ITL 326L: Introduction to Italian Literature: 18th , 19th and 20th Centuries FALL 2011 Instructor: Daniela Bini; Place: HRH 2.112; Times: TTH 11:00-12:30 Office: Rainey Hall 3.112C; Office hours: W 10:00 12:00; Th 12:30-1:30; and by appointment Office phone: 471-5531; home: 477-8649; e-mail: [email protected]. edu Prerequisites: 328, or permission of instructor.
The course will begin with an introduction to the Italian Enlightnment, and in particular, the figure of the iterant intellectual, such as Carlo Goldoni and Lorenzo Da Ponte. We will then follow the intellectual as the participant in the construction of national identity during the cultural movement of Risorgimento. We will read from the works of Foscolo, Leopardi, Manzoni and listen to selections of Bellini’s and Verdi’s operas. After Italy’s unification the discrepancy between north and south became more apparent. We will concentrate on the south by reading from the works of Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello and Carlo Levi. The impact of two world wars and Fascism on Italian culture and literature, in particular, that brings the intellectual to a crisis, will be discussed through the works of writers as different as Morante, Ginzburg, Ungaretti, Montale. We will conclude with a few short stories by Italo Calvino. Several films will be shown to reinforce some of the themes discussed. The choice of texts has also been also made in order to give students samples of various literary genres: short story, novel, poetry, theater, opera.
This course carries the Global Cultures flag. Global Cultures courses are designed to increase your familiarity with cultural groups outside the United States. You should therefore expect a substantial portion of your grade to come from assignments covering the practices, beliefs, and histories of at least one non-U.S. cultural group, past or present.
Required Texts: Course packet (Speedway in Dobie Mall)—. Books at Co-op on Guadalupe Carlo Goldoni, La locandiera, Luigi Pirandello, Così è (se vi pare), Carlo Levi, Cristo si è fermato a Eboli Natalia Ginzburg, La città e la casa--
Most of the texts are on line and links are given in the syllabus, but students are expected to have printed copies in class for discussion. Reading from laptops will not be allowed
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SYLLABUS
AGOSTO giovedì 25 Introduzione al corso: Il Seicento e Il Settecento martedì 30 Carlo Goldoni, La locandiera (metà): http://www.softwareparadiso.it/studio/letteratura/locandiera/atto1.htm SETTEMBRE giovedì 1 La locandiera (finire) martedì 6 Cesare Beccaria, Dei delitti e delle pene, capitoli Introduzione, XVI, XXVIII : “Della tortura” e “Della pena di morte” http://www.filosofico.net/index024.htm RISPOSTE SCRITTE (1) (350-400 parole) giovedì 8 W.A. Mozart, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Le nozze di Figaro. pp. 6-9 (eclusa la scena terza); p.11 (scena ottava); p.12 (scena prima); p.18-20 (fine terzo atto). http://www.aria-database.com/translations/figaro.txt
(4:00-7:00) VIDEO LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (MOZART-DA PONTE) martedì 13 Il Romanticismo: Sonetti di Ugo Foscolo: “Alla sera,” “Non son chi fui,” “Meritatamente però che io potei,” .”Di se stesso”,” “A Zacinto,” http://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Sonetti_(Foscolo) giovedì 15 RISPOSTE SCRITTE (2) su Mirandolina e su Figaro. (350-400 parole) NORMA (Vincenzo Bellini), I metà; II metà: (tutta in inglese; in italiano: pp.36-38; 42-44; (escluso Side four); pp.51 (Norma:” In mia man”)-55 (fine). http://www.operatoday.com/content/2006/04/bellini_norma.php martedì 20 Giacomo Leopardi: “L’infinito” e a”A Silvia” http://kidslink.bo.cnr.it/ic6- bo/scuolainospedale/attivita/leopardi/infinito.htm http://www.claudiocarini.it/silvia.htm giovedì 22 Alessandro Manzoni: Promessi sposi (fine cap.8, 9) http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/m/manzoni/i_promessi_sposi/html/testo.htm RISPOSTE SCRITTE (3) (350-400 parole) martedì 27 Promessi sposi (cap.10) giovedì 29 Promessi sposi (cap.12)
OTTOBRE martedì 4 Promessi sposi (cap. 13) giovedì 6 ESAME martedì 11 Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco, (L’intreccio, p.96; p.101”Va’ pensiero” scena quarta; Aida (L’intreccio, pp.106-108, esclusa scena seconda; pp.111-112 . http://sites.exyria.com/aida/libretto.htm in Italiano e in inglese
MERCOLEDÌ 12 (4:00-6:50) VIDEO OPERA AIDA giovedì 13 Giovanni Verga e il Verismo; novelle “L’amante di gramigna” http://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Vita_dei_campi/L'amante_di_Gramigna e “La lupa” http://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Vita_dei_campi/La_lupa . martedì 18 Elsa Morante: “Il soldato siciliano” RISPOSTE SCRITTE (4) (350-400 p.) giovedì 20 Carlo Levi, Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (pp.3-26; 34-46) http://www.psyco.com/memoriali/autori/opereitali/crisfermeboli.pdf martedì 25 Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (pp.85 da “La nuova casa. . .”-94; pp.12 (da “I contadini di Gagliano. . .” –127). giovedì 27 Cristo si è fermato a Eboli. (pp.135-145, metà pagina; 183-205)
NOVEMBRE martedì 1 Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (pp. 206-223) giovedì 3 RISPOSTE SCRITTE (4) (350-400 P.) Visita del manoscritto di Levi a HRC martedì 8. Luigi Pirandello, Così è (se vi pare), prima metà http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/p/pirandello/cosi_e_se_vi_pare_1918/pdf/cosi_e_p.pdf
MERCOLEDÌ 9 (4:00-6:00) VIDEO commedia COSÌ È (SE VI PARE) giovedì 10 Così è (se vi pare) finire. martedì 15 Italo Calvino, “Marcovaldo al supermarket” http://issuu.com/michaelfarina/docs/marcovaldo_al_supermarket “Furto in una pasticceria” http://digilander.libero.it/dlpasquale/furto.pdf giovedì 17 Poesie di Eugenio Ungaretti: “Veglia” e “Sono una creatura” http://www.italialibri.net/opere/poesiediguerra.html http://italiano.agonia.net/index.php/poetry/143445/index.html e di Eugenio Montale: “Non chiederci la parola” http://www.giuseppecirigliano.it/nonchiederci.html “Spesso il male di vivere ho incontrato” http://italiano.agonia.net/index.php/poetry/138638/index.html Incominciare Natalia Ginzburg, La città e la casa martedì 22 RISPOSTE SCRITTE (5) (350-400 p.) Natalia Ginzburg, La città e la casa
HAPPY THANKSGIVING ! ! ! ! ! Divertitevi, ma leggete anche il romanzo. È facile e piacevole. Martedì 29 La città e la casa
DICEMBRE giovedì 1 II ESAME