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Degree course in
Humanities
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries

CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE (UNIT B)
cod. 16768

borrowed from Corso di Laurea in LETTERE - LETTERATURA ITALIANA CONTEMPORANEA (MODULO B) - cod. 16768
Academic year 2024/25
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Stefano LAZZARIN
Academic discipline
Letteratura italiana contemporanea (L-FIL-LET/11)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN
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Italian “fantastic” literature from Alessandro Manzoni to Michele Mari. – The course examines Italy’s fantastic literature from Romanticism to Postmodernism, looking at fantastic tales by Manzoni, Leopardi, Tarchetti, Arrigo and Camillo Boito, Gualdo, Capuana, Papini, Savinio, Bontempelli, Buzzati, Landolfi, Vigolo, Morante, Calvino, Manganelli, Tabucchi, Mari, and many others. It considers the evolution of the Italian fantastic over the course of almost two centuries and analyzes not only fiction, but also non-fictional sources, such as philosophical diaries (e.g. Landolfi’s Rien va, 1963, and Des mois, 1967), correspondence (Buzzati’s Lettere a Brambilla, 1985) and encyclopedic treatises (Savinio’s Nuova enciclopedia, 1977) that can help situate this genre in a wider cultural and historical context. Students will reflect upon issues of canon formation, national tradition, and cultural identity in Italy.

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