Flora DE GIOVANNI | English Literature 1 (for first-year students)
Flora DE GIOVANNI English Literature 1 (for first-year students)
cod. 4312200008
ENGLISH LITERATURE 1 (FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS)
| 4312200008 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | |
| 2014/2015 |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2009 | |
| SECONDO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-LIN/10 | 9 | 54 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LITERARY AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND. IT WILL INTRODUCE TO THE ANALYSIS OF LITERARY TEXTS, AND PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CONTEMPORARY METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO TEXTS. BY THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEXTS AND CONTEXTS, AND WILL BE ABLE AUTONOMOUSLY TO RE-ELABORATE THE MATERIAL THEY HAVE STUDIED. THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE THEMES OF THE COURSE IN ITALIAN, AND BE CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR USE OF CRITICAL APPROACHES TO TEXTS. ADDITIONALLY, THEY WILL DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED TO OTHER SUBJECTS, AND WILL BE ABLE TO USE ENGLISH TO COMMUNICATE BASIC CONCEPTS RELATED TO THE COURSE. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH. |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE CONCENTRATES UPON SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LITERARY AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND, WHICH WILL BE ANALYZED THROUGH THE LENSES OF CULTURAL STUDIES. ITS READING LIST INCLUDES ESSAYS AND NOVELS WHICH FOCUS ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AND WHICH WILL ALLOW TO RECONSTRUCT THE DEBATE ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON. SPECIFIC ATTENTION WILL ALSO BE PAID TO QUESTIONS OF GENDER WHICH EMERGE IN THE PERIOD. THE COURSE WILL ALSO FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF DARWIN’S EVOLUTIONISM ON THE VICTORIAN WORLD VIEW. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| LECTURES. USE OF FILMIC MATERIAL RELATED TO THE THEMES OF THE COURSE. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ORAL EXAM AT THE END OF THE COURSE. WRITTEN TESTS DURING THE COURSE. |
| Texts | |
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| C. BRONTE, JANE EYRE. C. DICKENS, TEMPI DIFFICILI. R.L. STEVENSON, LO STRANO CASO DEL DOTTOR JEKYLL E IL SIGNOR HYDE. C. PAGETTI E O. PALUSCI, THE SHAPE OF A CULTURE, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2004 (A SELECTION: CARLYLE, “THE MECHANICAL AGE”; MACAULAY, “EDUCATING INDIA”; ALBERT VON SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA, “THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851”; HUXLEY, “SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION”). A. SANDERS, THE SHORT OXFORD HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, OXFORD AND NEW YORK, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004 (CHAPTERS 7 AND 8 ON “HIGH VICTORIAN LITERATURE 1830-1880” AND “LATE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN LITERATURE 1880-1920”). F. MARRUCCI, IL VITTORIANESIMO, NAPOLI, LIGUORI, 2009 (SELECTED ESSAYS: STANG, “LA TEORIA DEL ROMANZO TRA IL 1850 E IL 1870”, AND STEVENSON, “LA RELATIVITÀ DELLA VERITÀ NEL ROMANZO VITTORIANO”). V. GENTILI E P. BOITANI, L’ETÀ VITTORIANA: L’IMMAGINE DELL’UOMO TRA LETTERATURA E SCIENZA, ROMA, EDIZIONI DI STORIA E LETTERATURA, 1982 (C. DE STASIO, “DR JEKYLL E MR HYDE: LA DANNAZIONE DI UN FAUST VITTORIANO”). A. RICH SEGRETI, SILENZI, BUGIE, MILANO, LA TARTARUGA, 1982 (“JANE EYRE: LE TENTAZIONI DI UNA DONNA SENZA MADRE”). |
| More Information | |
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| NOVELS MAY BE READ IN ITALIAN. EXCERPTS FROM THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH VERSION WILL BE READ AND COMMENTED UPON DURING THE COURSE. LANGUAGES OF TUITION WILL MOSTLY BE ITALIAN, BUT ENGLISH WILL ALSO BE USED WHEN READING EXCERPTS FROM THE ORIGINAL. |
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