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ITALIAN LITERATURE - WOMEN'S WRITING

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Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL MEDIATION

Disciplinary Sector:

ITALIAN LITERATURE

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Availability to listen and to be introduced to the reading and interpretation of the text; an overview of the history of Italian and western literature.

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ITALIAN LITERATURE

LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL MEDIATION

AF code:

40009078

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral Examination

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Acquisition of philological, metrical, rethorical, linguistic, sylistic, cultural and philosophical instruments for the analysis of the text and its hystorical interpretation.

Contents

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.

Recommended Bibliography

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.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Frontal Courses (DIP and/or DAD)

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