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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2022 |
Registration ID | ITALB313001 |
Course Title | Primo Levi, the Writer |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Comparative Literature |
Instructor | Ricci,Roberta |
Times and Days | W 02:10pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | DAL1 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1324 Today Primo Levi is one of the most widely read Italian writers of post-World War II in Italy and abroad. Even though still known primarily for his contributions to Holocaust testimony and theory, paradoxical as it may seem, the experience of Auschwitz and his need to tell proved to be the initial impulse that drove Levi to continue to write until his death as a critical engagement of the Western classical canon and civilization that in the end created Auschwitz. In addition to being a memoirist, he was a columnist, novelist, writer of short stories and fantasy tales, many of which touch on science fiction, a literary critic, poet, essayist, and he also tried his hand as translator (of Kafka’s The Trial) and playwright. He has also been the subject of countless illuminating interviews, many of which have been translated into English. Levi is one of most prolific writers of our time, earning the right to be regarded simply as a well-respected writer, as he himself wished, with no other qualifications added. This course will be taught in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL B102 or permission of instructor. |
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