Università Roma Tre

Title of the course: European and America narrative in the Nineteenth century

Description of the course: The course aims to present an outline of European and America narrative in the Nineteenth century, taking into exam some significant works (in the Italian translation of important authors of the Twentieth century, such as Sbarbaro, Landolfi, Del Buono, Manganelli e Celati)

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

TEXTS:
-Edgar Allan Poe, Racconti, Einaudi (selected passages)
-Nikolaj Gogol, Racconti di Pietroburgo, Adelphi (selected passages)
-Herman Melville, Bartleby lo scrivano, Feltrinelli
-Gustave Flaubert, Tre racconti, Feltrinelli (selected passages)
-Guy de Maupassant, Racconti, Bur (selected passages)
-Anton Cechov, Racconti, Bur (selected passages)
-Henry James, La passione del dubbio, Marsilio (selected passages)
-Henry James, La lezione del maestro, Adelphi

STUDIES:
-Alberto Savinio, Maupassant e l’altro, Adelphi
-Gilles Deleuze – Giorgio Agamben, Bartleby, Quodlibet
-Other texts will be provided in photocopies

ADDITIONAL TEXTS FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTENT LESSONS:
- Vladimir Nabokov, Gogol, Adelphi
- Complete reading of the texts of which attendant students are required to read selected passages