ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES

Giorgio SICA ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2019/2020

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
954LESSONS
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN CONCEPTS IN NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE AND THE ABILITY TO RELATE THEM WITH THE PARALLEL EUROPEAN MOVEMENTS. THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING AND THE FORMAL ASPECTS OF A LITERARY TEXT IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.THE ABILITY TO CONVEY INFORMATION, CONCEPTS AND ESTHETIC CATEGORIES WITH AN ARTICULATED LANGUAGE. THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN ISSUES OF THE DISCUSSION, AND TO SELECT THE RELEVANT CONTENT AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL VISIONS
Prerequisites
A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF LITERARY GENRES AND OF TEXTUAL ANALYSIS.
Contents
IMMIGRATION, EMIGRATION AND TRANS-CULTURALITY IN CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN NARRATIVE AND POETRY
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND STUDENTS' PRESENTATIONS
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM IN ENGLISH FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS ONLY.
Texts
IMMIGRATION, EMIGRATION AND TRANS-CULTURALITY IN CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN NARRATIVE AND POETRY
PRIMARI TEXTS:
EVA HOFFMAN, LOST IN TRANSLATION: A LIFE IN A NEW LANGUAGE (1989)
ALICE KAPLAN, FRENCH LESSONS: A MEMOIR (1993)
SUSAN RUBIN SULEIMAN, BUDAPEST DIARY: IN SEARCH OF THE MOTHERBOOK (1996)
SMARO KAMBOURELI, IN THE SECOND PERSON / IN SECONDA PERSONA, (2019)
More Information
EVA HOFFMAN, LOST IN TRANSLATION: A LIFE IN A NEW LANGUAGE (1989)
ALICE KAPLAN, FRENCH LESSONS: A MEMOIR (1993)
SMARO KAMBOURELI, IN THE SECOND PERSON / IN SECONDA PERSONA (2019)

SEMINAR: THE ROARING TWENTIES. F. S. FITZGERALD, THE GREAT GATSBY (1925)


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ANDERSON, KIKI, “FRENCH LESSONS: A MEMOIR BY ALICE KAPLAN: A LONG AFFAIR WITH THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE AND HATE”, SUITE 101, 4 SEPT 2008, ONLINE SOURCE

COWLEY, PETER, “LOST AND FOUND – THE LANGUAGE OF EXILE”, MOTS PLURIELS, NO. 23, MARCH 2003, ONLINE SOURCE

KREISLER, HARRY, “BETWEEN MEMORY AND HISTORY: A WRITER’S VOICE. CONVERSATION WITH HOFFMAN, EVA, CONVERSATION WITH HISTORY SERIES, INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, 2000 (PP. 1- 21), ONLINE SOURCE

KRISTEVA, JULIA, STRANIERI A SE STESSI, MILANO, FELTRINELLI, 1991.

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