C1 · reading version
📚 L244 – La Letteratura Italiana Moderna
C1-C2 · Calvino, Moravia, Morante e la narrativa contemporanea
In this lesson you will learn key Italian vocabulary for c1-c2 · calvino, moravia, morante e la narrativa contemporanea. Practice reading, listening, speaking and writing!
📖 Read
Umberto Eco era semiologo, filosofo e romanziere di fama mondiale
Umberto Eco was a semiologist, philosopher and world-famous novelist
🎧 Listen and repeat
Calvino con le Cosmicomiche e Eco con Il Pendolo di Foucault hanno portato la letteratura italiana nel postmodernismo.
Modern Italian lit: Calvino (postmodern, fabulist). Pavese (neorealist). Morante (L’isola di Arturo). Ginzburg (family/memory). Eco (semiotics + fiction).
🧠 Check yourself
Chi è l’autore de ‘Il nome della rosa’?
- A. Umberto Eco
- B. Italo Calvino
- C. Alberto Moravia
- D. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Check your answer in the interactive lesson inside the course.
💬 Think about it
Di cosa tratta ‘Il nome della rosa’?
✍️ Write it in Italian
Write: “Italo Calvino experimented with narrative structure making his novels as much about reading as about storytelling”
Now do it, don’t just read it
Audio, pronunciation practice and the quiz for this lesson are inside the course.
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