Università Roma Tre

Renaissance is the season of the long narrative, the epic-chivalric poem (Boiardo, Ariosto, Tasso), in many ways the direct ancestor of the modern novel; but it is also an incredibly prolific season for the short story, which, starting from Boccaccio's model, acquires different forms, in verse and prose (including many antecedents and sources of Shakespeare). The course will follow the evolution and interaction between these two narrative genres and examine related issues, from the question of the open narrative (the novel, which also originated as a serial story) or closed narrative (novella incorniciata) to the success with the general public.

Attendig students:
Handouts supplied by the professor and downloadable from Teams
A book of your chice from among:
- R. Bruscagli, Studi cavallereschi, Firenze, Società Editrice Fiorentina, 2003
- G. Mazzacurati, All’ombra di Dioneo: tipologie e percorsi della novella da Boccaccio a Bandello, a cura di Matteo Palumbo, Scandicci, La Nuova Italia, 1996 (in fotocopie)
- M. Roggero, Le carte piene di sogni. Testi e lettori in età moderna, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006

Non-attending students:
Supplementary handouts
S. Carapezza, La novella nel Cinquecento, Milano, Unicopli, 2013