CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: ERMANNO TAVIANIExpected Learning Outcomes
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
The Italian Communist Party's History from the Foundation to its dissolution. The characters of the PCI. The role of Gramsci and Togliatti. Clandestinity. Stalinism. From the policy of the "united front" to the "popular fronts"i. The Resistance. The New Party. The PCI in Republican Italy. 1956. Facing the centro-sinistra. Cultural policy. The analysis of Italian society. The debate after the death of Togliatti. The PCI and 1968. Berlinguer and the "compromesso storico". The crisis of the eighties. The fall of the Berlin wall and the dissolution of the PCI.
Textbook Information
2) A. Vittoria, Storia del PCI 1921-1991, Carocci, Roma 2006.
| Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lepre A. | Storia della prima Repubblica. L'Italia dal 1943 al 2003 | Il Mulino | 2006 | 9788815114099 |
| Vittoria A. | Storia del Pci. 1921-1971 | Carocci | 2007 | 9788843038947 |
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presentation of the course. The PCI from its foundation to the Komintern's VII Congress . | Vittoria, Storia del Pci, cap. 1 e 2. |
| 2 | Italy 1943-1945. | Lepre, Storia della prima repubblica, cap. 1Vittoria, Storia del Pci, cap. 3. |
| 3 | The foundation of the Italian Republic. | Lepre, cap. 2; Vittoria, cap. 4. |
| 4 | 1948 and the Centrism. | Lepre, cap. 3; Vittoria, cap. 4. |
| 5 | The "anni duri". 1956. | Lepre, cap. 4; Vittoria, cap. 5. |
| 6 | The economic take-off. | Lepre cap. 5; Vittoria, cap. 5. |
| 7 | The "centro-sinistra". | Lepre, cap. 6; Vittoria, cap. 6. |
| 8 | The 1968 movement and its consequences. The Prague Spring. | Lepre cap. 7; Vittoria, cap. 7. |
| 9 | The "strategy of tension" and the reforms. | Lepre cap. 7 e 8; Vittoria, cap. 7 e 8. . |
| 10 | Berlinguer, the "Hiistorical compromise and "democratic solidarity". The 1977 movement. | Lepre, cap. 8; Vittoria, cap. 8. |
| 11 | The Moro case. | Lepre, cap. 8; Vittoria, cap. 8. |
| 12 | The italian eighties. | Lepre, cap. 9; Vittoria, cap. 8. |
| 13 | 1989 in Italy. From the PCI to the PDS. | Lepre, cap. 10; Vittoria, cap. 9. |
| 14 | The end of the "prima Repubblica". Tangentopoli. | Lepre, cap.10. |
| 15 | The "seconda repubblica". | Lepre, cap. 10, appendice. |
| 16 | Verification of the historical didactic path. Conclusions. | |
| 17 | The history of the PCI and the Republic in cinema. | |
| 18 | The history of the PCI and the Republic in cinema. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The exam includes an oral examination. The evaluation will be based on: ability of exposure and lexical correctness; elaboration of knowledge and in-depth analysis of contents.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
The fall of fascism and the Resistance. The foundation of the Republic. A Republic of the parties? The role of the Christian Democrats. Centrism. The economic miracle. A New Italy? The center-left. 1968 and its consequences. The years of "general contestation". The "strategy of tension". Historical compromise and "national solidarity". The Moro case. Left-wing terrorism. The eighties. The end of the "Cold War and its consequences on the Italian political scene. Tangentopoli and the end of the "First Republic". The new political arrangements after 1994.
The characters of the PCI. The role of Antonio Gramsci and Togliatti. Clandestinity. Stalinism. From the policy of the "united front" to the "popular fronts"i. The Resistance. The New Party. The PCI in Republican Italy. 1956. Facing the centro-sinistra. Cultural policy. The death of Togliatti. The 1968. Berlinguer and the "compromesso storico". The crisis of the eighties. The fall of the Berlin wall and the dissolution of the PCI.