Italian society, culture and literature III

Italian society, culture and literature III

Study Cycle: 1

Lectures:60

Seminars:0

Tutorials:0

ECTS credit:6

Lecturer(s): doc. dr. Grošelj Robert

Content

The course is divided into two units:
a) Italian society and culture 3
b) Italian literature 3

Italian society and culture 3:
The Italian political system and the most important organs of the democratic republic, the most important political parties; the legal system in theory and practise, the school system and the changes made in the last few years; healthcare and social security; economy and development.

Italian literature 3:
An overview of the literary currents on the passage to the 20th century: Avant-garde, Decadence, the Crepuscolari, hermetic poetry and other movements of the first decades; Italian theatre in the 20th century; Pirandello; the development of the modern Italian novel; Svevo; fascist, antifascist and war literature; literature in the period after the wars; the most important contemporary poets and prose writers.