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SERAFINI Carlo
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University of Tuscia
DISUCOM
Prof. Carlo Serafini
Contemporary Italian Literature (L-FIL-LET-11)
L-10 - 8 CFU - a.y. 2020-2021
Poetry and prose in the Italian literature of the twentieth century
The course examines the main authors and literary movements of poetry and fiction in the twentieth century. We will focus in particular on the historical avant-gardes, the birth of the modern novel, the forms of realism and fiction between the two wars, the fantastic-surrealist and comic vein, the literature of the war, Neorealism, "The Polytechnic", relationships between literature and industry and between literature and journalism, “Officina”, “Menabò”, the neo-avant-garde, Group 63, the forms of Postmodernism.
Bibliography:
Students will have to demonstrate knowledge of the history of twentieth century literature, to be prepared on FLORIANA CALITTI (edited by), The life of the texts. (vol.3.2. Path of the poetry of the twentieth century + Path of the fiction of the twentieth century) Zanichelli, Bologna 2015. Of the manual, students will have to study the chapters relating to: POETRY: Historical profile of the twentieth century, Path of twentieth century poetry, Futurism, Palazzeschi, Campana, Saba, Ungaretti, Montale, Quasimodo, Penna, Caproni, Group 63, Merini, Magrelli. NARRATIVE: Path of twentieth century prose, Svevo, Pirandello, Tozzi, Calvino, Pasolini, Gadda, Palazzeschi, Moravia, Buzzati, Pavese, Landolfi, Vittorini, P. Levi, Morante, Fenoglio, Sciascia, Bianciardi, Tondelli.
Students will also have to study for further study:
- Carlo Serafini, The Sandro Penna Fund, Bulzoni, Rome 2020 (study only part I, part II should be consulted in the reading)
NON ATTENDING students will have to prepare the two volumes of the manual The life of the texts in full and add for further information, in addition to the aforementioned volume on Penna, the text Carlo Serafini, The fifth commandment. Studies on Federigo Tozzi, Vecchiarelli, Manziana 2008.
Development of the course: Second semester
(reference books)
FLORIANA CALITTI (a cura di), La vita dei testi. (vol.3.2. Percorso della poesia del Novecento + Percorso della narrativa del Novecento) Zanichelli, Bologna 2015
Carlo Serafini, Il Fondo Sandro Penna, Bulzoni, Roma 2020
Carlo Serafini, Il quinto comandamento. Studi su Federigo Tozzi, Vecchiarelli, Manziana 2008
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