ITALIAN LITERATURE - WOMEN'S WRITING
Oral Examination
Acquisition of philological, metrical, rethorical, linguistic, sylistic, cultural and philosophical instruments for the analysis of the text and its hystorical interpretation.
The Gattopardo and the AntiGattopardo. I. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Reading of the whole novel Il Gattopardo and discussion of the author's work in the context of the follows concepts: historical novel; History and Story; interweaving of story’s time and human time; relationsheep between historical and subjective truth; gendered writing.
The Gattopardo and the AntiGattopardo. II. Goliarda Sapienza
Reading of the whole novel L’arte della gioia; discussion of the author's work in the context of feminine thought explored throughout the contribute of some authorities (Virginia Woolf, Elsa Morante, Marguerite Yourcenar, Nicole Loraux among them); reflections about relationships between literature and life, history, memory, philosophy, politics.
G. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo, Feltrinelli 1958 sgg., pp. 9-187.
V. Spinazzola, Il romanzo antistorico, Editori Riuniti 1993, pp. 211-240.
M.A. Ferraloro, L’opera-orologio. Saggi sul “Gattopardo”, Pacini 2017, pp. 17-47.
G. Sapienza, L’arte della gioia, Einaudi 2208, pp. 5-511.
M. Farnetti, Modesta nomade, in AA.VV., L’invenzione delle personagge, Iacobelli 2016, pp. 168-176.
G. Scarfone, Goliarda Sapienza una scrittrice ai margini del sistema letterario, Transeuropa 2018, pp. 131-140.
Frontal Courses (DIP and/or DAD)
Possible light integrations and amendments of the learning material.