(objectives)
One of the main aims of this Course of Study is to provide students with advanced knowledge of two foreign literatures related to the two languages of their choice, paying special attention to intercultural and transcultural dynamics. The course also aims at refining their ability to interpret cultural phenomena, using the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis. English Literature II is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It allows students to have a good knowledge and understanding of Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth century English literature, with special attention to intercultural dynamics and the theoretical-methodological debate; it helps students master the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis. At the end of the module, students will reach a good critical ability in the interpretation of exemplary texts in the original language, as well as the necessary competence for oral rewording, translation, rewriting and adaptation in Italian of the texts themselves. They will also be able to re-elaborate and communicate disciplinary knowledge in a specialized and non-specialized intercultural context. Pre-requisite: English Literature I; English Language and Translation I
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Code
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20710232 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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12
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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L-LIN/10
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Contact Hours
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72
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Group: A - L
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CORSO SIMONA
(syllabus)
This course explores the representation of the female condition in a selection of texts from Shakespeare to Mary Shelley. Through the analysis of plays, novels, essays, and poems, written by male and female authors from the end of the Sixteenth century to the beginning of the Nineteenth, we will explore the ways in which women have been narrated, and their difficult condition, their voices, their predicament represented. We will watch a selection of film adaptations of some of the texts considered and will investigate what happens to a story when it travels across media.
(reference books)
Primary texts: William Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew" (1590-1592); "Sonnets" (1609) (selected sonnets). Aphra Behn, "The Rover" (1677) (Recommended edition: Penguin Classics or Oxford World's Classics). Alexander Pope, "An Epistle to a A Lady" (1735) (the text will be provided by me). Daniel Defoe, "Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress" (1724) (Recommended edition: Oxford World's Classics). Mary Wollstonecraft, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) (Recommended edition: Penguin Books, Great Ideas). Those who prefer to buy the integral version, may read only: Author’s Introduction and the chapters II, III, IV, VIII, IX, XII, XIII. Jane Austen, "Mansfield Park" (1814) (recommended edition: Oxford World's Classics or Penguin Classics); Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, "Frankenstein" (1818) (recommended edition: Oxford World's Classics or Penguin Classics);
Films to be announced
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Group: M - Z
Teacher
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PENNACCHIA MADDALENA
(syllabus)
Love Relationships and Social Conventions
The course aims to explore some examples of love relationships and social conventions over three centuries through exemplary texts from poetry, theatre and fiction.
(reference books)
Texts
Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella, con testo a fronte, traduzione di Marcello Corrente, La quercia fiorita William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, con testo a fronte, traduzione di Agostino Lombardi, Feltrinelli John Milton, Paradise Lost (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Roberto Senesi, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, con testo a fronte, traduzione di Alessandro Gallenzi, Adelphi Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, ed. James Kinsley, Oxford University Press e Ragione e sentimento, traduz. Beatrice Boffito Serra, BUR
Critical readings
to be found on Moodle when the course starts
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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