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course consists of 4 lessons in a Standard Language Course plus 2
private tutorials on Italian Literature, each day. The
course is designed for those who have a passion and/or a professional
interest in Italian literature. As in all thematic courses, this one
aims not only at providing knowledge of contemporary Italian authors,
but also at improving the student’s general knowledge of the Italian
language on the basis of the didactic principle that the things that
interest us are much more easily assimilated.
The
program can be carried out in several ways:
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A) a look at the main Italian authors of this century, at literary
trends and movements, with readings and stylistic analyses of
important passages;
- B)
the presentation and analysis of a specific movement or author;
- C)
the presentation and analysis of a particular work
Program
A:
- The
origins of the Novecento: D’Annunzio and Pascoli;
- Interpretations
of the Novecento;
- Benedetto
Croce;
- The
"crepuscolari";
- The
futurists;
- The
"vociani";
- Pirandello
and theater;
- Italo
Svevo;
- Narrative
in the early Novecento: Moravia;
- From
Solaria to the "Ermetici";
- Neo-realism;
- Post-war:
between memory and myth;
- Experimental
narrative;
- Post-war
poetry;
- Neo-avant-garde
and contemporary narrative.
Programs
B and C:
If
a student is particularly interested in a literary movement, in
an author or in a particular work, the course can focus entirely
on that topic. In such cases, we recommend that the student inform
us before arriving in order to give the instructor sufficient time
to prepare a specific program with selected texts
Example
of Program B: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Biography,
his works in the language of Friuli, his political involvement with
the Communist Party, his first novel (Il sogno di una cosa), his
mature novels (Ragazzi di vita and Una vita violenta), his participation
in the magazine Officina, his collection of poetry Le ceneri di
Gramsci, his screenplays, essays and collected writings, his tragedies
in verse (Orgia Calderon, Affubulazione), his posthumous collected
poetry (Amado mio and Atti impuri)
Example
of Program C: Una vita violenta by Pier Paolo Pasolini
The
story of Tommaso and of his human and political maturation, which
takes place among the poverty of shack dwellers, the “notti brave”
in the nightspots of Rome, the thefts carried out with a group of
friends, his homosexual prostitution, his discovery of politics,
his tragic death.
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