Advanced Italian Reading and Conversation: Capolavori della letteratura italiana: Canne al vento *Online* *NEW*

Italian literature has had an enormous impact on world literature, with many influential authors and works. In the spring edition of this series dedicated to Italian literary masterpieces we will discuss Grazia Deledda’s Canne al vento (1913) to mark the hundredth anniversary of Deledda’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Set in a seemingly timeless Sardinian landscape, the novel offers strikingly modern reflections on guilt, desire, identity, the tension between individual and society, and the possibility of rebirth and reinvention. A contemporary of Luigi Pirandello yet routinely described as a master of naturalist fiction, Deledda provides us with a subtle and thought- provoking transgressive exploration of the human condition. This class is recommended for advanced students (CEFR B2 and above). Required reading: Canne al vento by Grazia Deledda. 
Instructor: Maria Grazia Lolla