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
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
Canali
teacher profile teaching materials
- John Dryden and William Davenant, The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island, Testo disponibile online (http://jacklynch.net/Texts/tempest.html)
- Jonathan Swift, I viaggi di Gulliver, edizione italiana a scelta (è disponibile l’edizione Garzanti in pdf)
- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, ed. Oxford, Introduction (disponibile in pdf)
- Jonathan Swift, La favola della botte, a cura di G. Celati, Einaudi (disponibile in pdf)
- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, edizione italiana a scelta (è disponibile l’edizione Garzanti in pdf)
Programme
Il programma intende affrontare il trapasso dal secolo XVII al XVIII attraverso una lettura della Tempesta shakespeareana e della riscrittura post-rivoluzionaria di Dryden-Davenant, e il secolo XVIII attraverso lo studio della Favole della botte e dei Viaggi di Gulliver, con speciale attenzione al quarto libro. Gli studenti leggeranno per conto loro il Robinson CrusoeCore Documentation
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Arden (disponibile in pdf), più edizione bilingue a scelta- John Dryden and William Davenant, The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island, Testo disponibile online (http://jacklynch.net/Texts/tempest.html)
- Jonathan Swift, I viaggi di Gulliver, edizione italiana a scelta (è disponibile l’edizione Garzanti in pdf)
- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, ed. Oxford, Introduction (disponibile in pdf)
- Jonathan Swift, La favola della botte, a cura di G. Celati, Einaudi (disponibile in pdf)
- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, edizione italiana a scelta (è disponibile l’edizione Garzanti in pdf)
Type of delivery of the course
Lezioni frontali a distanza o in presenza a seconda delle disposizioniType of evaluation
Esami orali teacher profile teaching materials
The course aims to bring students to a good knowledge and understanding of English literature of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries through the study of exemplary texts.
It aims to the development of the critical-interpretative autonomy of the students through close reading, translation, rewriting, discussion of the exemplary texts also in an intermedial perspective.
William Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis/Venere e Adone", in Poemetti, a cura di Gilberto Sacerdoti, con testo a fronte, Garzanti
William Shakespeare, Antonio e Cleopatra, a cura di Agostino Lombardo, con testo a fronte
Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock/ Il ratto del ricciolo, traduzione di Alessandro Gallenzi, Adelphi
Philip Sidney An Apology for Poetry (estratti selezionati dalla docente)
John Dryden, An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (estratti selezionati dalla docente);
Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism (estratti selezionati dalla docente)
Samuel Johnson The Preface to Shakespeare (estratti selezionati dalla docente)
Thomas Grey, Poesie scelte dal sito https://www.thomasgray.org/
Introduction to Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century (dispensa)
Programme
From Courtly Culture to Communication in the Public Sphere: Literary Models and the Development of Criticism in English literature from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.The course aims to bring students to a good knowledge and understanding of English literature of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries through the study of exemplary texts.
It aims to the development of the critical-interpretative autonomy of the students through close reading, translation, rewriting, discussion of the exemplary texts also in an intermedial perspective.
Core Documentation
Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella, a cura di Vanna Gentili, Adriatica (selezione della docente).William Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis/Venere e Adone", in Poemetti, a cura di Gilberto Sacerdoti, con testo a fronte, Garzanti
William Shakespeare, Antonio e Cleopatra, a cura di Agostino Lombardo, con testo a fronte
Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock/ Il ratto del ricciolo, traduzione di Alessandro Gallenzi, Adelphi
Philip Sidney An Apology for Poetry (estratti selezionati dalla docente)
John Dryden, An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (estratti selezionati dalla docente);
Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism (estratti selezionati dalla docente)
Samuel Johnson The Preface to Shakespeare (estratti selezionati dalla docente)
Thomas Grey, Poesie scelte dal sito https://www.thomasgray.org/
Introduction to Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century (dispensa)
Reference Bibliography
Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella, a cura di Vanna Gentili, Adriatica (selezione della docente). William Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis/Venere e Adone", in Poemetti, a cura di Gilberto Sacerdoti, con testo a fronte, Garzanti William Shakespeare, Antonio e Cleopatra, a cura di Agostino Lombardo, con testo a fronte Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock/ Il ratto del ricciolo, traduzione di Alessandro Gallenzi, Adelphi Philip Sidney An Apology for Poetry (estratti selezionati dalla docente) John Dryden, An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (estratti selezionati dalla docente); Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism (estratti selezionati dalla docente) Samuel Johnson The Preface to Shakespeare (estratti selezionati dalla docente) Thomas Grey, Poesie scelte dal sito https://www.thomasgray.org/ Introduction to Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century (dispensa)Type of delivery of the course
Il corso viene erogato a distanza. Le studentesse e gli studenti sono tenuti a registrarsi al corso attraverso Moodle.Type of evaluation
Continuous assessment and oral exam