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Teacher
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COLOMBI ROBERTA
(syllabus)
Memory, invention and history in the Italian novel between 800 and 900
the course program includes to deep the knowledge of the transformations that the historical novel has undergone since the nineteenth century models. The program therefore provides for the analysis of some texts of this tradition. Particular attention will be given to the reflection on literary genre and the narrative solutions adopted by Manzoni, Nievo, Pirandello.
(reference books)
To take the exam it is required:
the knowledge of nineteenth and twentieth century literary history, for which it is suggested, but not prescriptively:
Giulio Ferroni, "Storia della Letteratura italiana. Dall'Ottocento al Novecento", Milano, Mondadori, 2012.
A particular in-depth study is required for the following authors:
Foscolo, Manzoni, Fogazzaro, Nievo, De Roberto, Pirandello, Bacchelli, Primo Levi, Fenoglio, Bassani, Banti, Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sciascia, Morante.
The critical bibliography concerning the monographic course:
Memory, invention and history in the Italian novel between 800 and 900
A collection of essays, prepared by the teacher. Furthermore is required a complete reading of four novels of your choice.
The first two between:
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi sposi
Ippolito Nievo, Le Confessioni d'un italiano
Luigi Pirandello, I vecchi e i giovani
The other two between these two groups:
1) Risorgimento and post-unification Italy
Riccardo Bacchelli, Il Mulino del Po, I (1957)
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo (1958)
Anna Banti, Noi credevamo (1967)
Antonio Tabucchi, Piazza d’Italia (1975)
Antonio Scurati, A Romantic Story (2010)
Valerio Evangelisti, Il sole dell'avvenire I, (2013)
2) War and Fascism
Beppe Fenoglio, Il partigiano Johnny (1968)
Elsa Morante, La Storia (1974)
Antonio Tabucchi, Tristano muore (2004)
Antonio Pennacchi, Canale Mussolini I, (2011)
Antonio Scurati, M Il figlio del secolo (2018)
Critical material on each of these authors is available from the Copyando (Seminar Material) copy shop.
In addition for non-attending students:
A specific essay collection by the teacher.
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