Italian 311FA - Fascisms

This course explores aspects of twentieth and twenty-first century culture in relation to Benito Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship. From Italian Futurism to today's Trump administration, we will follow the development of Fascism(s) with some of the authors who lived through it and who narrated their experience. From Silone to Ginzburg, from Viganò to Primo Levi, from Bassani to Carlo Levi, we will discuss literary trends, architecture, activism and visual arts.