ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURES 1
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- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- MARIA GIULIA FABI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- L-LIN/11
Training objectives
- To broaden the knowledge of American literary history, to develop the ability to do close readings, and to increase students’ analytical and critical skills through an in-depth examination of American literature and literary criticism.
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of the English language: level B1+/B2.
Course programme
- "Discourses of Gender in American Literature."
The course will focus on the analysis of the strategies of representation of female characters in American literature, discussing them within their broader literary-historical context. Starting from the Declarations of Independence and Seneca Falls, and examining works Henry James, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Octavia Butler, the textual analysis will foreground the politics of representation of gender, ethnicity, and class in relation to the critical methodologies of Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies. Didactic methods
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Learning assessment procedures
- A written exam will test the students' knowledge of the texts, the related critical essays, and the literary historical context.
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