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LITERATURE
Periods (Postclassical-E Modern-19th Century-20th Century) Genres (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography -Essay )
Literary Works Aquinas, Thomas (1225-1274) SUMMA THEOLOGICA(1265-1273) Polo, Marco(1254-1324) TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO (FIFTEENTH CENTUURY) Dante(1265-1321) NEW LIFE (1292)-DIVINE COMEDY (1320) Petrarch(1304-1374) RHYMES(1470) Boccaccio, Giovanni(1313-1375) FILOSTRATO (1335)-ELEGY OF LADY FIAMMETTA(1343)-DECAMERON (1349)-BOOK OF THESEUS (1370) Christine de Pizan(1364- ) BOOK OF THE CITY OF LADIES (1405) Boiardo, Matteo Maria(1441-1494) ORLANDO INNAMORATO(1495) Poliziano(1454-1494) ORFEO(1480) Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni(1463-1494)ORATION ON THE DIGNITY OF MAN(1496) Machiavelli, Niccoló(1469-1527) PRINCE (1532) Ariosto, Ludovico(1474-1533) PRETENDERS (1509)-ORLANDO FURIOSO(1516) Michelangelo(1475-1564) SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO(1623) Castiglione, Baldassare(1478-1529) BOOK OF THE COURTIER (1528) Aretino, Pietro(1492-1556) COURTESAN (1534) Cellini, Benvenuto(1500-1571) AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI(1558) Tasso, Torquato(1544-1595) JERUSALEM DELIVERED(1581) Campanella, Tommaso(1568-1639) CITY OF THE SUN (1622) Goldoni, Carlo(1707-1793) MISTRESS OF THE INN (1753) Alfieri, Vittorio(1749-1803) SAUL(1782) Leopardi, Giacomo(1798-1837) WAR OF THE MICE AND THE CRABS (1842) Carducci, Giosuè(1835-1907) POETRY OF CARDUCCI(1857-1899) Verga, Giovanni(1840-1922) HOUSE BY THE MEDLAR TREE (1881) D'Annunzio, Gabriele(1863-1938) TRIUMPH OF DEATH (1894) Pirandello, Luigi(1867-1936) RIGHT YOU ARE (IF YOU THINK SO)(1917)-SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (1921)-HENRY IV(1922) Deledda, Grazia(1871-1936) MOTHER (1920) Ungaretti, Giuseppe(1888-1970) PORTO SEPOLTO, II(1916) Bacchelli, Ricardo(1891-1985) MILL ON THE PO (1938) Montale, Eugenio(1896-1981) CUTTLEFISH BONES(1925) Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe(1896-1957) LEOPARD (1958) Silone, Ignazio(1900-1978) FONTAMARA(1930)-BREAD AND WINE(1936) Moravia, Alberto(1907-1990) WOMAN OF ROME (1947)-TWO WOMEN(1957) Pavese, Cesare(1908-1950) HOUSE ON THE HILL (1949) Levi, Primo(1919-1987) IF NOT NOW, WHEN?(1982) Calvino, Italo(1923-1985) OUR ANCESTORS(1959)-IF ON A WINTER S NIGHT A TRAVELER(1979) Fo, Dario(1926-2016) MISTERO BUFFO(1969) Eco, Umberto(1932-2016) NAME OF THE ROSE (1980)-FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM(1988) CINEMA Guazzoni, Enrico(1876-1949) QUO VADIS(1913) Vignola, Robert G.(1882-1953) WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER(1922) Pasterone, Giovanni(1883-1959) CABIRIA(1914) Trenker, Luis(1892-1990) LOST SON (1934)-EMPEROR OF CALIFORNIA (1936) Capra, Frank(1897-1991) STRONG MAN (1926)-MIRACLE WOMAN (1931)-BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (1933)-LADY FOR A DAY (1933)-IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)-MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)- LOST HORIZON (1937)-YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)-MR.SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON(1939)-MEET JOHN DOE (1941)-ARSENIC AND OLD LACE(1944)- IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE(1946)-STATE OF THE UNION(1948) Blasetti, Alessandro(1900-1987) 1860 (1934) De Sica, Vittorio(1901-1974) A GARIBALDIAN IN THE CONVENT ( Un garibaldino al convento) ( 1942)-SHOESHINE(1946)-BICYCLE THIEF (1948)-MIRACLE IN MILAN(1951)-UMBERTO D(1952)- INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE/aka Terminal Station; Stazione Termini (1953)-ROOF / Il Tetto (1956)-TWO WOMEN(1960)- YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW /Leri, Oggi, Domani (1963)-MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE /Filumena Marturano; aka Matrimonio all'italiana (1964)- GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (1970)-BRIEF VACATION, A(1973)- Alessandrini, Goffredo(1904-1978) WE THE LIVING(1942) Rossellini, Roberto(1906-1977) ROME, OPEN CITY(1945)-PAISAN(1946)-LOVE / L’Amore (1948)-GERMANY, YEAR ZERO (1948)-STROMBOLI(1950)-GREATEST LOVE (1952)- MACHINE THAT KILLS BAD PEOPLE/La macchina ammazzacattivi (1952)-FEAR / La Paura (1954)-STRANGERS (1954)-JOURNEY TO ITALY / Viaggio in Italia (1954)- GENERAL DELLA ROVERE(1959)-GARIBALDI / Viva L’Italia ( 1962)-RISE OF LOUIS XIV (1966) Visconti, Luchino(1906-1976) OSSESSIONE (1943)-EARTH TREMBLES (1948)-SENSO (1954)-ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (1960)-LEOPARD (1963)-DAMNED (1969)-DEATH IN VENICE(1971)- CONVERSATION PIECE / Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (1974)-INNOCENT (1976)- Antonioni, Michelangelo (1912-2007) STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR(1950)-LADY WITHOUT CAMELIAS /La Signora senza Camelie (1953)-VANQUISHED (I Vinti) (1953)-GIRLFRIENDS (Le Amiche) (1955)-CRY (1957)- AVVENTURA, L’ (1960)-NOTTE, LA(1961)-ECLISSE (1962)-RED DESERT (1964)-BLOWUP(1966)-ZABRISKIE POINT (1970)-PASSENGER (1975)-EROS(2004)- Lattuada, Alberto(1914-2005) WITHOUT PITY(1948) Monicelli, Mario(1915-2010) BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET(1958)-ORGANIZER (1963) De Santis, Giuseppe(1917-1997) TRAGIC HUNT(1947)-BITTER RICE(1949) Risi, Dino(1917-2008) SCENT OF A WOMAN(1974) Pontecorvo, Gillo(1919-2006) BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966) Fellini, Federico(1920-1993) VARIETY LIGHTS(1951)-WHITE SHEIK (1952)-VITELLONI, I(1953)-STRADA, LA(1954)-BIDONE, II(1955)-NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957)-DOLCE VITA, LA(1960)-8½(1963)- JULIET OF THE SPIRITS(1965)-FELLINI SATYRICON(1969)-ROMA(1972)-AMARCORD(1973)-CITY OF WOMEN(1980)-AND THE SHIP SAILS ON(1983)-GINGER AND FRED(1986)-INTERVISTA(1987) Bolognini, Mauro(1922-2001)- MOSCOW FAREWELL(1987) Brusati, Franco(1922-1993) BREAD AND CHOCOLATE(1974)-TO FORGET VENICE(1979)-SLEAZY UNCLE (1989)- Pasolini, Pier Paolo(1922-1975) ACCATTONE!(1961)-GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964)-THEOREM(1968) Rosi, Francesco(1922-2015) SALVATORE GIULIANO(1962)-HANDS OVER THE CITY (1963)-LUCKY LUCIANO(1973)-ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES(1976)-EBOLI(1979)-THREE BROTHERS(1981)-BIZET’S CARMEN(1984)- THE TRUCE(1997) Zeffirelli, Franco(1923-2019) TRAVIATA, LA(1982)-OTELLO(1986)-YOUNG TOSCANINI(1988)-HAMLET(1990)-JANE EYRE(1996)-TEA WITH MUSSOLINI(1999) Muller, Edward(1925-2005) SAVAGE ISLAND(1985) Corbucci, Sergio(1927-1990) RIMINI RIMINI(1987)-Ferreri, Marco(1928-1997)-LA CARNE (THE FLESH)(1991) Wertmüller, Lina(1928- ) LOVE AND ANARCHY(1973)-SWEPT AWAY (1974)-SEVEN BEAUTIES(1975)-JOKE OF DESTINY, A(1983)-SOFTLY SOFTLY(1984)-CAMORRA(1985)- SUMMER NIGHT WITH GREEK PROFILE, ALMOND EYES, AND SCENT OF BASIL(1986)-CIAO, PROFESSORE!(1992) Leone, Sergio(1929-1989) GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (1966)-ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA(1984) Taviani, Vittorio(1929-2018)-Taviani, Paolo(1931- ) PADRE PADRONE(1977)-NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS (1982)-GOOD MORNING, BABYLON(1987)-FIORILE(1993) Petrı, Elio(1929-1982) INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION(1970) Corbucci, Bruno(1931-1996) ALADDIN(1986) Olmi, Ermanno(1931-2018) SOUND OF TRUMPETS (1961)-FIANCÉS (1963)-TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS (1978)-LONG LIVE THE LADY(1987) Scola, Ettore(1931-2016) WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH (1974)-DOWN AND DIRTY(1976)-SPECIAL DAY, A(1977)-NUIT DE VARENNES, LA(1982)-BAL, LE(1983)-MACARONI(1985)-FAMILY (1987) Calogero, Francesco(1935- ) GENTLE TOUCH (1988) Benson, Steven(1936-1999) ENDGAME(1983) Orfini, Mario(1936- ) MAMBA(1988) Avati, Pupi(1938- ) BIX(1991)-THE BEST MAN(1997) Bellocchio, Marco(1939- ) FISTS IN THE POCKET(1965)-HENRY IV(1984)-MY MOTHER’S SMILE(2002)-VINCERE(2009) Deodato, Ruggero(1939- ) CUT AND RUN(1985)-BARBARIANS (1987)-LONE RUNNER (1988) Manuli, Guido(1939- ) VOLERE, VOLARE(1991) Argento, Dario (1940- ) BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970)-UNSANE(1982)- OPERA(1987)-TWO EVIL EYES(1990) Bertolucci, Bernardo(1941-2018) GRIM REAPER (1962)-BEFORE THE REVOLUTION(1964)-CONFORMIST (1970)-SPIDER’S STRATAGEM (1970)-LAST TANGO IN PARIS(1972)-LUNA (1979)- TRAGEDY OF A RIDICULOUS MAN(1981)-LAST EMPEROR (1987)-SHELTERING SKY (1990)-LITTLE BUDDHA(1993)-STEALING BEAUTY(1996)-BESIEGED(1998)-DREAMERS (2003)- ME AND YOU(2012) Bava, Lamberto(1944- ) DEMONS(1985) Amelio, Gianni(1945- ) OPEN DOORS(1990)-LADRO DI BAMBINI, II(1992)-LAMERICA(1994)-THE WAY WE LAUGHED(1998) Fabbri, Ottavio(1946- ) JOURNEY OF LOVE(1990) Bertolucci, Giuseppe(1947-2012) ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY(1991) Cozzi, Luigi(1947- ) HERCULES II(1985) Cino, Beppe(1947- ) BREATH OF LIFE, A(1990) Nichetti, Maurizio(1948- ) ICICLE THIEF (1989)-VOLERE, VOLARE(1991)- Giordana, Marco Tullio(1950- ) ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY(1991)-BEST OF YOUTH(2003) Salvatores, Gabriele(1950- ) MEDITERRANEO(1991) Verdone, Carlo(1950- ) WATER AND SOAP(1983) Risi, Marco(1951- ) FOREVER MARY(1989) Benigni, Roberto(1952- ) LITTLE DEVIL (1988)-JOHNNY STECCHINO(1991)-MONSTER; II MOSTRE(1994)-LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL(1997)-PINOCCHIO(2002) Palminteri, Chazz(1952- ) NOEL(2004) Zagarrio, Vito(1952- ) WOMAN IN THE MOON(1988) Castellitto, Sergio(1953- ) DON’T MOVE(2004) Moretti, Nanni(1953- ) REDWOOD PIGEON (PALOMBELLA ROSSA)(1989)-CARO DIAIO (DEAR DIARY)(1993)-THE SON’S ROOM(2001) Torrini, Cinzia(1954- ) HOTEL COLONIAL(1987) Battista, Franco(1955- ) CRAZY MOON(1987) Tognazzi, Ricky(1955- ) LA SCORTA (THE ESCORT)(1993)-MAKING LOVE(2000) Comencini, Cristina(1956- ) DON’T TELL(2005) Mazzacurati, Carlo(1956- ) THE HOLY TONGUE(2000) Simone, Alberto(1956- ) MOON SHADOW(1995) Tornatore, Giuseppe(1956- ) CINEMA PARADISO(1988)-EVERYBODY’S FINE(1990)-ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY(1991)-THE STAR MAKER; L’UOMO DELLE STELLE(1995)-THE LEGEND OF 1900(1998)-MALENA(2000) Soavi, Michele(1957- ) CEMETERY MAN(1994) Amurri, Franco(1958- ) FLASHBACK(1990)-MONKEY TROUBLE(1994) Magliulo, Giorgio(1958- ) TOTTERING LIVES(1986) Soldini, Silvio(1958- ) PEACEFUL AIR OF THE WEST(1990)-BREAD AND TULIPS(2000) Rubini, Sergio(1959- ) STATION (1990) Archibugi, Francesca(1960- ) GREAT PUMPKIN (1993) Brambilla, Marco(1960- ) DEMOLITION MAN(1993)-EXCESS BAGGAGE(1997) Carlei, Carlo(1960- ) FLIGHT OF THE INNOCENT(1992)-ROMEO & JULIET(2013) Lillo, Antonietta De(1960- ) TOTTERING LIVES(1987) Mancini, Don(1963- ) SEED OF CHUCKY(2004) Virzi, Paolo(1964- ) THE LEISURE SEEKER(2017) Crialese, Emanuele(1965- ) RESPIRO(2002) Winspeare, Edoardo(1965- ) PIZZICATA(1996) Sollima, Stefano(1966- ) SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO(2018) Muccino, Gabriele(1967- ) LAST KISS(2001)-THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS(2006)-SEVEN POUNDS(2008)-PLAYING FOR KEEPS(2012) Capotondi, Giuseepe(1968- ) THE DOUBLE HOUR(2011) Garrone, Matteo(1968- ) THE EMBALMER(2002)-GOMORRAH(2008)-REALITY(2012) Sorrentino, Poalo(1970- ) II DIVO(2008)- THIS MUST BE THE PLACE(2011)-THE GREAT BEAUTY(2013)-YOUTH(2015) Falorni, Luigi(1971- ) THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL(2003) Di Stefano, Andrea(1972- ) ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST(2014) Cosmatos, Panos(1974- ) MANDY(2018) Costanzo, Saverio(1975- ) HUNGRY HEARTS(2014) Carloni, Alessandro(1978- ) KUNG FU PANDA 3(2016) Sciamma, Celine(1978- ) GIRLHOOD(2014) Aniello, Lucia(1983- ) ROUGH NIGHT(2017) Guida, Louis SATURDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY MORNING: THE TRAVELS OF GATEMOUTH MOORE(1992) Orlando, Dominic KNIGHTS OF THE CITY(1986)


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