02609 - Contemporary Italian Literature (D-L)

Academic Year 2024/2025

Learning outcomes

At the end of this class, students are expected to achieve a wide knowledge of Italian Twentieth-Century literature, with a main focus on relationships between literature and sociology, anthropology and civilization; the course load goes together with general notions in criticism and textual analysis, in formal, structural, compositional matters, and in their reception as well. During the course students become able to analyze by themselves texts belonging to the contemporary Italian literary tradition.

Course contents

Module I - Trevisan, Benati and Del Giudice: as the twentieth century Italian narrative ends

The Module will be a total of 30 hours for 6 credits. Lessons will start on Monday, September 16, 2024 (the last class is scheduled for Thursday, October 24). Lessons will be held every Monday from 13 to 15, Thursday from 09 to 11, and Friday from 09 to 11 (Aula VI, Via Zamboni 38).

Module II - From Tondelli to Guccini narrator and songwriter

The Module will be 30 hours for six credits. Lessons will start on Thursday, November 7, 2024 (the last class is scheduled for Thursday December 12). Lessons will be held every Monday from 13 to 15, Thursday from 09 to 11, and Friday from 09 to 11 (Aula VI, Via Zamboni 38).

 

Lessons will be recorded and available for students on the Panopto platform.

Readings/Bibliography

Institutional Part

Read in full by A. Bertoni, Voci del grande stile. Prose e poesie tra due secoli, Il Mulino, Bologna 2023.

 

Monographic Part

  • Module I:

Vitaliano Trevisan, Works. Edizione ampliata, Einaudi, Torino 2022.

Daniele Benati, Silenzio in Emilia (1996), second edition Quodlibet, Macerata 2009.

Daniele Del Giudice, I racconti, Einaudi, Torino 2016.

The program for non-attending students includes the full entire reading of E. Raimondi, Camminare nel tempo. Una conversazione con A. Bertoni e G. Zanetti, il Mulino, Bologna 2015.

  • II modulo:

Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Altri libertini, Feltrinelli, Milano 2013.

Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Un weekend postmoderno, Bompiani, Milano 2001.

Francesco Guccini, Canzoni, Bompiani, Milano 2018

Francesco Guccini, Tre cene, Giunti, Firenze 2021.

The program for non-attending students includes the full entire reading of E. Testa (edited by) Dopo la Lirica. Poeti italiani, 1960-2000, Einaudi, Torino 2005 and A. Bertoni, Poesia italiana dal Novecento a oggi, Marietti, Bologna 2019.

 

Further critical bibliography will be provided during the lessons and loaded on the teaching materials.

Students must take the 6-credit exam and will be required to choose the preparation of any of the two modules freely.

 

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

 

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.

Teaching tools

Course sources: texts analysed throughout the lectures and the indicated critical bibliography.

Office hours

See the website of Alberto Bertoni

SDGs

Quality education Gender equality

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.