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
- Hours
- 36 ore - Stefano Giovannuzzi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Lingua e letteratura italiana
- Sector
- L-FIL-LET/11
- Type of study-unit
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course has as its object: 1) youth movements in the 1960s; 2) the Sixty-eight and its historical and cultural effects; 3) youth movements in the seventies and literature; 4 ) The ’ 77 and its representation.
- Reference texts
- I. Calvino, Un ottimista in America, Milano, Mondadori, 2022. P. P. Pasolini, Il PCI ai giovani !! (scansioni). F. Fortini, Il dissenso e l’autorità (scansioni). G. Cesarano, I giorni del dissenso. La notte delle barricate, Diari del Sessantotto 1968], Roma, Castelvecchi, 2018. F. Berardi, Finalmente il cielo è caduto sulla terra, Milano, Squi/libri, 1977. G. Celati, Le avventure del Guizzardi [1972], Milano, Feltrinelli. G. Celati (a cura di), Alice disambientata [1977], Firenze, Le lettere, 2007. E. Palandri, Boccalone [1977], Milano, Bompiani. A. Moravia, La vita interiore [1978], Milano, Bompiani. S. Giovannuzzi, Nello splendore della confusione. Anni Se1anta: la letteratura fra storia e società, Pesaro, Metauro Edizioni, 2021. For historical references: E. Deaglio, C'era una volta in Italia. Gli anni sessanta, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2023. E. Deaglio, C'era una volta in Italia. Gli anni settanta, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2024. The texts no longer on the market on the market will be available on the unistudium platform. The indication of the texts is rough; appropriate adjustments will be proposed during the course. The final exam program will be available online at the end of 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 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 literature and society; 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
- Being a master's course, it is a prerequisite to be able to orient oneself in the Italian literature of the Eight and in particular of the twentieth century, as well as at least a general knowledge of authors such as Moravia, Pasolini, Calvino, Fortini. An excellent command of the Italian language is also useful, as well as basic knowledge of contemporary history.
- Teaching methods
- Classroom lessons on all course contents. Students are invited to read the texts in advance to encourage moments of seminar discussion on the texts, to which students are urged to actively collaborate. Audiovisual tools will also be used.
- Other information
- Being a master's course, autonomous preparation is difficult without the classification offered by the course. Students who are absolutely unable to take the course are therefore asked to contact the teacher. Disabled students and / or with DSA are asked to contact the teacher in time for all the aids useful to follow the course and agree on the exam methods. For general information, consult the University Services on the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Referent for the Department ( prof.ssa Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it ).
- Learning verification modality
- The assessment consists of an oral exam, with open questions, which aims to verify the skills and ability to apply them independently gained at the end of the course, thanks to the course itself and the reading of the bibliography. The duration of the exam is approximately half an hour. The final evaluation is carried out on the basis of: a ) of the skills acquired; b ) of the ability to rework the course contents; c ) of the ability to reuse the skills acquired independently. Points b ) and c ) are essential for a positive evaluation. Students with disabilities and / or with DSA, who have accredited themselves through the SOL, they can consult the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Referent for the Department ( prof.ssa Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it ).
- Extended program
- 1) youth movements in the 1960s: attention to beat generations, its presence in Italy and the critical representation that intellectuals such as Calvino and Pasolini give; 2) the Sixty-eight and its historical and cultural effects: the Sixty-eight represents the watershed, even generational, between the cultural horizon of the left still linked to the factory and the Marxist heritage ( Pasolini or Fortini ), and a youth world challenges the social system but also the traditional left. From this point of view, Gianni Cesarano's reflection is exemplary; 3) youth movements in the seventies and literature: the seventies saw the entry into the scene of new passwords: body, desire, free sexuality. The sphere of personnel assumes traits of strong political and cultural contestation: it affects activists but also narrators and poets. The contribution of French culture, and in particular of Deleuze and Guattari, is fundamental. Two central figures are Franco “ Bifo ” Berardi and Gianni Celati; 4) The ’ 77 and its representation. The last part of the course will focus on Bologna, the movement and the role of cultural mediator of Gianni Celati.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 4 Quality education 8 Decent work and economic growth 10 Reducing inequality