ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 2 MOD. 2

Academic year

2022/2023 Syllabus of previous years

Official course title

LETTERATURE ANGLO-AMERICANE 2 MOD. 2

Course code

LT002B (AF:397705 AR:213577)

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.

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.

Pre-requirements

Good knowledge of written and spoken English (≥ B2)

Contents

The course focuses on examining significant authors and works in 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


Selections from other texts available on Moodle

Assessment methods

Class participation (10%)
Written test (2h / 60%): Knowledge of notions of literary history +identification and analysis of excerpts from literary texts made to evaluate the ability of making critical judgments while analyzing and contextualizing a text.
Oral test (15' / 30%): further assessment of the students' knowledge of literary history and textual analysis.

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

written and oral

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Natural capital and environmental quality" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Definitive programme.

Last update of the programme: 29/11/2022