Università Roma Tre

The course aims to provide students with tools for analysis and basic knowledge on a large chronological area of Italian literature, proposing as a thread the comedy of Dante, of which, beyond a close reading of some parts, will be examined the fortune over the centuries. Through the fortune it will be provided an illustration of the works and poetics of various authors who were in turn readers of Dante’s masterpiece (including mainly Petrarch, Boccaccio and Bembo, but also Tasso, Vico, Alfieri, Foscolo, Monti, Leopardi).

Notes from the lectures (they are an integral part of the bibliography)
A handbook of Italian literature at university level, possibly with anthology. We recommend:
G. Alfano, P. Italy, E. Russo, F. Tomasi, Letteratura italiana, 2 voll., Milano, Mondadori Università, 2018.
A commented university level edition of the Divine comedy. We recommend the one curated by G. Inglese, Roma, Carocci, 2016.
F. Rico, I venerdì del Petrarca, Milano, Adelphi, 2016.
L. Marcozzi, Bembo, Firenze, Cesati, 2017.
G. Inglese, Vita di Dante. Una biografia possibile, Roma, Carocci, 2015.
One book among: John Alfred Scott, Perché Dante?, 2nd. ed., Roma, Aracne, 2019 / Marco Santagata, Il racconto della "Commedia". Guida al poema di Dante, Milano, Mondadori, 2017.