OVERVIEW

The course is dedicated to the study of the authors and works of Italian literature from the beginning of the twentieth century up to recent years, focusing in particular on some fundamental junctures. It is divided into two parts, the first dedicated to an in-depth monographic study, the second to an introduction to the institutional programme; only the first of the two parts is intended for students using the 6 cfu course. Of the works examined, a reading will be offered, complete with philological and bibliographical information, that does not neglect the openness to historical-critical problems and issues and the multiple connections to the world of publishing and cultural information.

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 course consists of lectures, with the help of multimedia tools and materials, for a total of 60 hours (40 dedicated to the first part, 20 to the second).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Programme for students using the 6 cfu course

The programme focuses on an in-depth monographic study that will be carried out in the classroom and will be dedicated to Carlo Emilio Gadda's Cognition of Pain.

Programme for students using the 9 cfu course

The programme is divided into an in-depth monographic study and an introduction to the institutional part.

The in-depth monographic study will be carried out in the classroom and will be devoted to Carlo Emilio Gadda's Cognition of Grief.

The introduction to the institutional part will refer to the set of history and texts of contemporary Italian literature: the main themes presented in class will have to be deepened independently by the student.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Programme for students using the teaching for 6 cfu

- Carlo Emilio Gadda, La cognizione del dolore, edited by Paola Italia, Giorgio Pinotti and Claudio Vela, Adelphi, Milan 2017 (and subsequent editions). WARNING: the volume must be read INTEGRALLY and studied with the aid of the Note to the text.

- All teaching materials relating only to the monographic part of the programme will be uploaded onto Aulaweb during the course of the lessons.

NON-FREQUENCING STUDENTS are also advised to read:

- Giorgio Patrizi, Gadda, Carlo Emilio, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 1998: available online at https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/carlo-emilio-gadda_(Dizionario-Biografico)/

- Cristina Savattieri, La cognzione del dolore, in Gadda, edited by Paola Italia, Rome, Carocci, 2024, pp. 137-158.

Programme for students using teaching for 9 cfu

- Carlo Emilio Gadda, La cognizione del dolore, edited by Paola Italia, Giorgio Pinotti and Claudio Vela, Adelphi, Milan 2017 (and subsequent editions). WARNING: the volume must be read INTEGRALLY and studied with the aid of the Note to the text.

- Letteratura italiana contemporanea. Narrativa e poesia dal Novecento a oggi, edited by Beatrice Manetti and Massimiliano Tortora, Rome, Carocci, 2022.

- All teaching materials will be uploaded onto Aulaweb during the course of the lectures.

NON-FREQUENCING STUDENTS are also advised to read:

- Giorgio Patrizi, Gadda, Carlo Emilio, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 1998: available online at https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/carlo-emilio-gadda_(Dizionario-Biografico)/

- Cristina Savattieri, La cognzione del dolore, in Gadda, edited by Paola Italia, Rome, Carocci, 2024, pp. 137-158.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 2026.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

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.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Class attendance, although not mandatory, is strongly recommended.

All students are required to register on AulaWeb.

Students with disabilities or DSAs are reminded that in order to request adaptations in the exam, they must first enter their certification on the University website at servizionline.unige.it in the "Students" section. The documentation will be verified by the University's Services for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and DSA Sector (https://rubrica.unige.it/strutture/struttura/100111).

Subsequently, at least 10 days before the date of the exam, an e-mail must be sent to the teacher with whom you will take the exam, including in the knowledge copy both the School's Teacher Referent for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and with DSA (Prof. Elisabetta Colagrossi: elisabetta.colagrossi@unige.it) and the Sector indicated above. The e-mail should specify: the name of the teaching; the date of the call; the student's last name, first name and roll number; the compensatory tools and dispensatory measures deemed functional; and required.  The contact person will confirm to the lecturer that the applicant is entitled to apply for adaptations in the examination and that these adaptations must be agreed upon with the lecturer. The lecturer will respond by informing whether the requested adaptations can be used. Requests should be sent at least 10 days before the date of the call in order to allow the lecturer(s) to evaluate the content. In particular, in case you intend to make use of maps conceptual maps for the exam (which must be much more concise than the maps used for studying) if the submission does not meet the deadline there will not be the technical time needed to make any changes.