ITAL6663A-L17
Italian Lit of 18C & Early 19C
Italian Literature of the 18th and the Early 19th century *
The course will consider the progression in Italian Literature from Alessandro Manzoni (1827 - 1840) through Federigo Tozzi (1919.) Texts to be studied are "Le confessioni d'un italiano," by Ippolito Nievo; "Il Malavoglia, Maestro-don Gesualdo," by Giovanni Verga; "Il piacere," by Gabriele D'Annunzio, "Una vita, 1892; Senilità , 1898; La coscienza di Zeno, 1923," by Italo Svevo; "Il fu Mattia Pascal," by Luigi Pirandello. A constant evolution of themes, characters and mythologies will be highlighted through these ten works, providing an intricate description of the culture and society between the age of Romanticism and the Avant-garde in Italy.
*Required Text: Gino Tellini, Il romanzo italiano dell’Ottocento e del primo Novecento; Da Manzoni a Tozzi. Firenze, 2017."
Additional course material will be provided electronically by the instructor.
The course will consider the progression in Italian Literature from Alessandro Manzoni (1827 - 1840) through Federigo Tozzi (1919.) Texts to be studied are "Le confessioni d'un italiano," by Ippolito Nievo; "Il Malavoglia, Maestro-don Gesualdo," by Giovanni Verga; "Il piacere," by Gabriele D'Annunzio, "Una vita, 1892; Senilità , 1898; La coscienza di Zeno, 1923," by Italo Svevo; "Il fu Mattia Pascal," by Luigi Pirandello. A constant evolution of themes, characters and mythologies will be highlighted through these ten works, providing an intricate description of the culture and society between the age of Romanticism and the Avant-garde in Italy.
*Required Text: Gino Tellini, Il romanzo italiano dell’Ottocento e del primo Novecento; Da Manzoni a Tozzi. Firenze, 2017."
Additional course material will be provided electronically by the instructor.
- Term:
- Summer 2017 Language Schools, Mills 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Mills College (LS)
- Schedule:
- 3:00pm-3:50pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jun 26, 2017 to Aug 4, 2017)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Gino Tellini
- Subject:
- Italian
- Department:
- Italian
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Literature
- Levels:
- Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60518
- Subject Code:
- ITAL
- Course Number:
- 6663
- Section Identifier:
- A