ENGLISH LITERATURE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Disciplinary Sector:

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FALCHI Simonetta

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

See the general pre‐requisites stated for the course of study.

AF code:

40X01334

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral Exam - the exam can be in English or Italian, upon student's request

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Students will develop the competences, relating to English Literature, needed in the context of
Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation. The development (and remediation) of the theme of alterity will be
analysed. The historical/literary and cultural context is the necessary frame for the text analysis.

Contents

The course aims to help the students acquire the following knowledge/competences:
A) basic knowledge of narratology and English Literature from Victorianism to nowadays (tradition/ innovation/
significant elements and most representative writers);
B) thematic analysis of literary texts exploring the development of the theme of alterity in its various
aspects (e.g. geographical origins, learning abilities, religious/sexual/political preferences, etc.); with reference to the study of the texts' “rewritings” in contemporary literature, painting, cinema, TV series, etc.
C) Case study: Charles Dickens and "Dickensmania" in contemporary society.

Recommended Bibliography

A) R. Carter, J. McRae, The Penguin Guide to Literature in English: Britain and Ireland, London, Penguin
English, 2001 (from Victorianism to today); Or LM Crisafulli, K Elam, Manuale di Letteratura e Cultura Inglese, Bononia University Press, Bologna, 2009, pp. 281-318;
B) F. Brioschi, C. Di Girolamo, M. Fusillo, Introduzione alla letteratura, Carocci, 2013 (chapters 2, 4, 6)
OPPURE V. e A. Nunning, An Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature, Klett, Stoccarda,
Klett, 2009, ch. 1, 5, 6.
C) 4 novels to be chosen from the list published on the course's moodle page;
D) S. Falchi, G. Perletti, MI Romero Ruiz, Victorianomania, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2015.

Further study material will be published on the moodle course page and/or made available in the copy shop.

Teaching Methods

Lectures

Contacts/More Information

For further info, please see the course's moodle page.
Students hours are constantly updated on the dumas.uniss.it website.

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