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The expected learning outcomes are that students will acquire a good knowledge (historical-literary context as well as poetics) of some of the most important Italian authors who lived and worked in the nineteenth and twentieth century: Alessandro Manzoni, Giacomo Leopardi, Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello, Italo Svevo, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Eugenio Montale.

The program will focus on the biography and poetics of the following Italian authors:
Alessandro Manzoni, Giacomo Leopardi, Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello, Italo Svevo, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Eugenio Montale. A selection of their works translated into English will also be analyzed.

• 1.  (A) Peter Hainsworth, David Robey Italian Literature. A very short Introduction Oxford, Oxford, 2012 » Pagine/Capitoli: 144
• 2.  (C) Peter Hainsworth, David Robey The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature Oxford, Oxford, 2002

• Lectures (they may include presentation slides).

• Oral exam (at least three questions) to assess the following skills:
  1. knowledge of the information and concepts provided in the course;
  2. correct understanding of the above-mentioned concepts and ability to explain them clearly;
  3. ability to critically analyze and evaluate the concepts provided in the course;
  4. ability to present information in a clear, correct, and effective way;
  5. ability to identify the main focus of the questions asked and to answer them fully.
  

Classes will be conducted in English only.

Examinations will be conducted in English only.