8 Tuesdays, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Book: Il resto di niente by Enzo Striano ISBN: 978-8804668251 (paper version) ASIN: B00CRR70KM (Kindle version)
Location: Taught online via Zoom. An invitation and explanations on how to join the meeting will be sent to registered students.
Instructor: Enrico Della Pietra
Price: $210 (early registration) $230 (After 06/28)
Dates: 07/07 – 08/25
Need more information? Please get in touch.
You have been studying Italian for some time and are quite comfortable carrying on conversations on a large variety of topics but perhaps you are ready for something a bit more challenging to continue to improve your vocabulary and solidify your knowledge of Italian grammar – not to mention insight into Italian culture.
Reading a book has not yet been part of your toolbox as both the task itself – not understanding everything, having to look up too many words — seems a bit daunting and the actual selection of a book, a discouraging process! But if someone chooses the book for you and holds your hand throughout the process by allowing you to tackle it in small digestible bites that you get to discuss once a week… you may be in for a pleasant and highly rewarding experience that will contribute to boost your confidence!
If you are ready to move into the realm of unabridged literature, let the adventure begin!
You will be asked to read a certain number of pages every week at home and once a week, you will “videomeet” with your classmates and instructor for discussions, clarifications, explanations, etc. — in Italian of course!
If you know that this is the right level for you, please sign up! If you are not sure, let us help.
Please get in touch.
Riassunto del libro
Portoghese di nascita ma napoletana d’adozione, Eleonora de Fonseca Pimentel fu poetessa, scrittrice e una delle prime donne giornaliste in Europa. Amica di intellettuali e rivoluzionari, da Vincenzo Cuoco a Mario Pagano, ebbe un ruolo di primo piano negli sfortunati moti partenopei del 1799. Il resto di niente ne ricostruisce con straordinaria forza evocativa e con rigore storico la parabola di donna e di rivoluzionaria. A far da sfondo all’intensa avventura intellettuale di Eleonora c’è un’intera città, la Napoli di fine Settecento, capitale di un grande regno e centro di cultura, con le sue eterne contraddizioni e la sua struggente bellezza.
Distribuzione della lettura
7/7 – Inizio a pagina…
14/7 –
21/7 –
28/7 –
4/8 –
11/8 –
18/8 –
25/8 –
