OVERVIEW

The teaching explores the study of contemporary Italian literature, giving an account of the placement of authors and texts, both in the horizon of literary publishing and in that of cultural information in the space of the daily and periodical press. It is divided into two sections, the first of which is intended for students using the teaching for 6 cfu.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Aim of the course is the critical and philological study of texts, authors and genres of contemporary Italian literature in relation to the historical and editorial context in which they are located.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to achieve the following educational objectives: 1) consolidation of the knowledge of contemporary Italian literary; 2) 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; 2) a sure ability to understand the interaction between literary text and socio-cultural context.

PREREQUISITES

Essential prerequisites for teaching are a sure knowledge of contemporary Italian literature and a capacity for expression appropriate to the subject, with mastery of an appropriate vocabulary.

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

Program for students taking the course for 6 credits

- Montale in the years of Ossi di seppia (1920-1927)

Program for students who take the course for 9 credits

- Montale in the years of Ossi di seppia (1920-1927)

- Giorgio Falco, Ipotesi di una sconfitta (2017)

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Bibliography for students taking the course for 6 CFU

- Eugenio Montale, Ossi di seppia, edition commented by Pietro Cataldi and Floriana D'Amely, Milan, Mondadori, 2024.

- Montale 1925. In Genoa in the year of Ossi di seppia, Genoa, Genova University Press, 2025 (downloadable free of charge at https://gup.unige.it/sites/gup.unige.it/files/2025-05/Montale_1925_ebook.pdf).

- Full reading and study of the insights that will be indicated during the lessons and uploaded from time to time on Aulaweb.  ATTENTION: all the insights that will be discussed in class and uploaded from time to time on Aulaweb will be an integral part of the exam bibliography.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS are also required to read the following text:

- Gianfranca Lavezzi, Ossi di seppia, in Montale, edited by Paolo Marini and Niccolò Scaffai, Rome, Carocci, 2019, pp. 25-47.

Bibliography for students taking the course for 9 CFU

- Eugenio Montale, Ossi di seppia, edition commented by Pietro Cataldi and Floriana D'Amely, Milan, Mondadori, 2024.

- Montale 1925. In Genoa in the year of Ossi di seppia, Genoa, Genoa University Press, 2025 (downloadable free of charge at https://gup.unige.it/sites/gup.unige.it/files/2025-05/Montale_1925_ebook.pdf).

-Giorgio Falco, Ipotesi di una sconfitta, Torino, Einaudi, 2017.

- Full reading and study of the insights that will be indicated during the lessons and uploaded from time to time on Aulaweb. ATTENTION: all the insights that will be discussed in class and uploaded from time to time on Aulaweb will be an integral part of the exam bibliography.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS are also required to read the following texts:

- Gianfranca Lavezzi, Ossi di seppia, in Montale, edited by Paolo Marini and Niccolò Scaffai, Rome, Carocci, 2019, pp. 25-47.

- Luigi Matt, Two books on the Job: Pausa Caffè and Ipotesi di una sconfitta by Giorgio Falco, in «Moderna», 1, 2024, pp. 83-93.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

September 2025

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam in the form of an interview with questions related to all the in-depth 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.