Unit LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY ITALY
- Course
- Italian, classical studies and european history
- Study-unit Code
- A002651
- Curriculum
- Storia europea
- Teacher
- Stefano Giovannuzzi
- Teachers
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- Stefano Giovannuzzi
- Gioachino Lanotte
- Hours
- 36 ore - Stefano Giovannuzzi
- 12 ore - Gioachino Lanotte
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-FIL-LET/11
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
Literature and society between the 60s and 70s. The course focuses on the social, political and cultural, as well as literary, scenario of Italy in the transition between the 60s and 70s. This season is basically traced through the debate in magazines, literature, as well as contemporary cinema and music. Cultural transformations will always be related to political and social ones.- Reference texts
- A choice, which will be indicated in class, and then in the final syllabus available on unistudium at the end of the course, of essays (provided in pdf), poetic texts (a selection in pdf) and novels: Ottieri, Bianciardi, Volponi, Parise (1960s), Morante, Moravia, Celati, Palandri, Tondelli (1970s).
P. Ginsborg, Storia d'Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi. Società e politica. 1943-1988, Torino, Einaudi, 20062 (a choice of chapters).
P. Ginsborg, L’italia del tempo presente. Famiglia, società civile, Stato, Torino, Einaudi, 20072 (a choice of chapters).
M. Gotor, L’Italia nel Novecento. Dalla sconfitta di Adua alla vittoria di Amazon, Torino, Einaudi, 2019 (a choice of chapters).
E. Deaglio, Patria 1978-2010, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2010.
More precise indications will be offered during the course. - Educational objectives
At the end of the course the student will have adequate knowledge to orient himself critically with respect to the historical and cultural framework of the 1960s and 1970s. He or she will also be able to orient and reflect independently on the relationship between literature and the profound changes taking place. In particular, the student is expected to have gained: a) a critical knowledge and understanding of the topics covered; b) the ability to apply, in an active and autonomous way, the knowledge and skills acquired to reflect on the relationship between poetry and the system of contemporary literature; c) the ability to evaluate and judge in-progress phenomena and to connect them to a framework of general and complex references, literary but also social and cultural; d) an adequate capacity of expression and communication, using appropriate and scientifically sound language; e) the ability to ask questions and make hypotheses that allow him to expand on and develop the topics covered in the course.- Prerequisites
A good knowledge of Italian literature in the Nineteenth and Twentieth century is an important requirement. It is also essential to have a good command of the Italian language. A basic knowledge of contemporary history is useful.- Teaching methods
- Lectures on all the course topics (according to the modalities which will be indicated). Moments of discussion on the texts. Students are encouraged to collaborate actively. Power Point will be employed and images and film clips will be projected
All materials useful for the course, except novels, will also be made available on unistudium. It is recommended that you check the platform regularly.
The course will also be supplemented by 12 hours of integrated teaching. - Other information
Attendance is strongly recommended. Students who do not attend classes must agree with the instructor upon readings. However, for not-attending students the definitive program will be available on unistudium by the end of the course.
NB: Students with disabilities and / or SLDs are requested to contact the teacher in time for all the useful aids to follow the course and to agree on the examination methods.- Learning verification modality
The assessment consists of an oral examination (open questions), which aims to value the skills acquired and the ability to apply them independently at the end of the course. The oral examination lasts about half an hour. The final evaluation will be based on: a) the skills acquired; b) the ability to reprocess the contents of the course; c) the ability to re-use the skills acquired independently. Points b) and c) are critical to a positive evaluation.- Extended program
- The course will examine (a) the debate on industry and literature promoted by Vittorini and its developments; (b) the avant-garde (Gruppo 63); (c) the 68 and the crisis of literature; and (d) the complex picture of the 1970s and the generational gap therein.
Integration between classroom lectures and the 12 hours of ADI is also crucial to the course. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 4, 5, 8, 10, 17