Sciascia, Camilleri and Consolo: A Study of Literary Sicilianita



The course is divided into two parts: the first section will introduce the concept of Sicilianità in literature understood as a common denominator of the literary production of Sicilian writers as presented by the critic S. Guglielmino, for whom Sicilian literature can be identified "in the presence of those data and those components that are considered close to the sensitivity and the specific way of being Sicilian". During the lectures we will discuss the common elements of Sicilian literature that have become a recognizable

literary canon for recurring themes such as realism, the Mafia, the disillusionment with the ideals of the Risorgimento, the issues related to the South, the l’Horror vacui and the haunting presence of death.



°The credit for this course can also be used for the M.A. in Mediterranean Studies



Required Texts: V. Consolo Di qua dal faro, Mondadori ,1999

L. Sciascia Il giorno della Civetta Einaiudi, 1961 (1° ed)

L. Sciascia Il Contesto, Einaudi, 19711

Camilleri. Voi non sapete, Mondadori, 2007

Camilleri. L’odore della notte, Sellerio, 2010 e Selllerio,2001

Artticoli: L.Sciascia “I professionisti dell’antimafia” , “Corriere della sera” , gennaio 1987

Francesco Zucconi, "Tra inchiesta e diagnosi del discorso politico. L'Affaire Moro di Leonardo Sciascia", in E/C, 29 marzo 2010.

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