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How have genocides been represented by people with different backgrounds and sexual identifications? How do written testimonies challenge or reinforce the hegemonic accounts of wars and genocides? How is the relationship between the “personal” and the “public/national” theorized in literary texts dealing with wars and other forms of political violence? What concepts or frameworks (Queer; Postcolonial; Community Studies) offer new approaches to the analysis of testimonial statements on collective traumatic events? This course aims at exploring these questions, using Primo Levi's work as an anchoring point. Readings and discussions will be in Italian. COURSE IS OPEN TO UPPER LEVEL UNDERGRADUATES