Marina LOPS | ENGLISH LITERATURE 1 (FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS)
Marina LOPS ENGLISH LITERATURE 1 (FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS)
cod. 4312200082
ENGLISH LITERATURE 1 (FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS)
| 4312200082 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| EQF6 | |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | |
| 2024/2025 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-LIN/10 | 9 | 54 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE AIMS TO: - FAMILIARIZE STUDENTS WITH THE MAIN LITERARY AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA OF GREAT BRITAIN IN THE XVIII AND XIX CENTURIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE NOVEL; - PROVIDE THE BASIC METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS NECESSARY FOR TEXT ANALYSIS. KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS THE STUDENT: -WILL KNOW THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE CENTURIES UNDER STUDY; -WILL KNOW THE LITERARY WORKS PART OF THE PROGRAM; -WILL UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEXTS AND THE CONTEXT THAT PRODUCED THEM; -WILL KNOW THE FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATOLOGICAL AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - CONTEXTUALIZE THE LITERARY TEXT AND CONNECT IT TO OTHER TEXTS FROM THE SAME CULTURAL FIELD; - ANALYZE THE TEXT FROM A FORMAL AND STYLISTIC POINT OF VIEW; - SKETCH A COHERENT PICTURE OF THE LITERARY AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION OF THE PERIOD UNDER CONSIDERATION. AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: -FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS INTERPRETATIVE HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE LITERARY TEXT; -POSE IT IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER TEXTS; -SELECT AND MEMORIZE RELEVANT INFORMATION. COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - COMMUNICATE IN ITALIAN AND PARTIALLY IN ENGLISH THE ACQUIRED NOTIONS AND THE RESULTS OF OWN ELABORATIONS. - ARTICULATE A DISCOURSE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE BY EMPLOYING THE VOCABULARY OF THE DISCIPLINE IN ITALIAN AND, PARTIALLY, IN ENGLISH. LEARNING SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: -UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE SUGGESTED BY THE LECTURER; -FIND TRADITIONAL OR ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS TO CONDUCT FURTHER RESEARCH ON KNOWN CONTEXTS. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH. |
| Contents | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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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. |
| Texts | |
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| 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 - P. BERTINETTI, "IL ROMANZO INGLESE", ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2012, CHAPTERS 1-7 EXCEPT CONRAD AND FORD) - 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 | |
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| 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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