Università Roma Tre

Students A-L
The course is made up of three modules, which analyze English language, culture and literature, respectively. Upon completion of the course, students should achieve a critical awareness of the wide-ranging thematic influence of colonialism and imperialism on literature, with a specific focus on the fiction of E. M. Forster. The emphasis on cultural colonialism, as developed through literary texts, will be instrumental to the connection of such theme to modern social and cultural issues. Finally, by promoting active participation in classes, the adopted teaching method envisages the improvement of language skills and the ability to engage in open discussion.


Students M-Z
Teaching objectives

The course is made up of two modules. While the first module deals with some of the main grammar and morpho-syntactic structures of the English language, the second module focuses on Afrofuturism, an interdisciplinary cultural movement that rejects a number of clichés that have commonly referred to people of African descent. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to take a critical outlook on the different languages of Afrofuturism: music, visual arts, cinema and especially literature − proto-Afrofuturist fiction such as W.E.B. Du Bois’s short story “The Comet” (1920), George S. Schuyler’s novel Black No More (1931) and more recent examples such as Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952) and Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred (1979). The emphasis on Afrofuturism, as developed through literary texts, will be instrumental to the connection of this phenomenon to modern social and cultural issues. By promoting active participation in classes, the adopted teaching method envisages the improvement of language skills and the ability to engage in open discussion.