Vincenzo SALERNO | INTRODUCTION TO ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

cod. 4312200076

INTRODUCTION TO ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

	4312200076
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF6
	FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
	2023/2024

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-LIN/11	6	36	LESSONS	VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

PROFESSORS

	VINCENZO SALERNO T Curriculum
	MARIATERESA FRANZA Curriculum

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE MAIN ASPECTS OF NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE AND RELATE THEM TO THE PARALLEL EUROPEAN MOVEMENTS. IT WILL ALSO FOCUS ON LITERARY LANGUAGE AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURAL PHENOMENA. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO OPPORTUNITY TO: - ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CULTURAL CONTEXT AND THE LITERARY WORKS RELATED TO THE COURSE; - UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEXT AND CONTEXT; - KNOW THE MAIN METHODOLOGIES OF TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND THEORIES OF TRANSLATION. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: - CONTEXTUALISE THE LITERARY TEXT; - COMPARE THE TEXT WITH OTHER TEXTS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT CULTURES; - UNDERSTAND THE MEANING AND THE FORMAL ASPECTS OF A LITERARY TEXT IN ENGLISH. MAKING JUDGEMENTS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: -FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS JUDGMENTS ON THE LITERARY TEXT; -USE THE MAIN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO THE LITERARY TEXT; -IDENTIFY THE MAIN ISSUES OF THE DISCUSSION, AND SELECT THE RELEVANT CONTENT AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL VISIONS. COMMUNICATION SKILLS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONVEY INFORMATION, CONCEPTS AND AESTHETICAL JUDGMENTS WITH AN ARTICULATED LANGUAGE, BOTH IN ITALIAN AND ENGLISH. LEARNING SKILLS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: - USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA STORAGE; - CARRY OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; - CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE

THE COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE MAIN ASPECTS OF NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE AND RELATE THEM TO THE PARALLEL EUROPEAN MOVEMENTS. IT WILL ALSO FOCUS ON LITERARY LANGUAGE AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURAL PHENOMENA.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO OPPORTUNITY TO:
- ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CULTURAL CONTEXT AND THE LITERARY WORKS RELATED TO THE COURSE;
- UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEXT AND CONTEXT;
- KNOW THE MAIN METHODOLOGIES OF TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND THEORIES OF TRANSLATION.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CONTEXTUALISE THE LITERARY TEXT;
- COMPARE THE TEXT WITH OTHER TEXTS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT CULTURES;
- UNDERSTAND THE MEANING AND THE FORMAL ASPECTS OF A LITERARY TEXT IN ENGLISH.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS JUDGMENTS ON THE LITERARY TEXT;
-USE THE MAIN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO THE LITERARY TEXT;
-IDENTIFY THE MAIN ISSUES OF THE DISCUSSION, AND SELECT THE RELEVANT CONTENT AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL VISIONS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONVEY INFORMATION, CONCEPTS AND AESTHETICAL JUDGMENTS WITH AN ARTICULATED LANGUAGE, BOTH IN ITALIAN AND ENGLISH.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA STORAGE;
- CARRY OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES;
- CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE

	Prerequisites
	GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH

	Contents
	IL PLURILINGUISMO NELLA LETTERATURA NORD AMERICANA TESTI PRIMARI: 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 (2018)

	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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Vincenzo SALERNO | INTRODUCTION TO ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE