, Una nobile follia e da C. Dossi, Vita di Alberto Pisani

       La morte per la patria nella letteratura della Nuova Italia

       Letture da E. De Amicis, Bozzetti militari e Cuore

       La memoria della sconfitta (la memoria di Lissa)

       Letture, tra l’altro, da Verga, I Malavoglia, Yambo, La rivincita di Lissa, Saba).

       Verso la Grande Guerra. Nazionalismi, irredentismi e altri “ismi”

       Letture da G. D’Annunzio, Il canto amebèo della guerra; G. Pascoli, La grande proletaria si è mossa

       Inviati “embedded”: il letterato-giornalista sul fronte

       Letture, tra l’altro, da Bontempelli, Dallo Stelvio al mare

       Guerra sola igiene del mondo: accenni a un tema futurista

       Luigi Pirandello e la Grande Guerra

       Lettura, tra l’altro, da Berecche e la guerra e Frammento di cronaca di Marco Leccio (in Novelle per un anno).

       Poesia in trincea

       Letture, tra l’altro, di poesie di Ungaretti, Rebora, ecc.

       Emilio Lussu, tra Grande Guerra e opposizione al fascismo

       Letture da Un anno sull’Altipiano e Marcia su Roma e dintorni

Syllabus for students taking the course for 6 cfu.

For students who are to be awarded 6 CFUs, classes will start after completion of module 1 of the 9 CFU syllabus.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography for attending students

IMPORTANT: All texts and documents presented in class and made available to students on AULA WEB (and possibly also on the teams platform) are part of the bibliography.

Part 1) 1) (only 9 CFU)

G. Parini, Il giorno, in G. Parini, Il giorno e le odi, a cura di G. Nicoletti, Milano, Bur (anche le pagine introduttive di G. Nicoletti).

F. Fedi, Giuseppe Parini, ovvero dell'educazione, in Giuseppe Parini, a cura di F. Fedi e R. Necchi, Milano, Unicopli, 2017, pp. 9-30:  in https://www.academia.edu/80544256/_Giuseppe_Parini_ovvero_delleducazione_

Part 2)

I.U. Tarchetti, Una nobile follia (in: https://www.liberliber.it/online/autori/autori-t/iginio-ugo-tarchetti/una-nobile-follia/).

L. Pirandello, Frammento di cronaca di Marco Leccio e della sua guerra sulla carta nel tempo della Grande Guerra europea (in https://www.liberliber.eu/mediateca/libri/p/pirandello/novelle_per_un_anno/pdf/pirandello_novelle_per_un_anno.pdf)

E. Lussu, Marcia su Roma e dintorni, Torino, Einaudi

D. Tongiorgi, Disarmonie di una nazione. Sguardi letterari del secolo decimonono, Firenze, Le Monnier 2020 (only pp. 171-211).

Bibliography for non-attending students

Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher (duccio.tongiorgi@unige.it) and to agree on a specific program.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DUCCIO TONGIORGI (President)

GIORDANO RODDA

LUCA BELTRAMI (Substitute)

ANDREA VALENTINI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

2023-02-14

Class schedule

ITALIAN LITERATURE

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam consists of an interview on the topics discussed during the lessons (or indicated in the bibliography), in order to evaluate the skills to contextualize a literary text in the frame of the Italian cultural history; to illustrate its metric-stylistic features; to make connections, to expose the contents with an appropriate language and to discuss the topics learned during the lessons.

Exam schedule