29031 - Twentieth-Century Prose and Narrative Genres (1) (LM)

Course contents

Programme:

Università degli Studi di Bologna – Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia

Twentieth-Century Prose and Narrative Genres (LM)

Prof. Alberto BERTONI

Course length: 60 hours (12 credits). Lectures will start on January the 30th (Tuesday), 2018. They will take place at n. 32, Zamboni street (Aula Forti), on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.).

Margins, boundaries, non-places

Primary Sources:

• I. Calvino, La speculazione edilizia (1963), Milano, Mondadori 2016.

• P. V. Tondelli, Rimini (1985), Milano, Bompiani 2015.

• D. Benati, Silenzio in Emilia (1997), Macerata, Quodlibet 2009.

• Zero Calcare, Dodici, Milano, Bao Publishing 2013.

• G. Falco-S. Ragucci, Condominio oltremare, Roma, L’orma 2014. Alternatively: S. Vinci, Parla, mia paura, Einaudi, Torino 2016. 

 

Furthermore, students are requested to study two of the following books: 

• V. Šklovskij, L’arte come procedimento, in T. Todorov (a cura di), I formalisti russi. Teoria della letteratura e metodo critico, Torino, Einaudi 2003, pp. 73-94.
• G. Genette, Discorso del racconto, in Id., Figure III, Torino, Einaudi 2006, pp. 71-316.
• G. Bottiroli, Gli strutturalisti. C’è una logica nella letteratura, in Id., Che cos’è la teoria della letteratura. Fondamenti e problemi, Torino, Einaudi 2006, pp. 96-196.
• S. Brugnolo, D. Colussi, S. Zatti, E. Zinato, La scrittura e il mondo. Teorie letterarie del Novecento, Roma, Carocci 2016: Introduzione (pp. 13-73), cap. 3: Il problema del romanzo (pp. 139-158); cap. 4: Teorici marxisti fra totalità e frammento. I modelli di Gramsci, Benjamin e Adorno (pp. 159-184); cap. 8: La critica tematica (pp. 259-282).

Non-attending students are requested to study also R. Bourneuf – R. Ouellet, L’universo del romanzo, Torino, Einaudi 2000.

Further bibliography will be provided throughout the lectures.

Teaching methods

- Lessons

- Workshops

- Lectures and notes to the texts

- Critical Discussions

Assessment methods

Assessment consists of a viva voce examination aiming to assess the knowledge and critical skills acquired by the candidate during the course.

1. First-class marks will be awarded to candidates who demonstrate an ability to analyse texts in depth and to produce an organic overview of the topics covered in the course. Overall mark between 27 and 30 cum laude(high linguistic ability is required).

2. A mostly mnemonic knowledge of the subject, analytical skills lacking depth, and correct but not always apposite expression will result in a modest mark. Overall mark between 23 and 26.

3. Elementary knowledge, superficial understanding, poor analytical skills, and inapposite expression will lead to a pass or only slightly higher mark. Overall mark between 18 and 22.

4. Gaps in the candidate’s knowledge, inapposite language, and inadequate engagement with the secondary literature offered in the course will result in a fail mark.

Office hours

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