The aim of the course is to offer a deep research on works, authors, genres and historical-cultural questions dealing with the various literary aspects: philological elements, cultural connections, historical-social contests, stylistic elements, genres, foreign models, tradition-innovation links.
Course Prerequisites
For foreign students. a good level of linguistic knowledge is requested.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, seminars, with continued Learning verifications. Students individual written works and papers discussions.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination with verification of acquired competences, of connection abilities among the subjects dealt during the lessons, and of an appropriate exposition.
Texts
For a detailed primary and secondary bibliography, please refer to the Italian version of the syllabus.
Contents
Giorgio Caproni, Il seme del piangere The aim of the course is a reconstruction of Giorgio Caproni's poetic journey: from the peripheral debut (Come un'allegoria, “32); to the 'minor” hermetism (from Ballo a Fontanigorda to Cronistoria, 1938-'43); up to the “metaphysical” turning point of Stanze per una funicolare (1952) - experiences summarised and enriched in the self-anthological book Il passaggio di Enea (1956). With particular attention, from this perspective, to Il seme del piangere (1959). In particular, we will focus on the central section, Versi livornesi, a transfigured novel of the life of his mother Anna Picchi.
