ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 3

The course is part of the Bachelor's Degree in Languages, Cultures, and Language Sciences and aims to provide students with a medium-level knowledge of the history of American literature from the late nineteenth century through Modernism, to contemporary modernity through textual and cultural analysis. It aims to develop reflection skills on the evolution of language, literary forms, and genres, and to provide methodological tools for textual analysis from a historical-cultural and theoretical perspective. Achieving these objectives will prepare students for a more advanced study of American literature by providing valid tools for further study during the Master's degree.

This course aims to develop:
1. Knowledge of the basic notions related to North-American literary history
2. The ability to apply such knowledge in order to provide a critical analysis of cultural products (literary texts)
3. The ability to evaluate texts critically and appreciatively.
4. Communication skills and the ability to apply specific vocabulary.
5. The ability to use secondary sources effectively.

Good knowledge of English (≥ B2).

The course will examine classic authors and works of late nineteenth and twentieth-century North American literature.

Walt Whitman
2. T. S. Eliot
3. Ezra Pound
4. H.D
5. Gertrude Stein
6. Hart Crane
7. Langston Hughes
8. Frank O'Hara
10. Wallace Stevens
11. Elizabeth Bishop
12. Adrienne Rich
13. Audre Lorde
14. Yusef Komunyakaa
15. Final review

Nina Baym et al., eds, The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Vols. D & E

Selected text from the Norton Anthology are made available on Moodle.


Suggested
Vincent Sherry, The Cambridge History of Modernism (Available online via CerCà)

The final exam aims to assess the achievement of an advanced level of knowledge and understanding of the texts on the syllabus, the ability to discuss literary issues using appropriate language, and the autonomy of judgment in text analysis.
Written exam. Students will analyze excerpts taken from the texts and develop meaningful connections between authors, and/or ideas and styles.

Lecture
Interactive lecture with discussion
opener initiative

English

Students who cannot complete their preparation by attending class regularly will complete their preparation individually with the help of the study aids provided on Moodle. These students will be evaluated on the basis of the final written exam. These students are encouraged to reach out to me.

written

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