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ENGLISH LITERATURE 4

Flora DE GIOVANNI ENGLISH LITERATURE 4

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2019/2020



YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
FLORA DE GIOVANNI T Curriculum
Objectives
TTHE COURSE WILL BUILD UPON AND EXPAND ON THE WORK DONE IN THE THREE-YEAR DEGREE COURSE. IT AIMS TO PROVIDE A MORE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC CULTURAL MATERIAL AND LITERARY TEXT. IT ALSO AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE USED IN AREAS OF WORK THAT REQUIRE ENGLISH.
Prerequisites
STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED THE FORTH-YEAR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LITERATURE EXAMS
Contents
THE COURSE WILL ANALYSE THE CULTURAL AND LITERARY PHENOMENON TERMED NEO-VICTORIANISM, WHICH HAS RECENTLY PERMEATED MANY FIELDS, SUCH AS FICTION, ENGLISH STUDIES, CINEMA, TV SERIES, THEME PARKS, MANGA AND VIDEOGAMES, CUTTING ACROSS THE DIVIDE BETWEEN HIGH AND MASS CULTURE. THE COURSE WILL ESPECIALLY CONCENTRATE ON SOME LITERARY AND FILMIC TEXTS, ANALYSING THEM AS REWRITINGS AND ADAPTATIONS WITH THEIR UNDERLYING POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS, AND FOCUSING ON SUCH NOTIONS AS “SPECTRALITY” AND “WRITING AS ILLUSIONISM”, WHICH WILL HELP EXPLAIN “THE AFTERLIFE OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN THE CULTURAL IMAGINARY”.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES. FILMIC MATERIAL WILL BE SHOWN AND DISCUSSED IN CLASS.
Verification of learning
FINAL ORAL EXAM. STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCUSS CRITICALLY THE LITERARY AND CRITICAL TEXTS THAT ARE THE FOCUS OF THE COURSE BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN ITALIAN; TO MASTER APPROPRIATE METHODOLOGIES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF LITERARY AND CULTURAL TEXTS; TO RE-ELABORATE THEMES OF THE COURSE AUTONOMOUSLY. PART OF THE FINAL EVALUATION WILL BE WRITTEN ESSAYS AND GROUP PRESENTATIONS ON THEMES AGREED UPON WITH THE LECTURER.
Texts
LITERARY TEXTS:
M ATWOOD, "ALIAS GRACE" (ANY EDITION)
S. WATERS, "AFFINITY" (ANY EDITION)
A.S. BYATT, "THE CONJUGAL ANGEL", IN "ANGELS AND INSECTS" (ANY EDITION)
CRITICAL TEXTS:
R. ARIAS DOBLAS, “TALKING WITH THE DEAD: REVISITING THE VICTORIAN PAST AND THE OCCULT IN MARGARET ATWOOD’S ALIAS GRACE AND SARAH WATERS’ AFFINITY”, ESTUDIOS INGLESES DE LA UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE 13, (2005), PP. 85-105. ONLINE, OPEN ACCESS.
R. ARIAS AND P. PULHAM, “INTRODUCTION”, HAUNTING AND SPECTRALITY IN NEO-VICTORIAN FICTION, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2009, PP. XI-XXVI.
S.J. CARROLL, “PUTTING THE ‘NEO’ BACK INTO NEO-VICTORIAN: THE NEO-VICTORIAN NOVEL AS POSTMODERN REVISIONIST FICTION”, NEO-VICTORIAN STUDIES, 3, 2 (2010), PP. 172-205. ONLINE, OPEN ACCESS.
M.C. COSTANTINI, “'FAUX-VICTORIAN MELODRAMA' IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: THE CASE OF SARAH WATERS”, CRITICAL SURVEY, 18, 1 (2006), PP. 17-39. ONLINE, ACCESS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO.
S.K. STANLEY, “THE EROTICISM OF CLASS AND THE ENIGMA OF MARGARET ATWOOD'S ALIAS GRACE", TULSA STUDIES IN WOMEN'S LITERATURE, 22, 2 (2003), PP. 371-386. ONLINE, ACCESS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO.
L. HADLEY, “INTRODUCTION”, IN NEO-VICTORIAN FICTION AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2010, PP. 1-29.
A. WILLIAMSON, “’THE DEAD MAN TOUCH’D ME FROM THE PAST’: READING AS MOURNING, MOURNING AS READING IN A.S. BYATT’S THE CONJUGAL ANGEL”, NEO-VICTORIAN STUDIES, 1,1 (2008), PP. 110-137. ONLINE, OPEN ACCESS.
More Information
THE COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH. STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND CLASSES.
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