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SERAFINI Carlo
(syllabus)
Prof. Carlo Serafini
Contemporary Italian literature (L-FIL-LET-11)
L-10 – 8 ECTS - a.y. 2022-2023
Italian literature of the 20th and 21st centuries
The course examines the main authors and literary movements of poetry and fiction in the twentieth century and the first twenty years of the twenty-first century. Starting from a literary historical survey of the avant-gardes, we will focus on the birth of the modern novel, on the forms of realism, on war literature, on the fantastic-surrealist trend and on Neorealism. Greater importance will be given to the new Italian literature starting from the second post-war period, examining the relationship between literature and the Italy of reconstruction and well-being, the neo-avant-garde, the Group 63, the forms of the Postmodern. Finally, the first two decades of the 21st century will be taken into consideration, both in terms of innovation and relationship with tradition.
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Students will have to demonstrate knowledge of the history of twentieth-century literature, to be prepared on FLORIANA CALITTI (ed.), La vita dei testi. (vol.3.2. Path of twentieth-century poetry + Path of twentieth-century narrative) Zanichelli, Bologna 2015. From 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, Bertolucci, Caproni, Sereni, Gruppo 63, Rosselli, Merini, Magrelli. NARRATIVE: Path of twentieth-century prose, The European novel, Svevo, Pirandello, Tozzi, Calvino, Alvaro, Pasolini, Gadda, Palazzeschi, Moravia, Landolfi, Buzzati, Pavese, Vittorini, P.Levi, Morante, Fenoglio, Bassani, Sciascia, Bianciardi, Tondelli, Volponi, Eco.
Students will have to read two novels of their choice (by different authors) among those listed below: Svevo (Senility, Zeno's conscience); Tozzi (With closed eyes, Il Podere, Three crosses); Pirandello (The late Mattia Pascal); Calvino (The path of spider nests); Pasolini (Boys of life, A violent life); Palazzeschi (The Perelà code); Moravia (The indifferent, Augustine, Boredom); Landolfi (Dialogue of Major Systems, The Moonstone); Buzzati (The secret of the old wood, The desert of the Tartars); Pavese (Your country; The beautiful summer, The moon and the bonfires); P. Levi (If this is a man); Morante (The Island of Arturo), Bassani (The Golden Glasses, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis); Sciascia (The day of the owl); Bianciardi (The sour life).
NON-ATTENDING students, in addition to the program indicated above, will have to deepen their knowledge of Niccolò Ammaniti, Francesco Pecoraro, Eraldo Affinati, and read the novels Ammaniti (Anna), Pecoraro (Life in peacetime), Affinati (The gospel of the angels ).
(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.
Students will have to read two novels of their choice (by different authors) among those listed below: Svevo (Senilità, La coscienza di Zeno); Tozzi (Con gli occhi chiusi, Il Podere, Tre croci); Pirandello (Il fu Mattia Pascal); Calvino (Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno); Pasolini (Ragazzi di vita, Una vita violenta); Palazzeschi (Il codice di Perelà); Moravia (Gli indifferenti, Agostino, La noia); Landolfi (Dialogo dei massimi sistemi, La pietra lunare); Buzzati (Il segreto del bosco vecchio, Il deserto dei Tartari); Pavese (Paesi tuoi; La bella estate, La luna e i falò); P. Levi (Se questo è un uomo); Morante (L’isola di Arturo), Bassani (Gli occhiali d’oro, Il giardino dei Finzi Contini); Sciascia (Il giorno della civetta); Bianciardi (La vita agra); Ammaniti (Anna), Pecoraro (La vita in tempo di pace), Affinati (Il vangelo degli angeli).
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