ITAL6580A-L19
20th C. Italian Poetry
Twentieth Century Italian Poetry: Saba, Ungaretti, Montale, Hermeticism and anti-Hermeticism
The course will focus on modern and contemporary Italian poetry from the early twentieth century to the seventies as exemplified by Umberto Saba, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Eugenio Montale. Fundamental texts such as Il porto sepolto (1916) and Il dolore (1947) by Ungaretti; the Canzoniere (1921) by Saba; Ossi di Seppia (1925) and Satura (1971) by Montale will be studied. Aside from the work of these three major poets the course will examine other significant trends in modern Italian poetry: Hermeticism (Salvatore Quasimodo, Alfonso Gatto, Leonardo Sinisgalli, Mario Luzi) and anti-Hermeticism (Diego Valori, Carlo Betocchi, Sergio Solmi.)
Required Text: G. TELLINI, La poesia italiana del Novecento: Saba, Ungaretti, Montale, Ermetismo e Antiermetismo, Firenze, 2019 (Instructor will provide additional materials).
The course will focus on modern and contemporary Italian poetry from the early twentieth century to the seventies as exemplified by Umberto Saba, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Eugenio Montale. Fundamental texts such as Il porto sepolto (1916) and Il dolore (1947) by Ungaretti; the Canzoniere (1921) by Saba; Ossi di Seppia (1925) and Satura (1971) by Montale will be studied. Aside from the work of these three major poets the course will examine other significant trends in modern Italian poetry: Hermeticism (Salvatore Quasimodo, Alfonso Gatto, Leonardo Sinisgalli, Mario Luzi) and anti-Hermeticism (Diego Valori, Carlo Betocchi, Sergio Solmi.)
Required Text: G. TELLINI, La poesia italiana del Novecento: Saba, Ungaretti, Montale, Ermetismo e Antiermetismo, Firenze, 2019 (Instructor will provide additional materials).
- Term:
- Summer 2019 Language Schools, Mills 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Mills College (LS)
- Schedule:
- 5:00pm-5:50pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jul 1, 2019 to Aug 9, 2019)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Gino Tellini
- Subject:
- Italian
- Department:
- Italian
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- Non-degree, Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60500
- Subject Code:
- ITAL
- Course Number:
- 6580
- Section Identifier:
- A