CULTURES AND SOCIETY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- Academic year
- 2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- SOCIETA' E CULTURE DI LINGUA INGLESE
- Course code
- LT2030 (AF:335811 AR:176346)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Subdivision
- Class 1
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- L-LIN/10
- Period
- 1st Semester
- Course year
- 3
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
- Go to Moodle page
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
Expected learning outcomes
Pre-requirements
Contents
Aim of this course is the identification and discussion of the essential features of British culture and British national identity as illustrated by Walter Scott at the beginning of the nineteenth century in his most celebrated historical novels. In 'Ivanhoe' and 'Old Mortality' Walter Scott portrayed the scene and context of two momentous episodes of British history: the Crusades and the great revolutions of the seventeenth century. But behind the historical conflicts between Saxons, Normans and Jews, and between Cavaliers and Puritans in the aftermath of the great Civil War, Scott highlighted, in the rich tapestry of the events and characters of his novels, the motives and features which, continually recurring and transforming themselves, contributed to the varied texture of the cultural and political identity of the United Kingdom.
Ideal attendance requires the reading of at least 'Ivanhoe' and 'Old Mortality' before the beginning of the lessons.
N.B. This course will be taught in Italian
Referral texts
W.Scott, 'Ivanhoe', ed. I.Duncan, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008.
W.Scott, 'Old Mortality', J.Stevenson and P.Davidson eds., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009.
Secondary Sources:
G. Lukács, 'La forma classica del romanzo storico', in Id., 'Il romanzo storico'[1957], Torino, Einaudi, 1974, pp. 2-107 (G. Lukács, 'The Classical Form of the Historical Novel', in Id.,' The Historical Novel', Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1969, pp. 9-100).
E.Villari, 'Le premesse del romanzo storico. Le tre "voci" di Scott per l'"Encyclopaedia Britannica"', in "Contesti", 2-3, 1989-90, pp. 109-32.*
E.Villari, 'Narrativa, storia e costume: Walter Scott', in 'Storia della civiltà letteraria inglese', diretta da Franco Marenco, Torino, Utet, 1996, vol. II, pp.477-96. *
E.Villari, "‘Ivanhoe’, la cavalleria e il fanatismo nel disegno dei ‘Waverley Novels’", in E.Sdegnoa cura di, "Per Franco Marucci. Saggi di teoria e storiografia letteraria", Venezia, Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina, 2013, pp. 163-172. *
G.M.Trevelyan, 'A Shortened History of England' [1942], Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1987 (Book 2, pp. 118-180; Book 4, pp. 271-376).
Additional readings will be available in MOODLE (http://moodle.unive.it )
(* Erasmus students may refer to the lecturer if they need a different syllabus, or a syllabus in a different language)
Assessment methods
Teaching methods
Further information
• Advised further reading available online
Type of exam
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals
This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development