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English Literature 1 (for first-year students)

Marina LOPS English Literature 1 (for first-year students)

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2023/2024

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
954LESSONS


MARINA LOPS T Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE:
-KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE, FOCUSING IN PARTICULAR ON THE NOVEL;
-- BASIC METHODOLOGIES OF ANALYSIS OF THE LITERARY TEXT.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:
-ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY CULTURAL CONTEXT AND LITERARY WORKS;
-UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEXT AND CONTEXT;
-ACQUIRE THE BASIC TOOLS OF NARRATOLOGICAL AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-CONTEXTUALISE THE LITERARY TEXT AND RELATE IT TO OTHER TEXTS BELONGING TO THE SAME CULTURAL CONTEXT;
-ANALYSE THE FORM AND THE STYLE OF THE LITERARY TEXT;
-PROVIDE A GENERALE OUTLINE OF THE LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE PERIOD;
- EXPOSE THE CONTENT OF THE COURSE USING THE LANGUAGE OF THE DISCIPLINE IN ITALIAN AND PARTIALLY IN ENGLISH.CONTENUTI DEL CORSO IMPIEGANDO IL LESSICO DELLA DISCIPLINA IN ITALIANO E, PARZIALMENTE, IN INGLESE.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-FORMULATE HYPOTHESES ON THE LITERARY TEXT AUTONOMOUSLY;
-COMPARE IT WITH OTHER TEXTS;
- SELECT AND RETAIN RELEVANT INFORMATION.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPOSE THE NOTIONS ACQUIRED AND THEIR PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT IN ITALIAN AND PARTIALLY IN ENGLISH.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE BY RESORTING TO FURTHER SCIENTIFIC READING SUGGESTED BY THE TEACHER;
-SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS TO CARRY OUT FURTHER RESEARCH ON TOPICS RELATED TO THE COURSE.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH.
Contents
THE COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE VICTORIAN AGE, ANALYSING THE MOST RELEVANT ASPECTS OF ITS LITERATURE AND CULTURE. IT WILL MAINLY FOCUS ON THE NOVEL AND SOME OF ITS SUBGENRES. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO FEMALE WRITING.
CONTENTS:
•THE VICTORIAN AGE: HISTORICAL OUTLINE
•THE VICTORIAN WORLDVIEW
•THE EVOLUTION OF THE NOVEL AND THE LITERARY MARKET
•DICKENS'S GENIUS: OLIVER TWIST
•THE INDUSTRIAL NOVEL: MARY BARTON BY ELIZABETH GASKELL
•THE BILDUNGSROMAN: JANE EYRE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Teaching Methods
LECTURES IN ITALIAN (54 HOURS). EXCERPTS FROM THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH VERSION WILL BE READ AND ANALYSED DURING THE COURSE. USE OF FILMIC MATERIAL RELATED TO THE THEMES OF THE COURSE.
Verification of learning
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.
Texts
LITERARY TEXTS:
-C. DICKENS, OLIVER TWIST
- C. BRONTE, JANE EYRE
- E. GASKELL, MARY BARTON

CRITICAL TEXTS:
- C PAGETTI E O. PALUSCI, "L'ETA' VITTORINANA", IN P. BERTINETTI (A CURA DI), STORIA DELLA LETTERATURA INGLESE. DAL ROMANTICISMO ALL'ETA' CONTEMPORANEA (VOL. II), TORINO, EINAUDI, 2000
- J. CHILDERS, "INDUSTRIAL CULTURE AND THE VICTORIAN NOVEL", IN D. DAVID (ED.), THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE VICTORIAN NOVEL, CAMBRIDGE, CUP, 2009
- R. PATTEN, "CAPITALISM AND COMPASSION IN OLIVER TWIST", IN STUDIES IN THE NOVEL, I, 2 (1969)
- A. RICH, "LE TENTAZIONI DI UNA DONNA SENZA MADRE" IN A. RICH, SEGRETI SILENZI BUGIE, MILANO, LA TARTARUGA, 1982
- C. DE STASIO, "IL VERISMO DI ELIZABETH GASKELL: MARY BARTON", IN C. DE STASIO, LO SCRITTORE E LE DUE NAZIONI. SAGGI SUL VITTORIANESIMO, BARI, ADRIATICA, 1982
More Information
STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND CLASSES. A SPECIFIC PROGRAMME FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE.
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