1)    To know the mail features of the European and Italian novel in the Modernist Age

2)    To be able to analyze a novel or a short tale from a tematic o stylistic point of view

3)    To be able to make connection between a novel and the cultural and hystorical backround

A. The Italian novel in the Modernist Age

B. Pirandello, short tales: Novelle per un anno

C. The european novel in Modernist Literature (CLIL Module in English)

The students should are expected to have a good knowledge of Italian Language

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

Teaching

In the lessons the teacher will explain the main tematic and stylistic features of the novel and short tales in Italian and European background and she also will read some tales by Pirandello to introduce a method to analyse a literary text.

The attending students will be provided with workshop handouts

Attendance

The students are expected to read news and messages on the blended platform

They are requested to attend the lessons and bringing the books whose texts will be read at lesson

They are requested to study the program to pass the exam

Course books

Module A. The Italian novel in the Modernist Age

1) Roberto Carnero-Giuseppe Iannaccone, Al cuore della letteratura. Dal Novecento ad oggi, vol. 6, Giunti-Treccani, Firenze 2016, pp. 53-95, 115-175, 193-282, 296-336

Module B. Pirandello, short tales Novelle per un anno  

2) Luigi Pirandello, Novelle per un anno (the students can choose also a digital edition like https://www.pirandelloweb.com/elenchi-novelle)

The students have to study the following short tale:  1. E due! 2. Rimedio: la geografia 3. Risposta (dalla raccolta Lo scialle nero); 4. La toccatina (dalla raccolta La vita nuda); 5. Sole e ombra 6. L’Avemaria di Bobbio 7. Notte (dalla raccolta La rallegrata); 8. L’uomo solo 10. Il treno ha fischiato 11. I nostri ricordi 12. Notizie dal mondo 13. La trappola 14. La tragedia di un personaggio (dalla raccolta L’uomo solo); 15. Con altri occhi 16. Tra due ombre 17. La distruzione dell’uomo (dalla raccolta La mosca); 18 La morte addosso (dalla raccolta In silenzio); 19. Nel gorgo (dalla raccolta Dal naso al cielo); 20. I pensionati della memoria (Donna Mimma) 21. Pallottoline (dalla raccolta La giara); 22. Il viaggio 23. Il lume dell’altra casa (dalla raccolta Il viaggio); 24. La camera in attesa 24. Un ritratto 25. La carriola (dalla raccolta Candelora); 26. Soffio 27. Di sera, un geranio (dalla raccolta Berecche e la guerra); 28. Effetti d’un sogno interrotto 29. Il chiodo 30. Una giornata (dalla raccolta Una giornata)

3. Sara Lorenzetti, Figurazioni del vuoto. Per una rilettura delle “Novelle per un anno” di Pirandello, Metauro, Pesaro 2016.

Module C. The novel in Modernist Literature (CLIL Module)

Assessment

The students will face a written tex with questions on the main topics of the program

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.