«E quell’infame sorrise». Lazy Students at School and their Representation

  • Marina Polacco

Abstract

The article questions the representation of lazy students at school in literature, with a special focus on Edmondo De Amicis Cuore (1886), Paola Mastrocola's Togliamo il disturbo (2011), Pennac's Chagrin d’école (2007) and Eraldo Affinati's Elogio del ripetente (2013).

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Author Biography

Marina Polacco
Marina Polacco attended the Scuola Normale at Pisa, she published several essays on Italian Literature and Comparative Literature. She is the director of the academic journal "Contemporanea" and teaches at the Istituto Tecnicno Professionale “Matteotti” in Pisa.

References

Affinati, Eraldo, Elogio del ripetente, Milano, Mondadori, 2013.

Anichini, Alessandra (ed.), La didattica del futuro, Milano-Torino, Pearson, 2012.

De Amicis, Edmondo, Cuore (1886), Milano, Feltrinelli, 2011.

Eco, Umberto, Diario minimo (1963), Milano, Mondadori, 1988.

Giunta, Claudio – Savoia, Amedeo (ed.), Cosa insegnare a scuola. Alcune idee sulle discipline umanistiche, Trento, IPRASE, 2013.

Mastrocola, Paola, Togliamo il disturbo, Parma, Guanda, 2011.

Pennac, Daniel, Chagrin d’école (2007), trad. it. di Y. Melaouah, Diario di scuola,Milano, Feltrinelli, 2013.

Published
2013-12-09
How to Cite
Polacco, M. (2013). «E quell’infame sorrise». Lazy Students at School and their Representation. Between, 3(6). https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/1047