Capolavori della letteratura italiana: Matilde Serao *Online* *NEW*

Italian literature has had an enormous impact on world literature, with many influential authors and works. ​Join us for a discussion of two short works by Matilde Serao: the journalistic work Il ventre di Napoli (1884) and the short story La virtù di Checchina (1883), marking the centenary of Serao’s death in 1927. Read together, these works invite us to explore Serao’s sharp social observation and her complex portrayals of women in the aftermath of the Italian unification. Both texts can be downloaded for free at https://liberliber.it/.  This class is recommended for advanced students (CEFR B2 and above). Required reading: Il ventre di Napoli and La virtù di Checchina by Matilde Serao

Instructor: Maria Grazia Lolla