Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

The Early Works of Italo Calvino

2020; IGI Global; Linguagem: Inglês

10.4018/978-1-7998-3379-6.ch017

2326-8913

Daniele Arciello,

Educational and Social Studies

This chapter aims to consider the collected works of the writer Italo Calvino and their usefulness as effective tools for the teaching of the Italian language. Through the study of his early novel and short story collection, Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno (The Path to the Nest of Spiders, 1947) and Ultimo viene il corvo (The Crow Comes Last, 1949), we can easily find many helpful ideas and suggestions to create educational aids. The themes of his work, as well as the relevance of the different phases of Calvino's life, such as his reflections upon the Second World War and Italian partisanship, will be the main subject of this study. One of the most important purposes of this proposal is to underline the connection between the contents of imaginary tales and dissertations and the methods by which the Italian language is taught. Keeping in line with the importance of this author, his role as a model for other writers will also be emphasized.