Approaches to Teaching the Works of Italo Calvino
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Modern Language Association of America · Ebook · January 1, 2013
Italo Calvino, whose works reflect the major literary and cultural trends of the second half of the twentieth century, is known for his imagination, humor, and technical virtuosity.
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- Who it’s for
- A teaching guide pairing an overview of Calvino's writing with classroom approaches and applications.
- Genres
- Italian Literary Criticism, 20th-Century Literary Criticism, Comparative Literature
- Published
- Modern Language Association of America, January 1, 2013
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Italo Calvino, whose works reflect the major literary and cultural trends of the second half of the twentieth century, is known for his imagination, humor, and technical virtuosity. He explores topics such as neorealism, folktale, fantasy, and social and political allegory and experiments with narrative style and structure.
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Students take delight in Calvino's wide-ranging and inventive work, whether in Italian courses or in courses in comparative or world literature, literary criticism, cultural studies, philosophy, or even architecture. Given the range of his writing, teaching Calvino can seem a daunting task. This volume aims to help instructors develop creative and engaging classroom strategies. Part 1, "Materials," presents an overview of Calvino's writings, nearly all of which are available in English translation, as well as critical works and online resources. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," focus on general themes and cultural contexts, address theoretical issues, and provide practical classroom applications. Contributors describe strategies for teaching Calvino that are as varied as his writings, whether having students study narrative theory through If on a winter's night a traveler, explore literary genre with Cosmicomics, improve their writing using Six Memos for the Next Millennium, or read Mr. Palomar in a general education humanities course.
Teaching Calvino
A teaching guide pairing an overview of Calvino's writing with classroom approaches and applications.
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- An overview of Calvino’s writings
- Classroom strategies across varied works
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- Essays on themes and cultural contexts
- Theoretical issues and practical classroom applications
Where it sits
| Italian Literary Criticism | 94% |
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| Comparative Literature | 39% |
| 20th-Century Literary Criticism | 37% |
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Publisher categories
- Italian Literary Criticism
- Fairy Tale & Myth Criticism
- Authors
- Franco Ricci, Andrea Dini, Eugenio Bolongaro
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America
- Published
- January 1, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
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- Italian Literary Criticism