CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE AND PUBLISHING
COD. 19546
TYPE OF COURSE: COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
Learning outcomes of the course unit
the course has been designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge of Italian literature from the standpoint of the publishing system that conditions it.
Prerequisites
it is recommended that students have an adequate basis in contemporary Italian literature as provided in the undergraduate degree
Course contents summary
Course title: Editors, writers, the public. Literature and publishing in 20th century Italy.
The editor as protagonist: Mondadori, Rizzoli, Bompiani, Einaudi. The editor as a man of letters: Longanesi, Vittorini, Calvino, Sereni. Working strategies and the market, reading and non-reading.
Recommended readings
Gian Carlo Ferretti, Storia dell?editoria letteraria in Italia. 1945-2003, Torino, Einaudi, 2004
NAME OF LECTURER
FERRETTI Gian Carlo
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2008/2009
YEAR OF STUDY: 2
SEMESTER: Second semester
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5
UNIT COORDINATOR: FERRETTI Gian Carlo
CONTACT HOURS: 40
