27928 - Laboratory (1) (LM) (G.D)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the laboratory, the student is able to organize and collect complex information in a coherent form, and to apply critical analysis methodologies on linguistic sciences. Can identify a research problem relevant to philological research and can identify and use appropriately the sources of information necessary to address it.

Course contents

Creative writing workshop with interventions by narrators and poets. Part of the 15 meetings will be of theoretical explanation and classroom exercises starting from author's passages read and commented on by the teacher and reading in class of exercises done at home by the students; a part will be dedicated to meetings-interviews with authors / authors, conducted both by the teacher and by the students.

The meetings will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays (5-7pm) starting from 11 November and ending on 13 December.

Attendance, with active participation, of at least 75% of the lessons is compulsory, that is 10 out of 15 meetings. At the end of the workshop there is a test of creative writing, to be agreed with the teacher.

To register, you must send an email to the teacher (nicola.bonazzi3@unibo.it). There are 25 places available.

The meetings with the authors must be preceded by the reading of the text which will be discussed in the room (at least 3 out of 5).

The calendar of meetings, having been organized in synergy with the Seminar with writers of the Bachelor's Degree in Literature of prof. Andrea Severi, foresees three “shared class” meetings outside the scheduled hours (and, in one case, of the day). This is the program (different times and days in bold):

Monday, November 21, 13-15: Giampiero Rigosi, Ciao Vita, La nave di Teseo, 2021

Thursday 24 November, 5-7 pm: Ugo Cornia, La vita in ordine alfabetico, La nave di Teseo, 2021

Friday 25 November, 5-7 pm: Patrick Fogli, Così in terra, Mondadori, 2021

Monday, November 28, 13-15: Giovanni Greco, Bruciare da sola. Una notte di Nadja Mandel’stam con i suoi fantasmi, Milano, Ponte alle Grazie, 2022

Friday 2 December, 5-7 pm: Azzurra D’Agostino, Il giardino dei desideri, De Agostini, 2020

Readings/Bibliography

A particularly recommended book:

A carte scoperte. Come lavorano le scrittrici e gli scrittori contemporanei, un progetto a cura di P. Italia e del Master in Editoria cartacea e digitale dell'Università di Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2021

Recommended books:

V. Woolf, Consigli a un aspirante scrittore, edited by R. Bertinetti, Milano, Bur, 2012;

A. Gide, Consigli a un giovane scrittore, Milano, Luni, 2021 

R. Carver, Il mestiere di scrivere. Esercizi, lezioni, saggi di scrittura creativa, Torino, Einaudi, 2015 

Panta. Scrittura creativa. La scrittura creativa raccontata dagli scrittori che la insegnano, edited by L. Lepri, Milano, Bompiani, 2008

S. Bedini, Scrittori sulla scrittura. Guida di scrittura creativa attraverso grandi autori, Bologna, Odoya, 2020

Teaching methods

Frontal lesson with ppt, discussion on the proposed texts, creative writing tests in class, reading and commenting on the texts produced at home by the students.

Assessment methods

Final written test, to be carried out at home, and then discussed with the teacher. The laboratory does not foresee a grade, but an eligibility. It is considered suitable if the paper delivered to the teacher at the end of the course does not contain formal errors and demonstrates that the student has received and knew how to re-elaborate the contents of the lessons in a personal way.

Teaching tools

Projection of ppt.

Office hours

See the website of Nicola Bonazzi