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. The English Literature I course is among the core courses of the “Foreign Literatures” area and aligns with the objective outlined above. It introduces students to English literary culture through the study of exemplary texts, with a particular focus on intercultural dynamics and diverse cultural, artistic, and social contexts. Students will also become familiar with key analytical tools and methodologies in literary, cultural, and historical studies. They will develop the ability to read and interpret literary texts in their original language, applying the critical methodologies acquired; additionally, they will enhance their communication skills to effectively engage with and articulate subject-specific content.
Canali
teacher profile teaching materials
John Donne, No Man Is an Island [1624], disponibile online.
William Shakespeare, The Tempest / La Tempesta [1610], Milano, Feltrinelli, 2019.
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe [1719], Milano, Feltrinelli, 2014.
Samuel Beckett, L’ultimo nastro di Krapp [1958], disponibile online.
Margaret Atwood, Seme di strega, Milano, Rizzoli, 2016.
Stef Smith, Girl in the machine, 2017, fornito dalla docente.
Mutuazione: 20710218 Letteratura inglese I in Lingue e letterature per la comunicazione interculturale L-11 R A - L ESPOSITO LUCIA
Programme
The course explores the theme of psycho-emotional closure and the opposite desire for affective (re)connection with the world in works from different historical periods and literary genres. Starting with some early modern short poems by William Shakespeare and John Donne, in which the human need to be in loving communion with others is dealt with, the course focuses, first, on two works set on two physical islands, Shakespeare’ s drama The Tempest (1610), whose protagonist moves from physical and mental segregation to compassionate feelings, and Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), dedicated to a lonely castaway hungry for human company, then on the short drama by Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape (1958), which focuses on the conflict between life, affection and artistic narcissism, and Margaret Atwood’s novel Hag-seed (2016), a contemporary rewrite of The Tempest set in a real prison, in which the relationship between imprisonment and liberation (not only from one’s own demons) becomes literal. The very recent drama Girl in the machine (2017) by Stef Smith, describing the damages produced on a real love relationship by the immersive isolation in the virtual, will be considered within a workshop-based path.Core Documentation
William Shakespeare, Sonetti 8, 29, 30, 62 [1594-1600], disponibili online.John Donne, No Man Is an Island [1624], disponibile online.
William Shakespeare, The Tempest / La Tempesta [1610], Milano, Feltrinelli, 2019.
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe [1719], Milano, Feltrinelli, 2014.
Samuel Beckett, L’ultimo nastro di Krapp [1958], disponibile online.
Margaret Atwood, Seme di strega, Milano, Rizzoli, 2016.
Stef Smith, Girl in the machine, 2017, fornito dalla docente.
Attendance
Attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.Type of evaluation
The examination will be oral. The course includes an ongoing assessment that is an integral part of the assisted teaching and final assessment. teacher profile teaching materials
This course examines key texts of English literature from the early modern period to the twenty-first century to explore the theme of the monstrous, understood as a privileged tool for decoding the culture that produces it. The course will focus in particular on the concept of the deviant body in its many forms, exploring how different historical and cultural contexts have produced – and subsequently marginalized – various types of ‘monsters’ through mechanisms of exclusion that literature has often articulated and brought to light. By analysing texts that span drama, the novel, and short fiction, the course will also provide an introduction to various literary genres.
- William Shakespeare, The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Tempest, Oxford World Classics, 2024.
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, Penguin Classics, 2003.
- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Penguin English Library, 2012 (Chapters 26–27, 36–38).
- Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, Penguin Classics, 2015 (the selected short story will be uploaded to Moodle).
- Bernardine Evaristo, Blonde Roots, Penguin Books, 2020 (originally published in 2009).
Students enrolled in the L-11 and L-12 degree programmes must read the original English versions of these texts, using bilingual editions where available and necessary. Students enrolled in the “Lettere” degree programme may read the Italian translations. Recommended Italian editions are as follows:
- William Shakespeare, La tempesta, traduzione e cura di Agostino Lombardo, Feltrinelli, 2004 (o riedizioni successive).
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, traduzione a cura di Luca Lamberti, Einaudi, 2016.
- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, edizione Feltrinelli, BUR o Einaudi.
- Angela Carter, “Lupo-Alice”, in Angela Carter, Nell’antro dell’alchimista, traduzione di Susanna Basso e Rossella Bernascone, Fazi Editore, 2019, pp. 362-73.
- Bernardine Evaristo, Radici bionde, traduzione a cura di Martina Testa, SUR, 2021.
Mutuazione: 20710218 Letteratura inglese I in Lingue e letterature per la comunicazione interculturale L-11 R M - Z Compagnoni Michela
Programme
Monstrous Bodies in English Literature from Shakespeare to Contemporary FictionThis course examines key texts of English literature from the early modern period to the twenty-first century to explore the theme of the monstrous, understood as a privileged tool for decoding the culture that produces it. The course will focus in particular on the concept of the deviant body in its many forms, exploring how different historical and cultural contexts have produced – and subsequently marginalized – various types of ‘monsters’ through mechanisms of exclusion that literature has often articulated and brought to light. By analysing texts that span drama, the novel, and short fiction, the course will also provide an introduction to various literary genres.
Core Documentation
Students are required to read the five primary texts for the course, preferably in the editions listed below:- William Shakespeare, The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Tempest, Oxford World Classics, 2024.
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, Penguin Classics, 2003.
- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Penguin English Library, 2012 (Chapters 26–27, 36–38).
- Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, Penguin Classics, 2015 (the selected short story will be uploaded to Moodle).
- Bernardine Evaristo, Blonde Roots, Penguin Books, 2020 (originally published in 2009).
Students enrolled in the L-11 and L-12 degree programmes must read the original English versions of these texts, using bilingual editions where available and necessary. Students enrolled in the “Lettere” degree programme may read the Italian translations. Recommended Italian editions are as follows:
- William Shakespeare, La tempesta, traduzione e cura di Agostino Lombardo, Feltrinelli, 2004 (o riedizioni successive).
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, traduzione a cura di Luca Lamberti, Einaudi, 2016.
- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, edizione Feltrinelli, BUR o Einaudi.
- Angela Carter, “Lupo-Alice”, in Angela Carter, Nell’antro dell’alchimista, traduzione di Susanna Basso e Rossella Bernascone, Fazi Editore, 2019, pp. 362-73.
- Bernardine Evaristo, Radici bionde, traduzione a cura di Martina Testa, SUR, 2021.
Attendance
Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended.Type of evaluation
Final assessment will be through an in-person oral examination. Additional midterm assessments, either written or oral, may be introduced during the course at the instructor’s discretion.