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

The course addresses different typologies of the novel in the second Twentieth century, starting from 1963: it is the year in which they publish "Lessico famigliare" of Natalia Ginzburg, winner of the Strega Prize and work of a writer and essayist already known and affirmed; It is the year of "Libera nos a Malo", the debut novel by Luigi Meneghello: he arrives in the Italian literary scene as a meteorite that fascinates and astounds. It Is also the year of the Group '63 and of the never ending discussions on the experimental novel (in particular we will focus on Arbasino, Balestrini, Sanguineti, Spatola, Alice Ceresa and Carla Vasio). From this observatory and from the critical fortune of the works taken into consideration, we will try to illustrate the next evolution of the novel genre.

Natalia Ginzburg, "Lessico famigliare"
Luigi Meneghello, "Libera nos a Malo"

Pages chosen from Arbasino, Balestrini, Sanguineti, Fruttero e Lucentini 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,.
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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