Università Roma Tre

The course, starting from 1861 to the second half of the 20th century, will follow the development of Italian literary history on both the lyrical and narrative side. Each author will be studied in its historical and geographical context, by some examples of reading and textual analysis of his major works, also through the constant reference to the relationship with cinema, television and new media.

Critical bibliography:

Monica Venturini, L'Unità discontinua. Poesia e identità nazionale nel Novecento, Perugia, Morlacchi, 2016

General bibliography:
The history of Italian literature from 1861 to the 1970s is to be prepared on a manual of Italian literature (we recommend: Giulio Ferroni, Storia della letteratura Italiana, Dall’Ottocento al Novecento e Il Novecento e il nuovo millennio, Mondadori Università). A good knowledge of the following authors, is required: Carducci, Nievo, Verga, Capuana, De Roberto, Fogazzaro, Deledda, Serao, D’Annunzio, Pirandello, Tozzi, Svevo, Palazzeschi, Gadda, Moravia, Flaiano, Pavese, Vittorini, Fenoglio, Calvino, Pratolini, Tomasi di Lampedusa, Bassani, Cassola, Pasolini, Sciascia, Primo Levi, Elsa Morante, Anna Maria Ortese. It also requires a profile of the 20th century, as well as a good knowledge of the following authors: Pascoli, D’Annunzio, Gozzano, Marinetti, Palazzeschi, Campana, Saba, Ungaretti, Montale, Quasimodo, Luzi, Caproni, Penna, Bertolucci, Sereni, Pavese, Pasolini, Rosselli.