Università Roma Tre

After defining the American political, cultural and literary context of the first half of the twentieth century, the course aims to analyze the relationships between literature and different forms of art and language in their interrelation with the politics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It will concentrate on the production of representative American artists, writers, directors from the twentieth century to the present day. In a second moment, we will focus on the theater of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller.
The North American theater, opposed by the Puritans of New England, has its first (mostly imitative) manifestations in the southern colonies during the seventeenth century and continues, with local and melodramatic tinges, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The great theater has its major development in the twentieth century, with O'Neill, Williams (in the South) and A. Miller -- the latter reaching the twenty-first century. The classic crosses it, like a fil rouge, up to the contemporary age, renewing itself from time to time in its forms and contents. A volume "in progress" edited by Caterina Ricciardi highlights many aspects of classical art in various authors of the twentieth century in the United States.
The second part of the course will be devoted to the study of literary works published from the second half of the twentieth century until the present day and to their adaptations for the screen.

Texts:
E. O'Neill, "Desire under the Elms", "A Long Day's Journey into Night"
T. Williams, "A Streetcar Named Desire"
A. Miller, "Death of a Salesman"

Tennessee Williams, "The Rose Tattoo" (1950) - Daniel Mann, "The Rose Tattoo" (1955)
Lorraine Hansberry, "A Raisin in the Sun" - Daniel Petrie (1961), Bill Duke (1989), "A Raisin in the Sun"
David Henry Hwang, "M. Butterfly" (1988) - David Cronenberg, "M. Butterfly" (1993)
Hillary Jordan, "Mudbound" (2008) - Dee Rees, "Mudbound" (2017)

After defining the American political, cultural and literary context of the first half of the twentieth century, the course aims to analyze the relationships between literature and different forms of art and language in their interrelation with the politics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It will deepen the production of some American artists, writers, directors from the twentieth century to the present day. In a second moment, we will focus on the theater of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Wiliams and Artur Miller.
The North American theater, opposed by the puritans of New England, has its first manifestations in the southern colonies in 600 (mostly imitative) and continues, with local colors and melodramatic, in 700 and 800. The great theater has great development in the twentieth century, with O'Neill, Williams (south) and A. Miller, the last of which goes beyond the century to reach the twenty-first century. The classic crosses it, fil rouge, up to the contemporaneity, renewing itself from time to time in the forms and in the contents.
An "in progress" volume edited by Caterina Ricciardi highlights many aspects of classical art in various authors of the twentieth century in the United States.

Module 1-6 CFU The exam will be in English

TEXTS
Poetry
*Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "Away above a Harborful" In 'Pictures of the Gone World' San Francisco, Pocket Poets Series, City Lights Publications, 1955.
*Kenneth Patchen, “Picture Poems', https://www.pinterest.it/pin/38773246761932816/?autologin=true
Prose
*Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown”
Drama
*Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan, versione integrale del film (Biblioteca DAMS) Per il play, qualsiasi edizione.
Kenneth Tynan et al. Oh! Calcutta! (cfr. www) Per lo script (online), vedi link: https://archive.org/details/ohcalcuttaentert00tyna -- OPTIONAL
Cinema
*Video: "Portrait of Jason", directed by Shirley Clarke (Videoteca del Dipartimento).
Video: The Watermelon Woman by Cheryl Dunye (online) -- OPTIONAL
*Video: Stranger Inside, directed by Cheryl Dunye (Amazon.it, online orders)