The PCTO 'The author’s hand from paper to digital'. For an introduction to Italian philology in secondary school

In the wake of the new school reforms and with the conviction that learning about Italian philology at school can lead to the development of trasversal competences, this contribution aims to present the experience of the PCTO “La mano dell’autore dal cartaceo al digitale. Dai Promessi Sposi all’Infinito”, project created with the aim of educate students about textuality by means of the analysis of Alessandro Manzoni’s and Giacomo Leopardi’s work. In this paper we describe the methodologies applied during the PCTO, seen as a useful opportunity to access the works of the two great writers and to provide the students with digital skills applied to Italian literature. Thanks to these experiences, the students were stimulated to reflect on their own writing practices, also by comparing themselves with the working methods of contemporary writers, offered by the "A carte scoperte" project.