The course provides students with a general knowledge of the contemporary Italian fiction and introduces to the methods of textual analysis. During the course, students will develop critical skills, will learn to realize analysis of texts and will acquire an understanding of the development of the authors' poetics.

The course examines the ways in which the human body has been a central object of representation in contemporary literature and explores the literary and socio-cultural context of the period, focusing on the formal and thematic aspects of novels. Particularly, lectures introduce students to poetics and works of some of the most representative contemporary authors as Italo Calvino, Gianni Celati, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giorgio Manganelli, Alberto Moravia and Leonardo Sciascia.

- Knowledge and understanding of main authors and works of contemporary Italian fiction;

- Competence to realise a critical analysis of literary works;

- Capacity to evaluate stylistic, aesthetic, historical and cultural levels of literary works;

- Ability to communicate accurate informations in literary studies field;

- Acquiring methodological tools of textual analysis and literary-historical competencies.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Course books

A)

Italo Calvino, La giornata di uno scrutatore (Mondadori)

Gianni Celati, Lunario del paradiso (Feltrinelli)

Giorgio Manganelli, Pinocchio: un libro parallelo (Adelphi)

Alberto Moravia, La noia (Bompiani)

Pier Paolo Pasolini, Teorema (Garzanti)

Leonardo Sciascia, Candido ovvero un sogno fatto in Sicilia (Adelphi)

 

B)

Marco Antonio Bazzocchi, Corpi che parlano, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2005

Alberto Casadei e Marco Santagata, Manuale di letteratura italiana contemporanea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009 : capp. IV e V

 

C)

Pier Paolo Pasolini, Teorema (film), 1968

Assessment

Written and oral exam

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.