LITR370

(Formerly LITR 357) The course will be organized around the various literary movements from the turn of the century to the present (from relativists, futurists, and "crepuscolari" to the neo-realists and neo-experimentalists). The course will cover texts by Pirandello, Svevo, Marinetti, Moravia, Calvino and Eco. This course is also designed to introduce students to the rich and often overlooked body of works by Italian women writers and theorists. We will focus on a range of texts from political manifestos to the fiction of Aleramo, Maraini and Durante, to movies by controversial directors such as Liliana Cavani and Lina Wertmuller.