ITALIAN 229 - Lost in Language:The Search for Identity in the Italian Avant-Garde

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

What are the connections between the Babelic quality of experimental language and the feeling of instability in the postmodern world? How do poetic techniques, like collage or pastiche, and the introduction of multilingual expressions suggest the effects of globalization? This course presents the works of experimental Italian authors, including Elio Pagliarani and Andrea Zanzotto, focusing on their capacity to express the meaning of contemporary society through the use of nonlinear communication. Textual analyses and a comparative approach are used to explore topics such as the connection between psyche, body, and language; the search for identity within tortured linguistic expression; and the metamorphoses of the self and the world. The course is conducted in Italian.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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