ENGLISH LITERATURE III
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- PAOLA SPINOZZI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- L-LIN/10
Training objectives
- Students will widen their knowledge of British literature and culture from a theoretical, methodological, diachronic, and synchronic perspective.
Discussion of theoretical and methodological topics will highlight the metaliterary dimension. The study of specific authors and texts is aimed at: presenting the historical and cultural contexts in Great Britain and Europe; applying critical tools to literary texts and interpreting their aesthetic, ethical and ideological value. Prerequisites
- Knowledge of English language: B1+/B2 level
Course programme
- REALITY AND VISION IN SPECULATIVE FICTION
We will explore the genre of speculative fiction from the early modern to the contemporary age to understand the dialectical relationship between reality and vision and between nature and artifice. Our focus will be on Utopia (1516) by Thomas More, New Atlantis (1627) by Francis Bacon, Frankenstein; or, Prometheus Unbound (1818) by Mary Shelley, Noughts and Crosses (2001) di Malorie Blackman. Didactic methods
- Classes will be face-to-face and will tackle the historical and cultural context as well as specific authors and literary texts. To foster interaction, specific contexts and texts will be presented and students’ comments and questions will be encouraged.
The timetable is available on Classroom:
https://classroom.google.com/c/NDkwNDEzOTE3OTI2?cjc=kba26ip Learning assessment procedures
- The exam consists of:
A. a written essay on the topics tackled during the classes and defined in the Contents of the course;
B. an oral exam, focusing on the history of English literature as well as on the topics tackled during the classes.
The written part of the exam can be taken separately from and before the oral part only if you choose the first date available after the end of the course. After that date the written and the oral part of the exam will have to be taken jointly on the same day. Reference texts
- PRIMARY TEXTS
Utopia (1516) by Thomas More
New Atlantis (1627) by Francis Bacon
Frankenstein; or, Prometheus Unbound (1818) by Mary Shelley
Noughts and Crosses (2001) by Malorie Blackman
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Ronald Carter, John McRae, eds, The Routledge History of Literature in English. Britain and Ireland, London and New York: Routledge, 2017, 3rd Edition.
All texts are available on Classroom:
https://classroom.google.com/c/NDkwNDEzOTE3OTI2?cjc=kba26ip
