The course will provide basic knowledge of the Divina Commedia. Lectures will provide instruments and notions useful to read twenty-six cantos of Dante’s Commedia (from Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso) and some texts of Eugenio Montale’s La bufera e altro variously connected to the Dantesque model.

The course will initially focus on the twenty-six cantos from Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso which are listed below. Then Dante’s legacy in the 20th century poetry will be examined by the analysis of some texts written by Eugenio Montale and published in his book La bufera e altro (1956), mainly inspired by the tragedy of the Second World War. Therefore, both Dante’s thematic and stylistic influence on Montale will be examined.

- Students are expected to demonstrate competence on Dante's cantos.

- Students are expected to demonstrate the comprehension of the concepts and contents included in the course; and to show a capacity to read the texts (both Dante's and Montale's) and to contextualize them.

- Students are expected to demonstrate the owning and competence of the sectorial language of literary studies.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer and specific communications from the lecturer can be found, together with other supporting activities, inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures in the class.

Attendance

Attendance is compulsory.

Course books

• Inf. I-X e XII-XV; Purg. I-VIII e XXVIII-XXX; Par. I. Edizione commentata a scelta (si consiglia quella curata da A.M. Chiavacci Leonardi per Mondadori; qualunque edizione integralmente commentata usata alle scuole superiori potrà comunque essere utile).

• La bufera e altro (i testi spiegati in classe). I testi sono stati criticamente fissati in E. Montale, L’opera in versi, a cura di R. Bettarini e G. Contini, Torino, Einaudi, 1980; si trovano in edizione economica in E. Montale, Tutte le poesie, Milano, Mondadori, 2018 (ultima ristampa).

• R. Bettarini, Sacro e profano, in Montale e il canone poetico del Novecento, a cura di M.A. Grignani e R. Luperini, Bari, Laterza, 1998, pp. 33-46; ora in Ead., Scritti montaliani, Firenze, Le Lettere, 2009, pp. 143-154

• L. Blasucci, Dantismo e presenze dantesche nella poesia montaliana, in Id., Gli oggetti di Montale, Bologna, il Mulino, 2002, pp. 73-86

• A. Casadei, Durante e dopo la grande prova: «La bufera e altro», in Id., Montale, Bologna, il Mulino, 2008, pp. 71-90

•  R. Luperini, L’ultimo «romanzo», ovvero il viaggio dell’anguilla, in Id., Storia di Montale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1986, pp. 109-174

Assessment

Oral exam. The attending student is expected to discuss any subject treated by the teacher during the classes. He is expected, in addition, to demonstrate the knowledge and comprehension of the above mentioned texts. All the students will be equally judged according to the following criteria: (1) Konowledge of the matter. (2) Capacity of reasoning adequately on the subject of the questions. (3) Capacity of exposing the matter with an appropriate language.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Non-attending students are invited to follow the program on line and prepare all the texts. All the students will be equally judged according to the following criteria: (1) Konowledge of the matter. (2) Capacity of reasoning adequately on the subject of the questions. (3) Capacity of exposing the matter with an appropriate language.

Attendance

Attendance is non compulsory.

Course books

Non-attending students must follow bibliographical references listed above and in the corresponding section below:

• M. Romolini, Commento a «La bufera e altro» di Montale, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2012 (online at http://www.fupress.com/catalogo/commento-a-%C2%ABla-bufera-e-altro%C2%BB-di-montale/2414). Students are expected to study the sections related to the following texts: La bufera; Nel sonno; Proda di Versilia; ‘Ezekiel saw the Wheel…’; La primavera hitleriana; Voce giunta con le folaghe; L’ombra della magnolia; L’anguilla; Anniversario; Piccolo testamento.

Assessment

Oral exam. The non-attending students are invited to follow the program on-line and prepare all the texts. They are expected, in addition, to demonstrate the knowledge and comprehension of the above mentioned texts. All the students will be equally judged according to the following criteria: (1) Konowledge of the matter. (2) Capacity of reasoning adequately on the subject of the questions. (3) Capacity of exposing the matter with an appropriate language.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.