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14605 LETTERATURA INGLESE in Modern Philology LM-14 VIVIANI Valerio
(syllabus)
The theme of history, and of the narration of history, is a leitmotif of postmodern thinkers and novelists. The aim of the course will be to explore English novels in which the theme of history recurs in different configurations, and to contextualise the view that different authors have built around this theme. After some lessons devoted to the form of the novel and to the cultural context of postmodern literature, the other lessons will be devoted to each text, according to a thematic arrangement: 'Waterland', 'The Remains of the Day', 'The English Patient'', The Innocent', 'Last Orders', 'The Light of Day', and 'Atonement'.
(reference books)
Bibliography:
Graham Swift, Waterland / Il paese dell’acqua (it. Garzanti o Neri Pozza)
==========, Last Orders / Ultimo giro (it. Feltrinelli)
==========, The Light of Day /La luce del giorno (it. Feltrinelli)
Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient / Il paziente inglese (it. Garzanti)
Ian McEwan, The Innocent / Lettera a Berlino (it. Einaudi)
=========, Atonement / Espiazione (it. Einaudi)
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day / Quel che resta del giorno (it. Einaudi)
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