- Docente: Marco Antonio Bazzocchi
- Credits: 12
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Humanities (cod. 8850)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in History (cod. 0962)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Philosophy (cod. 0957)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Communication Sciences (cod. 8885)
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
The modernity of literature as a Trauma
In the course will be analyzed some fundamental texts to follow the trasformation of the subjectivity between the sixties and the eighties of the XX°.
The themes that will be faced are: 1. The representation of the body 2. the analysis of the new forms of Power 3. the feelings of shame and fear 4. the relationship among generations 5. the breakup of the literary forms of tradition 6. the formulation of a method of analysis between literature and anthropology.
Readings/Bibliography
The studenst that have to take the exam for 12 credits have to read these books:
1.G. Gozzano, I colloqui (edizione consigliata: Tutte le poesie, Oscar Mondadori)
2.C. Pavese, I dialoghi con Leucò (Einaudi economica)
3.C. Levi, Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (Einaudi economica)
4.E. Morante, Il mondo salvato dai ragazzini (Einaudi economica)
5. I. Calvino, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore (Oscar Mondadori)
6.G. Parise, Sillabari (Adelphi)
7.G. Celati, Verso la foce (Feltrinelli)
Bibliografia critica:
W. Benjamin, L'opera d'arte nell'epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica (Einaudi, 2011)
A. Baricco, I barbari. Saggio sulla mutazione (Feltrinelli)
M. A. Bazzocchi, Il codice del corpo (Pendragon)
The students that have exam for 6 cfu (Course of History and Communication Sciences) have to read and study the texts at point 1. 2. 3., and the texts of critical bibliography.
The same program applies for the students that not frequent the lessons, that have to study the authors on a manual of Italian Literature, if they don't know the fundamental works.
Teaching methods
The course is based on the reading, the analysis and the discussion of the literary texts in biblioghaphy.
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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