Italian Contemporary Literature
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide a first overview of contemporary Italian literature, according to three perspectives. The first one is critical and methodological: it is designed to ensure the knowledge of the contemporary literary institutions. The second one is historical: it offers an overview of the changing relationships between writers and readers during the Twentieth century. The third one provides a training in close reading of a selection of literary works and exemplary authors.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge: 1) Essential historical overview of Italian literature from Unity to the present day (major works and authors, main genres and trends, time frames). 2) Understanding roles and functions of the literary system: author, audience, critical and publishing mediation. 3) Textual analysis techniques (narrative structures; stylistic, rhetorical and metric devices); awareness of the multiple research perspectives on literary works. 4) Criteria for bibliographical tagging.
Skills: 1) Ability to identify main textual features (structural, thematic, stylistic) and to interpret them. Ability to describe textual choices as a result of the author-readers interaction. 2) Ability of setting appropriate chronological sequences and to correctly attribute individual works to a genre. Ability to illustrate the essential data of a historical framework. 3) Ability to sort through literary functional relationships that define the modern literary system and shape the texts. Ability to use bibliographical references for close reading. Ability to handle a basic critical glossary 4) Ability to connect the reading list to its bibliographical reference; ability to identify bibliographical data in order to describe, interpret and evaluate texts and their reliability.
Skills: 1) Ability to identify main textual features (structural, thematic, stylistic) and to interpret them. Ability to describe textual choices as a result of the author-readers interaction. 2) Ability of setting appropriate chronological sequences and to correctly attribute individual works to a genre. Ability to illustrate the essential data of a historical framework. 3) Ability to sort through literary functional relationships that define the modern literary system and shape the texts. Ability to use bibliographical references for close reading. Ability to handle a basic critical glossary 4) Ability to connect the reading list to its bibliographical reference; ability to identify bibliographical data in order to describe, interpret and evaluate texts and their reliability.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
A-De
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Topics:
Part A
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Genres dynamics
- Literary analysis tools applied to fiction and poetry
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
Part B
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview on the Twentieth-century Italian short story and poetry, through the analysis of exemplary texts
Part C
- Close reading of Giorgio Bassani's "Lida Mantovani", "La passeggiata prima di cena", "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini" (Eng trans. "Within the Walls", Penguin Modern Classics 2016; "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis", Penguin Modern Classics 2017)
Part A
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Genres dynamics
- Literary analysis tools applied to fiction and poetry
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
Part B
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview on the Twentieth-century Italian short story and poetry, through the analysis of exemplary texts
Part C
- Close reading of Giorgio Bassani's "Lida Mantovani", "La passeggiata prima di cena", "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini" (Eng trans. "Within the Walls", Penguin Modern Classics 2016; "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis", Penguin Modern Classics 2017)
Prerequisites for admission
Basic knowledge of Italian history and literature from the Unification to the mid-20th century
Basic skills to read literary texts and critical literature
Basic skills to read literary texts and critical literature
Teaching methods
Lectures, slides, audio-visual contents
Dialogic learning
Clarification of learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria
Dialogic learning
Clarification of learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria
Teaching Resources
Part A
V. Spinazzola, "L'esperienza della lettura", Unicopli 2010 (chapt. 4. "Le istituzioni della modernità", pp. 61-83; chapt. 5. "Le coordinate del sistema letterario", pp. 84-98; chapt. 7 "La valorizzazione del testo", p. 137-170);
- L. Chines - C. Varotti, "Che cos'è un testo letterario", Carocci 2001, chapt. 3. "La narrazione", pp. 73-119.
- P. Giovannetti, "Modi della poesia italiana italiana contemporanea", Carocci 2005, chapt. 4, "Le metriche", pp. 105-144.
Part B
- A. Casadei, "Il Novecento", Il Mulino 2013.
- Texts uploaded on the class site
Part C
Primary literature:
- G. Bassani, "Lida Mantovani", "La passeggiata prima di cena" in "Cinque storie ferraresi", Feltrinelli 2016 (Eng trans. "Within the Walls", Penguin Modern Classics 2016)
- G. Bassani, "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini", Feltrinelli 2012 (Eng trans. "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis", Penguin Modern Classics 2017)
Secondary literature:
- E. Neppi, "Amore, rapporti di forza e maternità in Lida Mantovani di Giorgio Bassani", in "Cahiers d'études romanes", 33, 2016, pp. 111-140, open access through Minerva https://unimi.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=39UMI_INST:VU1
- A. Bertoni, "La passeggiata prima di cena: una lettura", in P. Pieri - V. Mascaretti (a cura di), "Cinque storie ferraresi. Omaggio a Bassani", ETS 2008, pp. 109-116*
- F. Fortini, "Di Bassani", in "Saggi ed epigrammi", Mondadori 2003, pp. 709-719*
Non attending students are required to prepare additional readings:
Part A
- P. Giovannetti, Il racconto, Carocci 2012, pp. 41-57; 97-201 (chapt. 2 "Perché il narratore è diverso dall'autore"; chapt. 5, "Se il tempo domina: gli eventi"; chapt. 6, "Se lo spazio domina: personaggi e ambienti").
English speaking students can replace the previous reference with
The living Handbook of Narratology,
https://www.lhn.uni-hamburg.de/contents.html,
the following articles:
J. Schönert, Author
H. Schwalm, Autobiography
F. Jannidis, Character
D. Herman, Cognitive Narratology
S. Halliwell, Diegesis-Mimesis
P. Hühn, Event and Eventfullness
W. Schmid, Implied Author
Schmid, Implied Reader
- P. Giovannetti, "Modi della poesia italiana contemporanea", cap. 1, "Dal primo al secondo Novecento", pp. 15-39
Part B
- R. Luperini, Il modernismo italiano esiste, in L. Luperini, M. Tortora (eds.) Sul modernismo italiano, Liguori 2012, pp. 3-12*
- E. Gambaro, "Un universo narrativo in espansione. Il romanzo contemporaneo", B. Manetti - M. Tortora (eds.), "Letteratura italiana contemporanea. Prosa e poesia dal Novecento a oggi", Carocci, 2022, pp. 207-220.
Part C
- D. Scarpa, "Paperback writer", in G. Ferroni - C. Gurreri (eds), "Cento anni di Giorgio Bassani", Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2019, pp. 253-276*
References marked * will be made available on the Ariel course platform.
V. Spinazzola, "L'esperienza della lettura", Unicopli 2010 (chapt. 4. "Le istituzioni della modernità", pp. 61-83; chapt. 5. "Le coordinate del sistema letterario", pp. 84-98; chapt. 7 "La valorizzazione del testo", p. 137-170);
- L. Chines - C. Varotti, "Che cos'è un testo letterario", Carocci 2001, chapt. 3. "La narrazione", pp. 73-119.
- P. Giovannetti, "Modi della poesia italiana italiana contemporanea", Carocci 2005, chapt. 4, "Le metriche", pp. 105-144.
Part B
- A. Casadei, "Il Novecento", Il Mulino 2013.
- Texts uploaded on the class site
Part C
Primary literature:
- G. Bassani, "Lida Mantovani", "La passeggiata prima di cena" in "Cinque storie ferraresi", Feltrinelli 2016 (Eng trans. "Within the Walls", Penguin Modern Classics 2016)
- G. Bassani, "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini", Feltrinelli 2012 (Eng trans. "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis", Penguin Modern Classics 2017)
Secondary literature:
- E. Neppi, "Amore, rapporti di forza e maternità in Lida Mantovani di Giorgio Bassani", in "Cahiers d'études romanes", 33, 2016, pp. 111-140, open access through Minerva https://unimi.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=39UMI_INST:VU1
- A. Bertoni, "La passeggiata prima di cena: una lettura", in P. Pieri - V. Mascaretti (a cura di), "Cinque storie ferraresi. Omaggio a Bassani", ETS 2008, pp. 109-116*
- F. Fortini, "Di Bassani", in "Saggi ed epigrammi", Mondadori 2003, pp. 709-719*
Non attending students are required to prepare additional readings:
Part A
- P. Giovannetti, Il racconto, Carocci 2012, pp. 41-57; 97-201 (chapt. 2 "Perché il narratore è diverso dall'autore"; chapt. 5, "Se il tempo domina: gli eventi"; chapt. 6, "Se lo spazio domina: personaggi e ambienti").
English speaking students can replace the previous reference with
The living Handbook of Narratology,
https://www.lhn.uni-hamburg.de/contents.html,
the following articles:
J. Schönert, Author
H. Schwalm, Autobiography
F. Jannidis, Character
D. Herman, Cognitive Narratology
S. Halliwell, Diegesis-Mimesis
P. Hühn, Event and Eventfullness
W. Schmid, Implied Author
Schmid, Implied Reader
- P. Giovannetti, "Modi della poesia italiana contemporanea", cap. 1, "Dal primo al secondo Novecento", pp. 15-39
Part B
- R. Luperini, Il modernismo italiano esiste, in L. Luperini, M. Tortora (eds.) Sul modernismo italiano, Liguori 2012, pp. 3-12*
- E. Gambaro, "Un universo narrativo in espansione. Il romanzo contemporaneo", B. Manetti - M. Tortora (eds.), "Letteratura italiana contemporanea. Prosa e poesia dal Novecento a oggi", Carocci, 2022, pp. 207-220.
Part C
- D. Scarpa, "Paperback writer", in G. Ferroni - C. Gurreri (eds), "Cento anni di Giorgio Bassani", Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2019, pp. 253-276*
References marked * will be made available on the Ariel course platform.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written test
Students who take the exam for 9 ECTS (both attending and non-attending) must take a computer-based test.
The test consists of closed questions and focuses on parts A and B. It assesses knowledge and skills related to the following topics:
- The twentieth-century Italian literary system;
- Text and paratext analysis tools;
- Bibliographical identification skills;
- Essential knowledge on periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth century Italian literature
The test assessment, expressed through a 30 points grade scale, is worth 50% of the final grade.
The test results will appear on the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test will be made available on the same platform.
Oral exam
Students who pass the computer based test will take the oral exam: it consists of an interview focusing on the texts presented in class during part B (available on Ariel) and on the entire program of part C.
Students who take the exam for 6 ECTS and Erasmus incoming students access directly the oral exam.
International or Erasmus incoming students are kindly requested to contact the teacher. SLD students should contact the teacher, in order to discuss alternative examination methods, in agreement with the competent Office.
Students who take the exam for 9 ECTS (both attending and non-attending) must take a computer-based test.
The test consists of closed questions and focuses on parts A and B. It assesses knowledge and skills related to the following topics:
- The twentieth-century Italian literary system;
- Text and paratext analysis tools;
- Bibliographical identification skills;
- Essential knowledge on periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth century Italian literature
The test assessment, expressed through a 30 points grade scale, is worth 50% of the final grade.
The test results will appear on the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test will be made available on the same platform.
Oral exam
Students who pass the computer based test will take the oral exam: it consists of an interview focusing on the texts presented in class during part B (available on Ariel) and on the entire program of part C.
Students who take the exam for 6 ECTS and Erasmus incoming students access directly the oral exam.
International or Erasmus incoming students are kindly requested to contact the teacher. SLD students should contact the teacher, in order to discuss alternative examination methods, in agreement with the competent Office.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Di-N
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
More specific information on the delivery modes of training activities for academic year 2022/23 will be provided over the coming months, based on the evolution of the public health situation
Course syllabus
The course syllabus includes the presentation and discussion of the following topics:
First part
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Dynamics of the genres system and literary levels
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
- Tools for literary analysis of poetry and fiction
Second part:
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview of Twentieth-century Italian poetry, through the analysis of exemplary authors and texts
Third part:
- Close reading of "Pianissimo" by Camillo Sbarbaro: poetic voice, space and time structures, metrical and stylistic devices.
First part
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Dynamics of the genres system and literary levels
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
- Tools for literary analysis of poetry and fiction
Second part:
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Twentieth-century Italian literary history
- Overview of Twentieth-century Italian poetry, through the analysis of exemplary authors and texts
Third part:
- Close reading of "Pianissimo" by Camillo Sbarbaro: poetic voice, space and time structures, metrical and stylistic devices.
Prerequisites for admission
An essential knowledge of Italian literary history from the Unification to the mid-Twentieth century.
Ability to use basic tools for text analysis and for reading critical contributions.
Ability to use basic tools for text analysis and for reading critical contributions.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with use of telematics tools, slides, audio-visual contents.
Dialogic teaching moments.
Illustration of the learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria.
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Dialogic teaching moments.
Illustration of the learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria.
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources
First part:
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010 (limitedly to chapters 4. Le istituzioni della modernità, pp. 61-83; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, p. 137-170);
- L. Chines, C. Varotti, Che cos'è un testo letterario, Roma, Carocci, 2001 (limitedly to chapter 3. La narrazione, pp. 73-119).
- P. Giovannetti, Modi della poesia italiana contemporanea, Roma, Carocci, 2005 (limitedly to chapter 4. Le metriche, pp. 105-144).
Second part:
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
- Students must also study a selection of italian contemporary literary texts which will be presented and analyzed by the professor during the lessons.
Third part:
- C. Sbarbaro, Pianissimo, ed. by L. Polato, Venezia, Marsilio, 2001 (alternative edition: C. Cbarbaro, Poesie e prose, Milano, Mondadori, I Meridiani, pp. 33-74).
- S. Ghidinelli, Sul palcoscenico dell'attimo. Pianissimo come diario poetico, in Id., Le metamorfosi del diario poetico. Sbarbaro, Ungaretti, Saba, Montale, Milano, Unicopli, 2022, pp. 33-72
- V. Coletti, Prove di un io minore. Lettura di Sbarbaro - Pianissimo 1914, Roma, Bulzoni, 1997.
Supplementary bibliography for non-attending students.
First part:
- P. Giovannetti, Modi della poesia italiana contemporanea, Roma, Carocci, 2005 (limitedly to chapter 1. Dal primo al secondo Novecento, pp. 15-39)
Second part:
- Non-attending students will integrate the study of the literary texts presented during the lessons with the slides that will be made available for them on the Ariel website of the course.
Third part:
- E. Testa, L'ombrello di Sbarbaro, in C. Sbarbaro, Poesie e prose, Milano, Mondadori, I Meridiani, pp. XI-LXXXIV.
Third part
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010 (limitedly to chapters 4. Le istituzioni della modernità, pp. 61-83; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, p. 137-170);
- L. Chines, C. Varotti, Che cos'è un testo letterario, Roma, Carocci, 2001 (limitedly to chapter 3. La narrazione, pp. 73-119).
- P. Giovannetti, Modi della poesia italiana contemporanea, Roma, Carocci, 2005 (limitedly to chapter 4. Le metriche, pp. 105-144).
Second part:
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
- Students must also study a selection of italian contemporary literary texts which will be presented and analyzed by the professor during the lessons.
Third part:
- C. Sbarbaro, Pianissimo, ed. by L. Polato, Venezia, Marsilio, 2001 (alternative edition: C. Cbarbaro, Poesie e prose, Milano, Mondadori, I Meridiani, pp. 33-74).
- S. Ghidinelli, Sul palcoscenico dell'attimo. Pianissimo come diario poetico, in Id., Le metamorfosi del diario poetico. Sbarbaro, Ungaretti, Saba, Montale, Milano, Unicopli, 2022, pp. 33-72
- V. Coletti, Prove di un io minore. Lettura di Sbarbaro - Pianissimo 1914, Roma, Bulzoni, 1997.
Supplementary bibliography for non-attending students.
First part:
- P. Giovannetti, Modi della poesia italiana contemporanea, Roma, Carocci, 2005 (limitedly to chapter 1. Dal primo al secondo Novecento, pp. 15-39)
Second part:
- Non-attending students will integrate the study of the literary texts presented during the lessons with the slides that will be made available for them on the Ariel website of the course.
Third part:
- E. Testa, L'ombrello di Sbarbaro, in C. Sbarbaro, Poesie e prose, Milano, Mondadori, I Meridiani, pp. XI-LXXXIV.
Third part
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written test
Students who take the exam for 9 CFU (both attending and non-attending) must take and pass a written test, which is held three times a year (May, September, December). The test consists of closed questions and focuses on First part and on the Handbook of Literary History indicated for Second part. It assesses knowledge and skills related to the following topics:
- Characteristics of the twentieth-century literary system;
- Text and paratext analysis tools;
- Elements of bibliographic identification;
- Essential knowledge on periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth century Italian literature
The written test assessment, expressed through a 30 points grade scale, is worth 50% of the final grade.
The results of written test will be communicated to students through the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test is available on the same platform.
Oral exam
For students who pass the written test, the oral exam consists of an interview focusing on the literary texts presented in class during the Second part (attending students), or listed in the additional bibliography for non-attending students (in the section related to Second part), and on the entire program of Third part. The texts presented in class during Second part are available for attending students on the Ariel platform.
Students who take the exam for 6 CFU access directly the oral exam.
Students who take the exam for 9 CFU (both attending and non-attending) must take and pass a written test, which is held three times a year (May, September, December). The test consists of closed questions and focuses on First part and on the Handbook of Literary History indicated for Second part. It assesses knowledge and skills related to the following topics:
- Characteristics of the twentieth-century literary system;
- Text and paratext analysis tools;
- Elements of bibliographic identification;
- Essential knowledge on periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth century Italian literature
The written test assessment, expressed through a 30 points grade scale, is worth 50% of the final grade.
The results of written test will be communicated to students through the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test is available on the same platform.
Oral exam
For students who pass the written test, the oral exam consists of an interview focusing on the literary texts presented in class during the Second part (attending students), or listed in the additional bibliography for non-attending students (in the section related to Second part), and on the entire program of Third part. The texts presented in class during Second part are available for attending students on the Ariel platform.
Students who take the exam for 6 CFU access directly the oral exam.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
O-Z
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The course syllabus includes the presentation and discussion of the following topics:
PART ONE: 3 ECTS
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Dynamics of the genres system and literary levels
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
- Tools for literary analysis of poetry and fiction
PART TWO: 3 ECTS
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Nineteenth-Twentieth century Italian literary history
- Overview of dynamics of the Twentieth-century Italian literary genres system, through the analysis of paradigmatic authors and texts
PART THREE - 3 ECTS: Svevo: Modernism and Italian Novel
- Freud in the Italian narrative of the early twentieth century
- A critical reading of the Novel La Coscienza di Zeno
- Structural Analisys and stilistics Chosen
n.b. Students who intend to take the exam for 6 ECTS will have to prepare the teaching unit Part thre and, optionally, the teaching unit Part one or the teaching unit part two.
PART ONE: 3 ECTS
- Distinctive features of the Nineteenth-Twentieth century literary system
- Relationships between authors, readers, publishers
- Dynamics of the genres system and literary levels
- Criteria for bibliographic identification
- Tools for literary analysis of poetry and fiction
PART TWO: 3 ECTS
- Knowledge of prominent figures and moments of Nineteenth-Twentieth century Italian literary history
- Overview of dynamics of the Twentieth-century Italian literary genres system, through the analysis of paradigmatic authors and texts
PART THREE - 3 ECTS: Svevo: Modernism and Italian Novel
- Freud in the Italian narrative of the early twentieth century
- A critical reading of the Novel La Coscienza di Zeno
- Structural Analisys and stilistics Chosen
n.b. Students who intend to take the exam for 6 ECTS will have to prepare the teaching unit Part thre and, optionally, the teaching unit Part one or the teaching unit part two.
Prerequisites for admission
Essential knowledge of Italian literary history from the Unification to the mid-Twentieth century.
Ability to use basic tools for text analysis and for reading critical essays.
Ability to use basic tools for text analysis and for reading critical essays.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures and Dialogic teaching moments. Illustration of the learning assessment methods and evaluation criteria. At the End of each Part there will be a simulated exam (voluntary decided by the student).
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources
PART ONE
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, limitedly to chapters: 4 Le istituzioni della modernità, pp. 61 - 83; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, pp. 137-170) ***
- L. Chines-C. Varotti, Che cos'è un testo letterario, Roma, Carocci 2001 (chapter 3 only - La narrazione, pp. 73 - 119. ***
- P. Giovannetti, Modi della poesia contemporanea. Forme e tecniche dal 1950 a oggi ( limitedly to chapter 4, Le metriche, pp. 105 - 144).
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following text:- P. Giovannetti, Modi della poesia contemporanea. Forme e tecniche dal 1950 a oggi (limitedly to chapter. 1, Dal primo al secondo Novecento, pp. 15 - 39).
PART TWO
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013
- selected texts available on the Ariel teaching platform (Materiali per un percorso Otto-Novecento section).
PART THREE
Texts:
I. Svevo, La coscienza di Zeno (each edition, as long as it is integral)
G. Guglielmi, La vita originale di Zeno, in Id. La prosa italiana del Novecento, Einaudi, Torino 1986, pp. 30 - 55 ***
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following text:G. Còntini, La coscienza di Zeno di Italo Svevo, in Id. Letteratura Italiana, diretta da A. Asor Rosa, L'età della crisi, Einaudi, Torino 1994, pp. 593 - 624 ***
THE MATERIALS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (***) CAN BE FOUND IN ARIEL ON THE TEACHER'S PAGE
- V. Spinazzola, L'esperienza della lettura, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, limitedly to chapters: 4 Le istituzioni della modernità, pp. 61 - 83; 5. Le coordinate del sistema letterario, pp. 84-98; 7. La valorizzazione del testo, pp. 137-170) ***
- L. Chines-C. Varotti, Che cos'è un testo letterario, Roma, Carocci 2001 (chapter 3 only - La narrazione, pp. 73 - 119. ***
- P. Giovannetti, Modi della poesia contemporanea. Forme e tecniche dal 1950 a oggi ( limitedly to chapter 4, Le metriche, pp. 105 - 144).
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following text:- P. Giovannetti, Modi della poesia contemporanea. Forme e tecniche dal 1950 a oggi (limitedly to chapter. 1, Dal primo al secondo Novecento, pp. 15 - 39).
PART TWO
- A. Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013
- selected texts available on the Ariel teaching platform (Materiali per un percorso Otto-Novecento section).
PART THREE
Texts:
I. Svevo, La coscienza di Zeno (each edition, as long as it is integral)
G. Guglielmi, La vita originale di Zeno, in Id. La prosa italiana del Novecento, Einaudi, Torino 1986, pp. 30 - 55 ***
In addition to the main bibliography, non-attending students will study the following text:G. Còntini, La coscienza di Zeno di Italo Svevo, in Id. Letteratura Italiana, diretta da A. Asor Rosa, L'età della crisi, Einaudi, Torino 1994, pp. 593 - 624 ***
THE MATERIALS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (***) CAN BE FOUND IN ARIEL ON THE TEACHER'S PAGE
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written test
Students who take the exam for 9 ECTS (both attending and non-attending) must take a written test, which is held three times a year (May, September, December). The test consists of closed questions and focuses on teaching units PART ONE and PART TWO. It assesses knowledge and skills related to the following topics:
- Characteristics of the twentieth-century literary system;
- Text and paratext analysis tools;
- Elements of bibliographic identification;
- Essential knowledge on periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth-century Italian literature
The written test assessment, expressed through a 30 points grade scale (minimum passing grade 18), is worth 50% of the final grade.
The results of written test will be communicated to students through the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test is available on the same platform.
Oral exam
For students who pass the written test, the oral exam consists of an interview focusing on the poetic texts presented in class during teaching PART TWO (attending students), or listed in the additional bibliography for non-attending students (in the section related to same teaching unit ), and on the entire program of teaching unit PART THREE. The texts presented in class during teaching unit PART TWO are available for attending students on the Ariel platform.
For students who do not pass the written test, oral examination focuses on the entire course program (teaching units PART ONE, TWO and THREE).
Students who take the exam for 6 ECTS access directly the oral exam.
* INTERNATIONAL OR ERASMUS INCOMING STUDENTS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE TEACHER OF THE COURSE.
** SLD: ALSO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SHOULD THE TEACHER OF THE COURSE, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE EXAMINATION METHODS, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPETENT OFFICE.
Students who take the exam for 9 ECTS (both attending and non-attending) must take a written test, which is held three times a year (May, September, December). The test consists of closed questions and focuses on teaching units PART ONE and PART TWO. It assesses knowledge and skills related to the following topics:
- Characteristics of the twentieth-century literary system;
- Text and paratext analysis tools;
- Elements of bibliographic identification;
- Essential knowledge on periods, authors, genres and trends of Twentieth-century Italian literature
The written test assessment, expressed through a 30 points grade scale (minimum passing grade 18), is worth 50% of the final grade.
The results of written test will be communicated to students through the Ariel teaching platform.
A sample test is available on the same platform.
Oral exam
For students who pass the written test, the oral exam consists of an interview focusing on the poetic texts presented in class during teaching PART TWO (attending students), or listed in the additional bibliography for non-attending students (in the section related to same teaching unit ), and on the entire program of teaching unit PART THREE. The texts presented in class during teaching unit PART TWO are available for attending students on the Ariel platform.
For students who do not pass the written test, oral examination focuses on the entire course program (teaching units PART ONE, TWO and THREE).
Students who take the exam for 6 ECTS access directly the oral exam.
* INTERNATIONAL OR ERASMUS INCOMING STUDENTS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE TEACHER OF THE COURSE.
** SLD: ALSO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SHOULD THE TEACHER OF THE COURSE, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE EXAMINATION METHODS, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPETENT OFFICE.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/11 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
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