Università Roma Tre

Geografie immaginarie

Imaginary places are an almost constant feature of literary works, especially fiction. But there are also many works that are based on a true imaginary geography: an articulated universe re-founded or completely invented by the author who sets his narrative there. The course aims to investigate this dimension in different authors and genres: from Dante to Italo Calvino, from fairy tales to children’s literature, from the origins to the present day.

Textbooks for attending students:

- Lecture notes, including anthology extracts (Dante, Divina Commedia, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron; La navigazione di San Brandano; La lettera del Prete Gianni; Marco Polo, Il Milione; Matteo Maria Boiardo, Inamoramento de Orlando; Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso; Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata; Giambattista Basile, Lo cunto de li cunti; Fiabe italiane, raccolte e trascritte da Italo Calvino; Carlo Collodi, Le avventure di Pinocchio; Italo Calvino, I nostri antenati) and critical texts.

Textbooks for non-attending students
Add to textbook for attending students:
- Umberto Eco, Storia delle terre e dei luoghi leggendari, Milano, Bompiani, 2013.