28997 - Italian Twentieth-Century Poetry (LM)

Course contents

Writing the Body between Aestheticism and Shock.

This course analyzes the thematic presence of the body in twentieth century Italian poetry. In particular, it focuses on the poetic production of the early decades of the century and on the poetry of the Sixties.

By drawing a parallel between authors and contemporary literary theories, students will deepen their knowledge of Italian history and culture, as well as their ability to critically analyze poetical texts.

The poets taken into account are Gabriele D'Annunzio, Clemente Rebora, Antonio Porta and Andrea Zanzotto.

Readings/Bibliography

Unit 1  (30 hours)

The Body between Aestheticism and Expressionism

Texts:

         Gabriele d'Annunzio, Alcyone, Milano, Oscar Mondadori

         Clemente Rebora, Le poesie, Milano, Garzanti

 

Bibliography:

          Niva Lorenzini, Lo specchio e l'ombra and Dalla totalità alla simultaneità, in Ead., Il frammento infinito. Percorsi letterari dall'estetismo al futurismo, Milano, Angeli, 1988; Preverbalità dannunziana, in Il segno del corpo, Roma, Bulzoni, 1984; on Rebora, see Pier Vincenzo Mengaldo, Clemente Rebora, in Poeti italiani del Novecento, Milano, Mondadori.

 

Unit 2  (30 hours)

The Body and the Shock-Experience.

Texts:

          Antonio Porta, Le poesie (1956-1988), Milano, Oscar Mondadori

          Andrea Zanzotto, Poesie (1936-1972), Milano, Oscar Mondadori

(a choice of poems will be pointed out during the course).

 

Bibliography:

          Carlo Pasi, La comunicazione crudele. Da Baudelaire a Beckett, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1998 (Introduzione and a chapter chosen among those upon Baudelaire, Artaud, Bataille, Beckett; Stefano Colangelo, Usus videndi, in Id., Metrica come composizione, Bologna, Gedit, 2002; Gian Maria Annovi, Incarnazioni, in Id., Altri corpi. Poesia e corporalità negli anni Sessanta, Bologna, Gedit, 2008; Francesco Carbognin, Il nodo tematico poesia-scienza in Dietro il paesaggio e Vocativo, in Id., L'“altro spazio”, Varese, Nuova Magenta, 2007.

Some references will be available in "Copisteria De Rolandis", Via De Rolandis 1 in Bologna.

Teaching methods

Lessons scheduled as follows:

Wednesday, h 9-11 - Aula 1, Via Zamboni 32;

Thursday, h 9-11 - Aula Forti, Via Zamboni 32;

Friday, h 9-11 - Aula Forti, Via Zamboni 32.

The course begins on Wednesday, October 8, 2008.

Assessment methods

Oral exam at the end of the course.

Teaching tools

Lessons and seminars, including speech sessions with critics and authors.

Office hours

See the website of Niva Lorenzini