The cultural and theoretical issues that constitute the foundation of Luigi Pirandello's essay on humour will provide the background against which several of his novels, short stories and/or plays will be discussed. Narrative and dramatic texts are intertwined in the dialogic history of Pirandello's overturning of traditional XIX century narrative and dramatic strategies. During the seminar, students will be engaged in the investigation of the complex trajectory travelled by Luigi Pirandello in his remapping of both genres (i.e., narrative and drama) in the Western tradition.