Università Roma Tre

The war tale, between literature and journalism

The course is divided into two parts. The first is introductory: it will analyse some forms of journalistic representation of society (such as the enquiry, the reportage, the documentary, the literary description, the cross-media narration) with a special focus on the analysis of the writing style. The second part is thematic: the case study will be the representation of war by some writers/journalists of the second half of the 20th century. In particular, Ernest Hemingway, Vasilij Grossman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Goffredo Parise, Michael Heer, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Luca Rastello, Edward Said and Alessandro Leogrande

1. Program for attendees

a)
O.Bergamini, Specchi di guerra.Giornalismo e conflitti armati da Napoleone ad oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2009.

b)
Abook of your choice, among:

G.Parise, Guerre politiche.Vietnam, Biafra, Laos, Cile (1976), Adelphi, Milan 2007
L.Rastello, La guerra in casa, Einaudi, Turin 1998
E.Said, La pace possibile (2003), Il Saggiatore, Milan 2005
A.Leogrande, La frontiera, Feltrinelli, Milan 2015

c)
Writing a paper (15,000 characters maximum) + oral presentation (20 minutes maximum) on a book of choice, agreed directly with the teacher, on the theme of the final workshop dedicated to an ongoing conflict.


2. Program for non-attendees

O.Bergamini, Specchi di guerra.Giornalismo e conflitti armati da Napoleone ad oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2009.
G.Parise, Guerre politiche.Vietnam, Biafra, Laos, Cile (1976), Adelphi, Milan 2007
E.Said, La pace possibile (2003), Il Saggiatore, Milan 2005
A.Leogrande, La frontiera, Feltrinelli, Milan 2015