ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 2 MOD. 2
- Academic year
- 2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- LETTERATURE ANGLO-AMERICANE 2 MOD. 2
- Course code
- LT002B (AF:360654 AR:189186)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6 out of 12 of ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 2
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- L-LIN/11
- Period
- 1st Semester
- Course year
- 2
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
The second module of the course is part of the BA in Languages, Civilization and the Science of Language and aims at providing an introduction to the history of American literature in through textual and cultural analysis.
The course aims at stimulating student to reflect on the evolution of literary language, forms and genres and to provide them with methods for analyzing texts and contextualizing them from a cultural-historical viewpoint. This will prepare students for advanced studies in both the literary and the cultural fields.
The course aims at stimulating student to reflect on the evolution of literary language, forms and genres and to provide them with methods for analyzing texts and contextualizing them from a cultural-historical viewpoint. This will prepare students for advanced studies in both the literary and the cultural fields.
Expected learning outcomes
The learning outcomes of these course entail developing:
1. Good knowledge of the history of American literature from the colonial era to the American Renaissance;
2. Ability to apply such knowledge to the textual and cultural analysis of a literary text;
3. Ability to formulate critical hypotheses and judgments;
4. Communication skills and appropriate terminology;
5. Autonomous reading of handbooks and suggested materials.
1. Good knowledge of the history of American literature from the colonial era to the American Renaissance;
2. Ability to apply such knowledge to the textual and cultural analysis of a literary text;
3. Ability to formulate critical hypotheses and judgments;
4. Communication skills and appropriate terminology;
5. Autonomous reading of handbooks and suggested materials.
Pre-requirements
Good knowledge of written and spoken English (≥ B2)
Contents
Nineteenth-century American literature.
Referral texts
W. C. Bryant, selected poems
R. W. Emerson, selected essays
M. Fuller, from At Home and Abroad
H.D. Thoreau, "Walking"
N. Hawthorne, selected stories, The Scarlet Letter
H. Melville, Benito Cereno
W. Whitman, selections from Leaves of Grass
Selections from other texts available on Moodle
R. W. Emerson, selected essays
M. Fuller, from At Home and Abroad
H.D. Thoreau, "Walking"
N. Hawthorne, selected stories, The Scarlet Letter
H. Melville, Benito Cereno
W. Whitman, selections from Leaves of Grass
Selections from other texts available on Moodle
Assessment methods
ORAL EXAM:
1) Knowledge of notions of literary history.
2) identification and analysis of excerpts from literary texts made to evaluate the ability of making critical judgments while analyzing and contextualizing a text.
Non-attending students will be asked to study further critical material available on moodle
1) Knowledge of notions of literary history.
2) identification and analysis of excerpts from literary texts made to evaluate the ability of making critical judgments while analyzing and contextualizing a text.
Non-attending students will be asked to study further critical material available on moodle
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussion
Teaching language
Italian
Further information
This module (mod. 2) is part of LT002B and must be attended together with mod. 1 taught by Prof. Bordin.
Type of exam
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 13/09/2021