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 | |
| EQF6 | |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | |
| 2019/2020 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016 | |
| PRIMO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-LIN/10 | 9 | 45 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF LITERARY TEXTS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT GENRES. BY THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE THE LITERARY TEXTS TO THEIR CULTURAL CONTEXT AND TO APPLY DIFFERENT CRITICAL METHODOLOGIES TO DIFFERENT TEXTS. THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE MATERIAL BOTH IN ITALIAN AND IN ENGLISH. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED THE FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LITERATURE EXAMS |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE AIMS TO STUDY TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITISH ARTISTIC AND LITERARY AVANT-GARDE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF LITERARY TEXTS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT GENRES. IN PARTICULAR, MODERNISM'S MOST SIGNIFICANT THEMES AND FORMAL INNOVATIONS WILL BE ILLUSTRATED THROUGH THE CLOSE READING OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NOVEL "TO THE LIGHTHOUSE" (1927). CONTENTS: A) MODERNISM: PERIODS AND DEFINITIONS. B) THE BRITISH AVANT-GARDE AND THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT. C) THE SHORTER FORM: POETRY AND THE SHORT STORY D) LITERARY MODERNISM AND THE ARTISTIC AVANT-GARDE. E) THE MODERNIST NOVEL: "THE GOOD SOLDIER" AND "TO THE LIGHTHOUSE". F) WOMEN’S WRITING. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| LECTURES |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ORAL EXAM. STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE TO BE ABLE TO: DISCUSS THE TEXTS AND THE THEMES OF THE COURSE; EXPRESS THEMSELVES CLEARLY AND FLUENTLY IN ITALIAN; READ AND UNDERSTAND CHOSEN PASSAGES IN ENGLISH FROM THE PRIMARY TEXTS INCLUDED IN THE READING LIST; RELATE AUTHORS AND TEXTS TO THEIR HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT; SELECT AND MEMORISE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DATA; USE ENGLISH TO COMMUNICATE BASIC CONCEPTS RELATED TO THE COURSE; AUTONOMOUSLY RE-ELABORATE THE MATERIAL THEY HAVE STUDIED. |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| PRIMARY TEXTS J.JOYCE "THE SISTERS" T.S. ELIOT, "THE LOVE SONG OF J. AFRED PRUFROCK" V. WOOLF, "MODERN FICTION" V. WOOLF, "TO THE LIGHTHOUSE" (PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS) V WOOLF, "PROFESSIONS FOR WOMEN" CRITICAL TEXTS P. CHILDS, "MODERNISM", LONDON AND NEW YORK, ROUTLEDGE, 2007 A. PEASE, "THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO TO THE LIGHTHOUSE", CAMBRIDGE, CUP, 2014, CHAPS. 1,3,7 AND 10. ONLINE, ACCESS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO. |
| More Information | |
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| THE COURSE WILL BE TAUGHT IN ITALIAN AND IN ENGLISH. STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND CLASSES |
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