| CODE | ITL3014 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Il Novecento | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Italian | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will be divided into two distinct parts. The first part will be dedicated to the development of the Italian lyric tradition via a series of close readings of a number of poems from the Novecento. The primary texts may include works by Umberto Saba, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Eugenio Montale, Sandro Penna, and Giovanni Giudici, among others. Along with issues of periodization, special attention will be given to poetic forms, figures of speech, rhythm, metre and the rapport between sound and meaning. In the second part of the study-unit, we will examine a range of examples of Italian fiction with a particular focus on a series of interrelated topics in postmodern narrative: literary self-consciousness, space and temporality, narrative technique, intertextuality, citationality, authorial intention and the relationship between literary representation and veracity. We will also be discussing the films based on some of the novels which will be treated. The intent of this part of the study-unit dedicated to Italian fiction is thus to combine twentieth-century written narrative and cinema in a critical and compelling fashion. The works of fiction may include Luigi Pirandello’s Il fu Mattia Pascal, Italo Calvino’s Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore, Antonio Tabucchi’s Sostiene Pereira (novel and film), Giorgio Manganelli’s Centuria, and Francesco Marroni’s Nelle vene del tempo. Reading List: Ferroni,G. (2007), Letteratura italiana contemporanea, Mondadori Universita`, 2 volumes Pirandello, L. (1997) Il fu Mattia Pascal (preferably Mondadori) Calvino, I. (1979) Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore, Einaudi Tabucchia, A. (1994) Sostiene Pereira, Feltrinelli A reading pack with a selection of twentieth-century poetry and prose as well as a series of theoretical and critical readings will be made available at the start of the study-unit. Recommended reading: Fortini, F. (1978) I poeti del Novecento, Laterza Mengaldo, P. (1978) Poeti italiani del Novecento, Mondadori Lucente, G. (1995), Bellissime fiabe, Milella |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | This study-unit is taught and assessed in Italian. | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Fabrizio Foni |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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