ITAL 6670
Anarchy/Rev 20C Ital-Amer Lit
Anarchy and Revolutionary Italian American Literature of the 20th Century
This course will examine chronologically the literature of two generations of Italian immigrants in the US from the early 20th century into the present. Particular attention will be paid to themes of immigration: work and family, discrimination and the impact of multicultural urbanization. The course of will begin with the writing of Carlo Tresco, Arturo Giovanniti, Pictor Di Donato, Efrem Bartoletti and John Fante concluding at the "carica rivoluzionaria" of their poetry such as manifestos of Laurence Ferlinghetti.
We will ask why the thread of this literature has been deliberately forgotten and understand the real motivations for which the condition of the immigrant still today is considered a marginal position in society. In conclusion the students will be invited to participate in creative writing exercise that will improve their ability to write in Italian.
Required Texts:
Pietro di Donato, Cristo tra i muratori , trad. italiana , 2011, (tit. orig.: Christ in Concret, 1939) - Edizioni Il Grappolo
Mercato S. Severino (Sa) 2001, pp. 223 € 13. Per contatti e info: info@ilgrappolo.it
Carlo Tresca, Una giornata infernale di Carlo Tresca nel Mesaba Range, 662 – Il fascista GenePope è un uomo di paglia, 670 (da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9
Arturo Giovannitti: «O Labor of America: Heartbeat of Mankind», 576 – To Mussolini, 580 – Malebolge,
582 – Samnite Cradle Song, 586 (da Italoamericana, F. Durante da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9
Efrem Bartoletti, I maggio, 596 – In memoria di Joe Hill, 597 – L’I.W.W., 598 – Ricordando Carlo (da Italoamericana, F. Durante da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9 )
J. Fante Racconti , Dago Red , Einaudi 2006, XXXVII-221 p., brossura
L. Ferlinghetti , Poesia come arte che insorge , Giunti 2009 20011- ISBN-EAN 9788809056312,
This course will examine chronologically the literature of two generations of Italian immigrants in the US from the early 20th century into the present. Particular attention will be paid to themes of immigration: work and family, discrimination and the impact of multicultural urbanization. The course of will begin with the writing of Carlo Tresco, Arturo Giovanniti, Pictor Di Donato, Efrem Bartoletti and John Fante concluding at the "carica rivoluzionaria" of their poetry such as manifestos of Laurence Ferlinghetti.
We will ask why the thread of this literature has been deliberately forgotten and understand the real motivations for which the condition of the immigrant still today is considered a marginal position in society. In conclusion the students will be invited to participate in creative writing exercise that will improve their ability to write in Italian.
Required Texts:
Pietro di Donato, Cristo tra i muratori , trad. italiana , 2011, (tit. orig.: Christ in Concret, 1939) - Edizioni Il Grappolo
Mercato S. Severino (Sa) 2001, pp. 223 € 13. Per contatti e info: info@ilgrappolo.it
Carlo Tresca, Una giornata infernale di Carlo Tresca nel Mesaba Range, 662 – Il fascista GenePope è un uomo di paglia, 670 (da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9
Arturo Giovannitti: «O Labor of America: Heartbeat of Mankind», 576 – To Mussolini, 580 – Malebolge,
582 – Samnite Cradle Song, 586 (da Italoamericana, F. Durante da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9
Efrem Bartoletti, I maggio, 596 – In memoria di Joe Hill, 597 – L’I.W.W., 598 – Ricordando Carlo (da Italoamericana, F. Durante da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9 )
J. Fante Racconti , Dago Red , Einaudi 2006, XXXVII-221 p., brossura
L. Ferlinghetti , Poesia come arte che insorge , Giunti 2009 20011- ISBN-EAN 9788809056312,
- Subject:
- Italian
- Department:
- Italian
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Literature