Taking a selection of twentieth-century literary texts as a starting-point, this course aims at exploring the presence of narrative paths which, also resting on autobiographical foundations, delineate the artistic (and human) individualities of `sons’ versus the pronouncements of `fathers’.
Coming-of-Age Stories in the Twentieth Century».
Texts
- E. Gosse, Father and Son (1907), Penguin, 1983.
- J. Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Penguin, 1992, chapters I, IV, V.
- J. Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985), Vintage, 1992.
Critical readings
- H. Henderson, The Victorian Self. Autobiography and Biblical Narrative, Cornell University Press, 1989, pp. 119-158.
- L. H. Peterson, Victorian Autobiography. The Tradition of Self-Interpretation, Yale University Press, 1986, pp. 156-191.
- R. DiGiuseppe, «The Importance of Being Ironic: Mock Passion in Joyce’s Portrait», in Atti dell’VIII Convegno AIA, 1985, pp. 129-143.
- L. T. Lemon, «A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Motif as Motivation and Structure», in Twentieth-Century Interpretations of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Prentice-Hall, 1968, pp. 439-450.
- L. Bollinger, «Models for Female Loyalty: The Biblical Ruth in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit», in Tulsa’s Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Autumn 1994), pp. 363-380.
- S. Onega, «“I’m telling you stories: trust me”: History/Story-Telling in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit», in Telling Histories. Narrativizing History, Historicizing Literature, edited by S. Onega, Rodopi, 1995, pp. 135-147.
Supplementary reading
- P. Stefani, Le radici bibliche della cultura occidentale, Mondadori, 2004, pp. 1-19.
- S. R. Centola, «“The White Peace of the Altar”: White Imagery in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man», in South Atlantic Review, Vol. 50, No. 4. (Nov., 1985), pp. 93-106.
Textbooks (one of the following)
- D. Daiches, A Critical History of English Literature, Mandarin, 1994 (volume 2: The Restoration to the Present Day).
- D. Daiches, Storia della letteratura inglese, Garzanti, 1998.
- M. Praz, Storia della letteratura inglese, Sansoni, 2000.
- A. Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Clarendon Press, (third edition) 2004.
Dictionaries and study guides
Collins Cobuilt, English Language Dictionary, Collins, 2001; F. Picchi, Grande dizionario Inglese/Italiano, Italiano/Inglese, Hoepli, 1999; A. Marchese, Dizionario di retorica e stilistica, Mondadori, 2002; J.C. Wells, Longman Pronouncing Dictionary, Collins, 2001; A. Marchese, L’officina del racconto, Mondadori, 1997.
Please be advised
Students who do not attend classes are required to contact the instructor for the preparation of the exam.
oral exam
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