Communication and Interpretation in Italian Sign Language (LIS and LISt)

The course is devoted to the main issues of the Italian literature of the 20th Century (authors, literary movements, works, debates etc.). During the course will be analyzed narrative texts, poems, manifestos, essays and articles. The course is divided into 6 units. Each unit focuses on a season of Italian literature from the beginning of the 20th Century to the present day. Each unit includes a general introduction to the period, an in-depth analysis of the most representative authors and a reading and analysis of selected excerpts. Units 1. The Age of the Avant-Garde: 1900-1914 (8 hours) 2. Literature between the Wars 1915-1945 (12 hours) 3. Neorealism 1945-1955 (8 hours) 4. Neoavantgarde and Experimentalism 1956-1979 (8 hours) 5. Postmodernism and the Literature of the End of the Millennium 1980-1999 (4 hours) 6. A Look at the Present 2000-2022 (2 hours)

Knowledge of the Italian language

I. Textbook Alberto Casadei, Il Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014 (N.B. students wishing to use another textbook are requested to contact the teacher). II. Essays - Lecture notes: selection of critical essays that will be provided by the teacher and uploaded to Classroom - Non-attending students must add a volume to be agreed with the teacher. III. Novels Students are required to read at least 4 novels from the following lists (one for each list): - A) Corrado Alvaro, Gente in Aspromonte; Carlo Bernari, Tre operai; Vitaliano Brancati, Gli anni perduti; Guido Gozzano, I colloqui; Carlo Levi, Cristo si è fermato a Eboli; Emilio Lussu, Un anno sull’Altipiano; Eugenio Montale, Ossi di seppi; Alberto Moravia, Gli indifferenti; Luigi Pirandello, Il fu Mattia Pascal; Italo Svevo, La coscienza di Zeno; Federigo Tozzi, Tre croci; Giuseppe Ungaretti, L’allegria. - B) Giorgio Bassani, Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini; Italo Calvino, I nostri antenati; Carlo Cassola, Fausto e Anna; Beppe Fenoglio, Una questione privata; Natalia Ginzburg, Lessico famigliare; Primo Levi, Se questo è un uomo; Elsa Morante, Menzogna e sortilegio; Anna Maria Ortese, Il mare non bagna Napoli; Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ragazzi di vita; Cesare Pavese, La casa in collina; Vasco Pratolini, Metello; Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo; Renata Viganò, L'Agnese va a morire; Elio Vittorini, Uomini e no. - C) Alberto Arbasino, Fratelli d’Italia; Nanni Balestrini, Vogliamo tutto; Giorgio Caproni, Il passaggio di Enea; Carlo Emilio Gadda, Quer pasticciaccio brutto de Via Merulana; Amelia Rosselli, Serie ospedaliera; Edoardo Sanguineti, Laborintus; Leonardo Sciascia, Toto Modo; Paolo Volponi, Memoriale; Juan Rodolfo Wilcock, Lo stereoscopio dei solitari. - D) AA.VV, Gioventù cannibale; Niccolò Ammaniti, Branchie; Silvia Ballestra, Compleanno dell'iguana; Enrico Brizzi, Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo; Aldo Busi, Seminario sulla gioventù; Andrea De Carlo, Treno di panna; Daniele Del Giudice, Lo stadio di Wimbledon; Marco Lodoli, Diario di un millennio che fugge; Isabella Santacroce, Fluo; Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Altri libertini.

Attendance is not mandatory, but strongly recommended. Those unable to attend are asked to contact the teacher to define the methods of study of the program. N. B. Students are invited to register on Meet Classroom using their institutional e-mail and the following code: 36vvqrq. Study materials used during the lessons will be shared on the platform.

Evaluation criteria: adequate knowledge of the history of Italian literature of the 20th Century and the contemporary age; adequate ability to understand the literary debate in its historical development; adequate ability of interpretation and analysis of narrative and poetic texts; ability to develop critical-evaluative resources and maturity of judgment; ability to use a specialized language in the critical-literary field. The exam is oral and consists of two sessions. The first session aim at certifying knowledge of the history of Italian literature of the 20th Century and contemporary age (authors, works, movements, trends, literary debates, etc.). Passing this part of the exam is necessary for the continuation of the colloquium. The second session is devoted to the analysis of one or more works chosen by the student on the basis of the Texts section's list (point III). Each work must be placed in its historical setting and in literary production of the author and commented on with an adequate capacity for interpretation and critical-literary analysis, demonstrating maturity of judgement and making use of specialist language. A grade of no less than 18/30 is required to pass the exam. The determination of the final grade takes into account the following elements: - Adequate knowledge of the history of Italian literature of the 20th century and the contemporary age (authors, movements, trends, etc.) and adequate ability to understand the literary debate in its historical development: 60% of the grade; - Adequate ability to interpret and analyse the literary texts studied; ability to develop critical-assessment resources and maturity of judgement; ability to use specialist language in the field of literary criticism: 40% of the grade. To achieve a mark of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate excellent knowledge of all the topics and be able to link them together in a logical and coherent manner..

The 6 CFU course will take place in the first semester and will consist of 21 lessons (total 42 hours). The lessons will be carried out through the use of different teaching models, aimed at achieving the expected training objectives. The frontal lessons will be carried out with the help of multimedia materials and with guided explorations of resources and bibliographic tools; seminars on commentary and discussion of selected passages will take place during the lessons. Each week will be assigned the reading of texts not analyzed in class (poems, essays, articles, stories, novel chapters, etc.), on which students will be invited to prepare questions, comments and short presentations to be discussed during the lesson. These seminars are functional to stimulate the ability to understand and interpret narrative and poetic texts, the acquisition of critical-evaluative resources and the development of communication skills in the critical-literary field.