Flora DE GIOVANNI | English Literature 2 (for second-year students)
Flora DE GIOVANNI English Literature 2 (for second-year students)
cod. 4312200030
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2 (FOR SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS)
| 4312200030 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | |
| 2015/2016 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| 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 STUDY TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITISH ARTISTIC AND LITERARY AVANT-GARDE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANT LITERARY TEXTS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT GENRES. IT ALSO AIMS TO OFFER STUDENTS SOME ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF MODERNISM AS A COMPOSITE LITERARY AND CULTURAL PHENOMENON. BY THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL IMPROVE: - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EXPRESSIONS OF BRITISH MODERNISM AND OF THEIR RELATION TO THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT; KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRITICAL TOOLS NECESSARY FOR ANALYZING LITERARY AND CULTURAL TEXTS. - CAPACITY OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: CAPACITY OF ANALYSING LITERARY TEXTS IN RELATION TO THEIR GENRE AND TO THE WIDER CULTURAL CONTEXT; AWARENESS OF THE DIFFERENT CRITICAL METHODOLOGIES AND CAPACITY TO APPLY THEM TO DIFFERENT TEXTS. - CAPACITY OF MAKING INFORMED JUDGMENTS AND CHOICES: ABILITY TO GATHER AND INTERPRET RELEVANT DATA AND TO FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS JUDGMENTS ON THE THEMES AND TEXTS STUDIED DURING THE COURSE. - COMMUNICATION SKILLS: STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO DISCUSS LITERARY TEXTS AND THEMES FLUENTLY AND CLEARLY IN ITALIAN. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS LITERARY TEXTS AND THEMES WITH A DEGREE OF FLUENCY AND SPONTANEITY IN ENGLISH. - CAPACITY TO CONTINUE LEARNING: STUDENTS MUST DEVELOP THOSE LEARNING SKILLS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO ENRICH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER STUDY WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED THE FOLLOWING EXAMS: ENGLISH LITERATURE I AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE I (LEVEL B1 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR LANGUAGES) |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON SCHOOLS AND LITERARY MOVEMENTS OF EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY ENGLAND. THE MOST RECENT CRITICAL APPROACHES WILL BE USED TO READ AND ANALYZE SELECTED TEXTS FROM DIFFERENT LITERARY GENRES (POETRY, NOVEL, SHORT STORY).THE COURSE WILL BE ORGANISED IN TEACHING BLOCKS WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION BEING GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING THEMES: A) MODERNISM: PERIODS AND DEFINITIONS. B) THE BRITISH AVANT-GARDE AND THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT. C) LITERARY MODERNISM AND THE VISUAL ARTS. D) THE MODERNIST SHORT STORY: "THE SISTERS" AND "THE DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COLONEL". E) THE POETRY OF T.S. ELIOT. F) THE MODERNIST NOVEL: "THE GOOD SOLDIER" AND "TO THE LIGHTHOUSE". G) WOMEN’S WRITING. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| LECTURES (54 HOURS). EXTRACTS FROM THE TEXTS INCLUDED IN THE READING LISTS WILL BE ANALYSED AND DISCUSSED IN CLASS. STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS ON TOPICS OF THEIR OWN CHOICE. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ORAL EXAM. THE EXAM WILL BE IN BOTH ITALIAN AND ENGLISH. STUDENTS WILL BE ASKED TO DISCUSS THE PRIMARY TEXTS INCLUDED IN THE READING LIST USING THE CRITICAL MATERIAL RELATED TO THE TEXTS. |
| Texts | |
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| J. JOYCE, “THE SISTERS” (1914) K. MANSFIELD, “THE DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COLONEL” (1920) T.S. ELIOT, “THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK” (1915) T.S. ELIOT, "RHAPSODY ON A WINDY NIGHT" (1917) F. MADOX FORD, THE GOOD SOLDIER (1915) V. WOOLF, TO THE LIGHTHOUSE (1927) CRITICISM A. SANDERS, SHORT OXFORD HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, OXFORD, O.U.P., 2004 (CH. IX: “MODERNISM AND ITS ALTERNATIVES”), OPPURE P. BERTINETTI (A CURA DI), ENGLISH LITERATURE. A SHORT HISTORY, TORINO, EINAUDI, 2010 (CH.IX: “THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY”) P. CHILDS, MODERNISM, LONDON AND NEW YORK, ROUTLEDGE, 2007 B. BATTAGLIA, “L’ALLEGORIA DELLA LETTURA IN THE GOOD SOLDIER DI FORD MADOX FORD”, IN R. BACCOLINI E V. FORTUNATI, SCRITTURA E SPERIMENTAZIONE IN FORD MADOX FORD, FIRENZE, ALINEA, 1994, PP. 137-146. E. AUERBACH, "THE BROWN STOCKING", IN M. BEJA, TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. A CASEBOOK, LONDON, MACMILLAN, 1983, PP. 105-132. F. DE GIOVANNI, “WOOLF/BRISCOE: PROFESSIONE DI SINCERITÀ”, IN V. VILLA, RIPENSARE VIRGINIA WOOLF, NAPOLI, INTERCONTINENTALIA, 2001, PP. 81- 92. |
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| STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND CLASSES. |
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