37585 - Modern and Contemporary Persian Language and Literature

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student acquires a good level of competence, active and passive, in the language and literature neopersiana, and ability to deal with texts in their original language, deepening autonomy in bibliographic research and reporting.

Course contents

All linguistic and literary themes of the program will be handled by considering the historical context in which they are born and will be developed in chronological order along with the social and political events in the recent history of Iran. A contextualized analysis of contemporary literary phenomena will offer students the opportunity to evaluate the innovative processes of Persian language and literature in a wider context. The long and close relationship between the cultural, political and social phenomena of modern Iran will be the theme of the three parts of the program.

  Part I:

 First stirrings of change linguisto and literary

 

  The need of renovation (1850-1900)

  Language changes

  Social and political issues in the literature

  Terms and fortune of the translation from Western languages

  Poetry in the service of Motorcycles constitutionalist

  The culture and the Constitutional Revolution (1906-11)

  The meeting with European literature

  Journalism and Satire

  Historical fiction, travel diaries, popular novel

 

   Part II:

  Innovation linguistic and literary

 

  The Persian language and "Modernity"

   Jamalzadeh and Nima Yushij: first exponents of language change and literary

   Poetry "new" and Poetry "classic", two parallel currents

  Social novel, visionary novel, romance

  Literature for children, social stories, fairy tales mythological

  Writing and rural folk

  The "New Wave" in prose and poetry

  Satire and its social role

  Search the cultural identity and Westernization

 

  Part III:

   The Islamic Revolution and its impacts on culture and literature (1979-2010)

 

  Literature in the service of the Revolution

  War and resistance in poetry

  Religious writing, writing "Epic"

  New forms of mysticism in the literature

  Literature and women's writing

  Historical novel, biographical novel, popular novel

  Literature and cinema

   The recovery of the Persian language among Arabic lexicon and European loans

  The Persian language and new means of mass communication

Readings/Bibliography

Getting Started guides

E.g. Browne, A Literary History of Persia, 4 vols., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1951-53

J. Rypka, A History of Iranian Literature, Doordrecht, Reidel Publishing Company, 1968

A. Kamshad, Modern Persian Prose Literature, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1967

A. Bausani, A. Pagliaro, The Persian literature, Sansoni-Academy, Florence-Milan 1968

A. M. Piemontese, History of Persian literature, 2 vols., Milano, Fratelli Fabbri, 1970

E. Yarshater (ed.), Persian Literature, New York, Columbia University / Bibliotheca Persica, 1988.

F. Machalski, Iran contemporain de Litterature, I-III, Krakow 1965-1980

Ch Balay, Z. Vesel, Aux sources de la nouvelle persane, Paris,

N. L. Tornesello (ed.), The contemporary Persian literature between innovation and tradition, monograph of Modern East Magazine, The (2003)

A. Vanzan, Daughters of Shahrazad. Iranian writers from the nineteenth century. today, Milan, Bruno Mondadori, 2009

P. Chelkowsky, Iran under the Pahlavis, Stanford (Cal.), 1978.

G. Scarcia, Persian literature, in History of literature of the East, vol 2, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 1969.

Y. Aryanpur, Az Saba tâ Nima, 2nd vol., Tehran, 1357/1978

M. Hoquqi, She'r and noo-az aghaz ta emruz 1301-1350, Tehran 1351/1972

R. Baraheni, Tala give mes, 3rd ed., Tehran, 1358/1979

   Further reading in translation

S. Hedayat, The Blind Owl, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1960 (then Milan, ES, 1993)

S. Hedayat, Three drops of blood, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1979

G. Bellingeri L. Cerato, M. Pistoso (ed.), Exoticism of reflection and self-denigration. Two voices of Islam yesterday, Rome, Institute for the East, 1983

S. Hedayat, The Blind Owl. Three drops of blood, Milan, Feltrinelli, 2006

A. Kiarostami, A wolf lurking, edited by R. Spigots, Turin, Einaudi, 2003

F. Farrokhzad, The massacre of flowers, edited by D. Ingenito, Naples, Orientexpress, 2008

F. Farrokhzad, is only the voice remains. Songs of a rebellious woman of the twentieth century Iran, edited by F. Mardani, presentation of C. Saccone, Rome-Reggio Emilia, Aliberti Editore, 2009

Sh. Parsipur, Women Without Men, edited by A. Vanzan, Milan, Tranchida, 2004

Sh. Parsipur, Tuba and the Meaning of Night, Milan, Tranchida, 2000

Sh. Ebadi, The golden cage, Milan, Rizzoli, 2008

Gh. Saedi, The house next to the forest, edited by F. Bertotti, Turin, Lindau, 2003

F. Bertotti, The minarets and the sky. Stories of the Persians' 900, Palermo, Sellerio, 1989

A. Vanzan (ed.), Words revealed. Tales of Persian women, Padua, Imprimitur, 1998

S. Behrangi, The little black fish, edited by M. Casari, Rome, Donzelli, 2008

G. Taraghi, Three women. Stories from Iran, edited by A. Vanzan, Rome, Ed Work, 2009

 

     Some Iranian writers who publish in European languages ​​and other authors translated

 

M. Ravanipur, Satan's stones, Austin, University of Texas Press, 1996

B. Nakhjavani, The woman who read too much, Milan, Rizzoli, 2007

B. Nakhjavani, Travelers dawn, Milan, Rizzoli, 2008 (first ed. Florence, Letters, 2001 under the title The scrip)

A. Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Milano, Adelphi, 2004

H. Ziarati, Salam maman, Turin, Einaudi, 2006

H. Ziarati, The Mechanic roses, Einaudi, Torino 2009

B. Zarmandili, Summer is cruel, Milan, Feltrinelli, 2007

Z. Pirzad, Die Lichter Loesche ich, Frankfurt am Main, Insel, 2006

Z. Pirzad, On s' y fera, Paris, Zulma, 2007

Z. Pirzad, Un jour avant Paques, Paris, Zulma, 2008

G.B. Nahai, Dreams of rain, Milan, Mondadori, 2008

Teaching methods

Lectures, guided research and interaction with students through discussion and analysis. The course will be organized meetings with faculty and guest authors.

Assessment methods

Will test the knowledge of the individual topics covered during the course, the ability to contextualize the cultural and literary phenomena and to identify the elements of originality that characterize literary texts studied. It will also assess the ability of critical synthesis of bibliography, as well as expressive properties, in terms of accuracy and appropriateness of language. Overall knowledge of the cultural-historical period and specifically literary, and ease of use of the reference texts to support this vision, will be evaluated as excellent, while a skill manuals without support interpretation will be considered by an affirmative vote but not high . Finally, the proven and repeated difficulty in creating logical connections between descriptive and cultural phenomena and literary texts make insufficient evaluation.

The oral exam will include the display of a brief search lettereria a few pages on a topic or author, chosen at will among the subjects exposed during the course.

Students will study in particular, among the recommended texts, an introductory manual and two texts.

Students who do not attend the course will have to agree with the teacher that the program will have to prepare.

Teaching tools

Will be made available to students handouts translated from the original material on specific topics and authors' works have not been translated into European languages.

Will be viewed and discussed with the students films and documentaries with themes relating to literary and cultural phenomena of Iran.

Office hours

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