CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE

The course is inserted between the basic disciplines common to the Program of Study and aims to provide an adequate critical knowledge of Contemporary Italian literature and the fundamental tools for the textual interpretation. The teaching activity aims to start an analysis historically and philologically aware of the literary texts, founded on the mastery of the technical language. Because of the broad scope of the subject matter, different topics will be chosen each year. The general perspective will be open to making comparisons with European and Extra-European literature.
The objectives to be achieved are functional to the course of study, are aimed at making reach to the student good critical skills based on appropriate knowledge, and a comparative spirit able to link with profit the other disciplines of the three years.

1) orientation in the contemporary Italian literary landscape 2) identification of the proposed texts and ability to comment with other Italian and foreign texts. 3) ability to present the authors and works proposed in the course in an argumented and clear way with intelligent choice of the basic critical bibliography.

Good knowledge of Italian language and interest in literature. Awareness of their language skills and criticisms, and commitment to improve them

Pirandello and the European novel between cinema and theatre. The course aims to illustrate the Italian literature of the twentieth century through one of the most representative authors at international level.
Starting with the study of one of his most fascinating and complex novels, "Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio operatore" published in 1925 (first edition in 1915 with the title "Si gira "), not only the profile of the author will be traced, but also the profile of an entire age.

Manuals to be chosen : 1) CLAUDIO GIUNTA: "CUORI INTELLIGENTI. Mille anni di letteratura". Volume 3 B Dal secondo Novecento a oggi", Milano, Garzanti Scuola. Edizione Blu, 2016. or Alberto Casadei, Marco Santagata, Manuale di Letteratura italiana contemporanea; or other manual to be agreed with the teacher.
Luigi Pirandello, Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio operatore (Rizzoli BUR)).
M.A.Grignani, Retoriche pirandelliane, Napoli, Liguori.
Pages chosen from Benjamin, Barthes, Giancarlo Mazzacurati and other authors will be available on the net

Further bibliography will be indicated during the course.

The assessment is made on the basis of an oral examination (about 15 minutes). The exam takes place starting from a detailed comment of a passage from the works analysed during the course. Students are also asked to show their knowledge of the whole work from a critical, exegetical and philological point of view, alongside a good familiarity with the broader historical-literary context within which the work was written.
Clearness of exposition, pertinence of language and terminology competence are taken into account for the assessment.
A written exercise will be proposed to be delivered 10 days before the chosen appeal. The tutorial modes will be illustrated in lesson

Traditional methods with educational materials online.

Not attending students are requested to meet the professor,.
.

oral