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
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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
Programme
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.Core Documentation
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
Type of delivery of the course
Lectures will be held on campus, unless anti-Covid measures require online teaching.The course will be taught through a combination of lectures and activities involving group discussion. We will make use of audiovisual material. Attendance is highly recommended. Class participation will be one of the criteria for the final evaluation.Type of evaluation
The exam, in oral form, will take place at the end of the course. During the course, however, students will be temporarily evaluated through learning activities (short presentations or critical-creative response to chosen texts). teacher profile teaching materials
The programme aims to explore the re-use of the classics over the centuries under examination, and the rise of the Gothic taste from the mid-18th century.
Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Tomaso Kemeny
William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Nadia Fusini e Agostino Lombardo
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Agostino Lombardo
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 a cura di Alessandro Gallenzi
Jonathan Swift, La battaglia dei libri, traduzione a cura di Masolino d'Amico
Horace Walpole, Il castello di Otranto (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Chiara Zanolli
CRITICISM
Critical texts will be uploaded on Moodle when the module will be held
Programme
From Classicisms to the Rise of the GothicThe programme aims to explore the re-use of the classics over the centuries under examination, and the rise of the Gothic taste from the mid-18th century.
Core Documentation
TEXTSChristopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Tomaso Kemeny
William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Nadia Fusini e Agostino Lombardo
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Agostino Lombardo
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 a cura di Alessandro Gallenzi
Jonathan Swift, La battaglia dei libri, traduzione a cura di Masolino d'Amico
Horace Walpole, Il castello di Otranto (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Chiara Zanolli
CRITICISM
Critical texts will be uploaded on Moodle when the module will be held
Reference Bibliography
Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella (sonetti scelti, con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Marcello Corrente Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Tomaso Kemeny William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Nadia Fusini e Agostino Lombardo, 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 a cura di Alessandro Gallenzi Jonathan Swift, La battaglia dei libri, traduzione a cura di Masolino d'Amico Horace Walpole, Il castello di Otranto (con testo a fronte), traduzione a cura di Chiara ZanolliType of delivery of the course
Face to face, if not differently specified by University regulation. Lectures in English and ItalianType of evaluation
Oral exam. However, there is a written test that must be presented to the teacher before taking the oral exam (more details on Moodle)