ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
CULTURA ITALIANA CONTEMPORANEA
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2021/2022 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Antonio Tricomi | On-line or by appointment, |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is to give the students the historical, cultural and critical instruments that are necessary to analyze the Italian Contemporary Culture. The relationships between literature, cinema and society will be put in evidence and discussed together with the students in order to provide them with a wider idea of what Italian culture is today.
Program
Bridging Courses
It is preferable (but not mandatory) to have an understanding of the basic elements of the language / history / culture of Italy.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Comprehension and knowledge
By the end of the semester the students will be able to understand what are the elements that can be considered original to contemporary Italian culture and to identify their origin in relation to the socio-historical-economical evolution of the country during the period between the unification and nowadays.
Applied knowledge
By the end of this course students should be able to analyze different works of contemporary Italian cinema and literary texts from a literary, historical and sociological point of view.
Critical thinking
By the end of this course students should be able to gain a better understanding of properties shared by both art forms.
Communication skills
By the end of this course students should be able to discuss the idea of Italian national identity, providing insight into major cultural and socio-political issues of modern Italy.
Learning skills
By the end of this course students should be able to gain a better understanding of the style and of the cultural background of the writers studied in the course.
Teaching Material
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
Supporting Activities
Slides, film.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures, films, conferences.
- Attendance
Students are required to study / read all the material that will be progressively inserted on the Moodle platform.
In case of communication with the teacher it is mandatory to use the uniurb institutional account.
- Course books
Books:
Giulio Bollati, L’Italiano. Il carattere nazionale come storia e come invenzione, Einaudi, Torino 2011, pp. XXIII-XXXIX, 35-127
Piero Gobetti, La Rivoluzione Liberale. Saggio sulla lotta politica in Italia, Einaudi, Torino 2008, pp. 163-176
Antonio Gramsci, Note sul Machiavelli, sulla politica e sullo Stato moderno, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1996, pp. 85-92
Antonio Gramsci, Passato e presente, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1996, pp. 10-20
Giacomo Leopardi, Discorso sopra lo stato presente dei costumi degl’italiani, a cura di Vincenzo Guarracino, La nave di Teseo, Milano 2021
Carlo Levi, L’Orologio, Einaudi, Torino 1989, pp. 152-170
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Scritti corsari, in Saggi sulla politica e sulla società, Mondadori, Milano 1999, pp. 290-293, 404-411, 421-425
Antonio Tricomi, Fotogrammi dal moderno. Glosse sul cinema e la letteratura, Rosenberg&Selier, Torino 2015, pp. 91-128
Films:
Marco Bellocchio, Vincere (2009)
Lino Dal Fra, Cecilia Mangini, Lino Miccichè, All’armi siam fascisti! (1962)
Vittorio De Sica, Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Matteo Garrone, Gomorra (2008)
Pietro Germi, Un maledetto imbroglio (1959)
Pier Paolo Pasolini, La ricotta (1963)
Paolo Sorrentino, Il divo (2008)
Optional readings:
Carlo Emilio Gadda, Eros e Priapo. Edizione originale, Adelphi, Milano 2016
Roberto Saviano, Gomorra, Mondadori, Milano 2006
Walter Siti, La natura è innocente. Due vite quasi vere, Rizzoli, Milano 2020
Antonio Tricomi, La Repubblica delle Lettere. Generazioni, scrittori, società nell’Italia contemporanea, Quodlibet, Macerata 2010, pp. 429-439, 467-535
- Assessment
Exam: closed questions test.
- 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.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Individual study.
- Attendance
Students are required to study / read all the material that will be progressively inserted on the Moodle platform.
In case of communication with the teacher it is mandatory to use the uniurb institutional account.
- Course books
Books:
Giulio Bollati, L’Italiano. Il carattere nazionale come storia e come invenzione, Einaudi, Torino 2011, pp. XXIII-XXXIX, 35-127
Piero Gobetti, La Rivoluzione Liberale. Saggio sulla lotta politica in Italia, Einaudi, Torino 2008, pp. 163-176
Antonio Gramsci, Note sul Machiavelli, sulla politica e sullo Stato moderno, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1996, pp. 85-92
Antonio Gramsci, Passato e presente, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1996, pp. 10-20
Giacomo Leopardi, Discorso sopra lo stato presente dei costumi degl’italiani, a cura di Vincenzo Guarracino, La nave di Teseo, Milano 2021
Carlo Levi, L’Orologio, Einaudi, Torino 1989, pp. 152-170
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Scritti corsari, in Saggi sulla politica e sulla società, Mondadori, Milano 1999, pp. 290-293, 404-411, 421-425
Antonio Tricomi, Fotogrammi dal moderno. Glosse sul cinema e la letteratura, Rosenberg&Selier, Torino 2015, pp. 91-128
Films:
Marco Bellocchio, Vincere (2009)
Lino Dal Fra, Cecilia Mangini, Lino Miccichè, All’armi siam fascisti! (1962)
Vittorio De Sica, Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Matteo Garrone, Gomorra (2008)
Pietro Germi, Un maledetto imbroglio (1959)
Pier Paolo Pasolini, La ricotta (1963)
Paolo Sorrentino, Il divo (2008)
Optional readings:
Carlo Emilio Gadda, Eros e Priapo. Edizione originale, Adelphi, Milano 2016
Roberto Saviano, Gomorra, Mondadori, Milano 2006
Walter Siti, La natura è innocente. Due vite quasi vere, Rizzoli, Milano 2020
Antonio Tricomi, La Repubblica delle Lettere. Generazioni, scrittori, società nell’Italia contemporanea, Quodlibet, Macerata 2010, pp. 429-439, 467-535
- Assessment
Exam: closed questions test.
- 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.
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