CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE I SP

This course is among the characterizing activities of the Modern and Contemporary curriculum within the Master's degree programme in Italian Philology and Literature. It also constitutes part of the related and supplementary activities for the Medieval and Renaissance curriculum of the same degree programme, as well as for the Master's degree programme in History from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age.

The course aims to provide students with comprehensive and in-depth knowledge, alongside specialized methodological skills, in the field of Italian Literature from the early twentieth century to the 2000s. It further seeks to enhance students' awareness of the diverse critical-methodological approaches through which a text may be interpreted, engaging with it also through comparison with other texts—not necessarily contemporaneous—in recognition of the inescapable dialectic between past and present that characterizes literary history.

1. Knowledge
- To deepen knowledge of twentieth-century Italian literature in relation to its contemporary cultural context and its intertextual connections with other works, including those from earlier periods;
- To refine methodological knowledge pertaining to strategies of literary text analysis.

2. Skills
- To autonomously apply effective analytical strategies, calibrated to the specific characteristics of the texts under examination, with awareness of the variety of possible methodological and interpretative approaches;
- To elaborate both oral and written commentary on literary texts with mastery of specialized vocabulary and a personal perspective grounded in philological and critical rigour;
- To engage literary texts in dialogue with other texts and historical periods within a comparative and multidisciplinary framework.

Good knowledge of the history of Italian literature (of authors and their major works).
Excellent knowledge of the Italian language.

The course will be devoted to the following topic:
Intertextuality and Analysis of Occurrences in Pascoli, d'Annunzio, and Twentieth-Century Literature.

This course proposes an investigation of intertextual structures and lexical frequencies in the works of Giovanni Pascoli and Gabriele d'Annunzio, with specific reference to the "Poemi conviviali" and "Alcyone". Philological analysis of occurrences will enable the isolation of semantic constants with thematic implications common to both authors. The syllabus also includes targeted examinations of texts by Salvatore Quasimodo, Cesare Pavese, Goliarda Sapienza, and Livia De Stefani, designed to verify the persistence and intertextuality of the proposed models in the later twentieth century.

Students are advised to avail themselves of a complete edition of Pascoli's “Poemi conviviali” and d'Annunzio's “Alcyone”.

Specific bibliographical indications concerning the texts and topics will be provided in class and communicated on Moodle.

The examination will take the form of an oral interview on the topics covered in the lecture; students may also bring an additional text of their choice for personal study.

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With regard to grading (how grades will be awarded), regardless of whether attending or not:
A. Scores in the 18-22 range will be awarded in the presence of
- sufficient knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- limited ability to collect and/or interpret data, making independent judgements;
- sufficient communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language;
B. marks in bands 23-26 will be awarded in the presence of
- discrete knowledge and applied comprehension skills with reference to the syllabus;
- discrete ability to collect and/or interpret data, making autonomous judgements;
- fair communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language;
C. scores in band 27-30 will be awarded in the presence of
- good or very good knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- good or very good ability to collect and/or interpret data, making independent judgements;
- fully appropriate communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
D. Honours will be awarded in the presence of knowledge and ability of applied understanding with reference to the syllabus, excellent judgement and communication skills.

Frontal lecture and seminar.
Supplementary materials - worksheets, bibliographical directions and further study essays - will be prepared by the lecturer and shared with students, including via the Moodle platform.
Language of instruction is Italian.

The programme for non-attending students does not vary from the programme for attending student

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development