Università Roma Tre

Fiction and autofiction from Dante to Ernesto Ferrero.

Teaching is part of the training activities related to the subject of Italianistica. The class I suggest aims to provide both a critical awareness of Italian literature and to amplify the hermeneutic abilities of students. As part of the teaching, the course wants to offer 1) a thorough knowledge of the main authors and of fictional works, that narrate and testify the historical processes; 2) the ability to contextualize, analyze and critically interpret texts of different nature. In this sense, works that start from the fourteenth century - Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio - and come to this day, will be addressed. Classes will be hosted by experts in the field.

1. Dante Alighieri, Vita nova (it is recommended the edition by S. Carrai, Milano, Rizzoli, 2009)
2. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il gattopardo (it is recommended the edition of Feltrinelli).
3. Ernesto Ferrero, N., Torino, Einaudi, 2000.
4. Selected texts (in handouts)