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.
Anglo-American Literatures I is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It provides the student with initial knowledge and understanding of the Anglo-American literary culture through the reading of exemplary texts analysed paying special attention to intercultural dynamics. It helps students discover the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
At the end of the module, students will be able to read and understand literary texts in the original language employing the analytical methods and tools they will have learned in class; furthermore, they will possess the necessary communicative skills to re-elaborate the acquired disciplinary contents.
Anglo-American Literatures I is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It provides the student with initial knowledge and understanding of the Anglo-American literary culture through the reading of exemplary texts analysed paying special attention to intercultural dynamics. It helps students discover the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
At the end of the module, students will be able to read and understand literary texts in the original language employing the analytical methods and tools they will have learned in class; furthermore, they will possess the necessary communicative skills to re-elaborate the acquired disciplinary contents.
teacher profile teaching materials
-- Joyce E. Chaplin, "Introduction", pp.xiii-xxvi.
-- Benjamin Franklin, "The Outline of Autobiography", pp. 195-98.
-- Benjamin Franklin, "Epitaph", (1728), p. 255.
-- Benjamin Franklin, "Junto Query on Human Perfection" (1732), p. 255-6.
-- Benjamin Franklin, "To Joseph Priestly" (1772), pp. 359-60.
-- Mark Twain, "The late Benjamin Franklin" (1870), pp. 306-8.
-- Hector St. John Crèvecoeur, Letters from An American Farmer, "Letter III: What Is An American", 1782.
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/letter_03.asp
Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple (1794), edited by Cathy Davidson, New York, Oxford UP 1986 or any other edition.
-- Rebecca Garden, "Confined to Bed: Illness, Narrative, and Female Authority", Literature and Medicine, Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 2013, pp. 40-62 (Roma Tre Electronic Library).
John Davis, Il capitano John Smith e la principessa Pocahontas (1805), a cura di Alide Cagidemetrio, Venezia , Marsilio, 2001, ISBN: 978-8831762977
-- Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, Pocahontas,Walt Disney Pictures, 1995 (Roma Tre Video Library).
Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), edited by Frances Smith Foster and Richard Yarborough, New York, Norton Second Critical Edition, 2018, ISBN: 978-0393614565
-- Frances Smith Foster and Richard Yarborough, "Introduction", pp. vii-xix.
-- Harriet Jacobs, "Public Statements", pp. 173-6.
-- Harriet Jacobs, "Correspondence", pp. 195-204.
-- Sara Antonelli, "Introduzione" to the Italian edition (Vita di una ragazza schiava, Roma, Donzelli, 2004, Roma Tre Book Library).
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Peterborough, Broadview Press, 2017, ISBN: 9781554812691
-- Robert D. Habich, "Introduction", pp. 11-40.
-- Nature (1836), pp. 47-86.
-- Circles (1841), pp. 127-138.
Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government", 1849.
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), edited by Stephen Railton, Peterborough, Broadview Press, 2011, ISBN: 978-1554810048.
-- Stephen Railton, "Introduction", pp. 9-41.
-- "Introducing Huckleberry Finn (1895), pp. 380-1
-- "Chapter from My Autobiography, XIII", North American Review 184 (March 1907), pp. 381-4.
-- Alessandro Portelli, "Mark Twain e le parole proibite", il manifesto 2011.
http://alessandroportelli.blogspot.com/2011/01/mark-twain-e-le-parole-proibite.html
-- Robert O'Meally, "Blues per Huckleberry", Acoma 26 (primavera 2003), anno IX.
http://www.acoma.it/sites/default/files/pdf-articoli/06%20O%27Meally.pdf
Emily Dickinson, Silenzi, cura e traduzione di Barbara Lanati, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2014, ISBN: 978-8807900853
-- Terence Davies, A Quiet Passion, 2016.
-- Ashby Bland Crowder, "Emily Dickinson's Tell All the Truth but Tell it Slant", The Explicator, 71:4 (2013), pp. 236-9 (Roma Tre Electronic Library).
-- Joel Martyr, "Emily Dickinson's Pyramid Scheme", The Explicator, 74:2 (2016), pp. 99-103 (Roma Tre Electronic Library).
Hans Bertens & Theo D’haen, American Literature: A History, London, Routledge, 2013.
-- "Beginnings to 1810"
-- "Towards cultural independence: 1810 to the Civil War"
Programme
This course is an introduction to the national literature of the United States. I will explore the cultural complexities of an emerging and changing nation as revealed by representative authors such as Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Harriet Jacobs, and others. I will also emphasize the ways in which classic American literary texts have provided themes, styles, and narrative techniques to a distinctively American film culture. Through this course students will develop close reading and analytical writing skills. Attendance is highly recommended for prospective American Literature majors.Core Documentation
Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography (1791), edited by Joyce E. Chaplin, New York, Norton, 2012, ISBN: 978-0393935615-- Joyce E. Chaplin, "Introduction", pp.xiii-xxvi.
-- Benjamin Franklin, "The Outline of Autobiography", pp. 195-98.
-- Benjamin Franklin, "Epitaph", (1728), p. 255.
-- Benjamin Franklin, "Junto Query on Human Perfection" (1732), p. 255-6.
-- Benjamin Franklin, "To Joseph Priestly" (1772), pp. 359-60.
-- Mark Twain, "The late Benjamin Franklin" (1870), pp. 306-8.
-- Hector St. John Crèvecoeur, Letters from An American Farmer, "Letter III: What Is An American", 1782.
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/letter_03.asp
Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple (1794), edited by Cathy Davidson, New York, Oxford UP 1986 or any other edition.
-- Rebecca Garden, "Confined to Bed: Illness, Narrative, and Female Authority", Literature and Medicine, Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 2013, pp. 40-62 (Roma Tre Electronic Library).
John Davis, Il capitano John Smith e la principessa Pocahontas (1805), a cura di Alide Cagidemetrio, Venezia , Marsilio, 2001, ISBN: 978-8831762977
-- Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, Pocahontas,Walt Disney Pictures, 1995 (Roma Tre Video Library).
Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), edited by Frances Smith Foster and Richard Yarborough, New York, Norton Second Critical Edition, 2018, ISBN: 978-0393614565
-- Frances Smith Foster and Richard Yarborough, "Introduction", pp. vii-xix.
-- Harriet Jacobs, "Public Statements", pp. 173-6.
-- Harriet Jacobs, "Correspondence", pp. 195-204.
-- Sara Antonelli, "Introduzione" to the Italian edition (Vita di una ragazza schiava, Roma, Donzelli, 2004, Roma Tre Book Library).
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Peterborough, Broadview Press, 2017, ISBN: 9781554812691
-- Robert D. Habich, "Introduction", pp. 11-40.
-- Nature (1836), pp. 47-86.
-- Circles (1841), pp. 127-138.
Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government", 1849.
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), edited by Stephen Railton, Peterborough, Broadview Press, 2011, ISBN: 978-1554810048.
-- Stephen Railton, "Introduction", pp. 9-41.
-- "Introducing Huckleberry Finn (1895), pp. 380-1
-- "Chapter from My Autobiography, XIII", North American Review 184 (March 1907), pp. 381-4.
-- Alessandro Portelli, "Mark Twain e le parole proibite", il manifesto 2011.
http://alessandroportelli.blogspot.com/2011/01/mark-twain-e-le-parole-proibite.html
-- Robert O'Meally, "Blues per Huckleberry", Acoma 26 (primavera 2003), anno IX.
http://www.acoma.it/sites/default/files/pdf-articoli/06%20O%27Meally.pdf
Emily Dickinson, Silenzi, cura e traduzione di Barbara Lanati, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2014, ISBN: 978-8807900853
-- Terence Davies, A Quiet Passion, 2016.
-- Ashby Bland Crowder, "Emily Dickinson's Tell All the Truth but Tell it Slant", The Explicator, 71:4 (2013), pp. 236-9 (Roma Tre Electronic Library).
-- Joel Martyr, "Emily Dickinson's Pyramid Scheme", The Explicator, 74:2 (2016), pp. 99-103 (Roma Tre Electronic Library).
Hans Bertens & Theo D’haen, American Literature: A History, London, Routledge, 2013.
-- "Beginnings to 1810"
-- "Towards cultural independence: 1810 to the Civil War"
Reference Bibliography
I will announce all secondary sources during the term, and publish a complete and definitive syllabus at the end of the course. UPDATE: the syllabus is complete. Please read and study all the above.Type of delivery of the course
Classes are held in Italian. Classes from March 9 to April 2, 2020, are stored on Moodle.Attendance
Students who are not able to attend classes will study the same syllabus/books above.Type of evaluation
Oral exam on video, exclusively on Teams. Students should have a camera. Your ID should be available on your Area Personale. For instructions and updates: http://portalestudente.uniroma3.it/accedi/area-riservata-docenti/istruzioni-docenti/esami-di-profitto/ In case of technical issues, before the exam please contact Giovanni Dell’Aglio: 0657338436 Raffaele Rizzuto: 0657338707