L0651 - LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM

courses

ID:

L0651

Duration (hours):

36

CFU:

SSD:

LETTERATURA ITALIANA CONTEMPORANEA

Located in:

PESCARA

Url:

Course Details:

MODERN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES/COMUNICATIVO Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (15/02/2026 - 25/05/2026)

Course Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge of the genres, forms, and styles of literary journalism in relation to literary production.

The ability to analyze and interpret complex texts in relation to their historical context and formal rules of composition.

Proficiency in establishing historical and textual connections.

Course Prerequisites

Excellent proficiency in Italian

Teaching Methods

Lectures, seminars sessions, and textual analysis and comparison,

Assessment Methods

Final oral exam. The assessment is divided into 5 areas corresponding to the Dublin Descriptors:

Knowledge and understanding – Mastery of the content; terminological precision; historical, theoretical, and literary references. (0-6 points)

Applying knowledge and understanding – Textual analysis skills. (0-6 points)

Making judgments – Critical thinking; comparison between texts and interpretations. (0-6 points)

Communication skills – Clarity and coherence of the presentation; language appropriate to the concepts discussed. (0-6 points)

Learning skills – Ability to re-elaborate information and establish intertextual connections. (0-6 points)

Texts

BIBLIOGRAFIA

Letture:

L. Sciascia, La scomparsa di Majorana, Adelphi, Milano 2004.
E. Rea, L’ultima lezione. La solitudine di Federico Caffè scomparso e mai più ritrovato, Feltrinelli, Milano 2019.

Saggi critici:

V. Barone, Anatomia della «Scomparsa». Sciascia, Amaldi e Majorana, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2025.

Approfondimento:

M. Gotor, L'omicidio di Piersanti Mattarella. L’Italia nel mirino: Palermo, Ustica, Bologna (1979-1980), Einaudi, Torino 2025.

Inoltre, gli studenti sono invitati a partecipare a un ciclo di seminari integrativi dal titolo La verità situata oltre l’oggettività. Oriana Fallaci, Joan Didion, Annie Ernaux, tenuto dalla dott.ssa Anisia Landi.
Testi di riferimento (uno a scelta):

O. Fallaci, Il sesso inutile (1961), Rizzoli, Milano 2010.
J. Didion, Verso Betlemme (Slouching Towards Bethlehem, 1968), Il Saggiatore, Milano 2023.
A. Ernaux, La vergogna (La honte, 1997), L’orma Editore, Roma 2017.

The 'Literature and Journalism' course aims to deepen the knowledge of various forms of literary journalism over the last two centuries—from the late eighteenth century to the ultra-contemporary era. It analyzes the relationship and cross-pollination between styles, forms, and genres; the dialectic between fiction and factuality, history and narrative; and the methods of constructing narratives and inter-discourse. Topics include New Journalism, the pamphlet, and intermediality, explored through the analysis of works and texts, as well as the historical-critical investigation of the production of representative authors."