Università Roma Tre

To acquire a good knowledge of the main features of the history of English literature and culture from the Restoration (1660) to the Romantic Age (1830) as well as skills related to the comprehension and critical analysis of the literary phenomena of this period within their historical and cultural context. To acquire a good working knowledge of methodologies of analysis and of literary-critical and philological research through the study of texts with attention to their formal and thematic aspects and through an intertextual and intermedial approach. Further, to acquire knowledge of the current theoretical and methodological critical debate and the ability to discuss critically the themes and issues addressed during the course.