ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES

Vincenzo SALERNO ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES

4322100030
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2023/2024

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN ASPECTS OF NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE AND TO RELATE THEM TO THE PARALLEL EUROPEAN MOVEMENTS, FURTHER INVESTIGATING LITERARY LANGUAGE AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURAL PHENOMENA.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW:
- THE MAIN LITERARY MOVEMENTS AND THE THEMATIC CORES PERTAINING TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY IN THE UNITED SATES;
- DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES OF ANALYSIS OF THE LITERARY TEXT;
- THE CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL DEBATE.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO;
- COMPREHEND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TEXTS ;
- APPLY APPROPRIATE ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL TOOLS TO THE LITERARY TEXT;
- UNDERTAKE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- AUTONOMOUSLY SELECT AND APPLY APPROPRIATE ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL TOOLS TO THE LITERARY TEXT;
- FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS JUDGEMENTS ON NORTH-AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE;
- MAKE COMPARISONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- SUMMARIZE AND DISCUSS INFORMATION GATHERED FROM DIFFERENT ORAL AND WRITTEN SOURCES;
- TO PRESENT THE CONTENTS OF THE DISCIPLINE AND THE CRITICAL DISCOURSE WITH FULL MASTERY OF BOTH ITALIAN AND ENGLISH.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-ADVANCE AN ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION OF A TEXT OR A LITERARY PHENOMENON;
- SELECT THE METHODOLOGICAL TOOL APPROPRIATE TO UPGRADE THEIR KNOWLEDGE;
- DEVELOP AN APTITUDE FOR LITERARY RESEARCH.
Prerequisites
GOOD TO EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH
Contents
SPAZIO VISSUTO E SPAZIO IMMAGINATO IN SYLVIA PLATH E ADRIENNE RICH

•SYLVIA PLATH. ARIEL. LONDON: FABER AND FABER, 1976.
•SYLVIA PLATH, THE BELL JAR (1963)
•ADRIENNE RICH. COLLECTED POEMS 1950-2012. NEW YORK & LONDON: NORTON & CO, 2017.


POEMS

SYLVIA PLATH, “LADY LAZARUS”

SYLVIA PLATH, “BLACK ROOK IN RAINY WEATHER” “UN CORVO NERO”

ADRIENNE RICH, “PROSPECTIVE IMMIGRANTS PLEASE NOTE“

ADRIENNE RICH, “THIS EVENING LET’S

ADRIENNE RICH, POETRY FOUNDATION LINK

Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM
Texts
CRITICAL MATERIAL WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE IN A DIGITAL FOLDER
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