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 course aims to explore some examples of love relationships and social conventions over three centuries through exemplary texts from poetry, theatre and fiction.
Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella, con testo a fronte, traduzione di Marcello Corrente, La quercia fiorita
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, con testo a fronte, traduzione di Agostino Lombardi, Feltrinelli
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 di Alessandro Gallenzi, Adelphi
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, ed. James Kinsley, Oxford University Press e Ragione e sentimento, traduz. Beatrice Boffito Serra, BUR
Critical readings
to be found on Moodle when the course starts
Programme
Love Relationships and Social ConventionsThe course aims to explore some examples of love relationships and social conventions over three centuries through exemplary texts from poetry, theatre and fiction.
Core Documentation
TextsPhilip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella, con testo a fronte, traduzione di Marcello Corrente, La quercia fiorita
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, con testo a fronte, traduzione di Agostino Lombardi, Feltrinelli
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 di Alessandro Gallenzi, Adelphi
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, ed. James Kinsley, Oxford University Press e Ragione e sentimento, traduz. Beatrice Boffito Serra, BUR
Critical readings
to be found on Moodle when the course starts
Type of delivery of the course
Classes are face-to-face and in English; in-class activities and participation in cultural projects, ongoing evaluation and forms of peer interaction are envisaged Instructions for the exam For Erasmus students: the exam will be oral and face-to-face. It is mandatory for those who have not written the paper for ongoing evalutation to write a paper to be sent to me at least 3 days before the oral examination. The content of this paper must be agreed with me during my office hours (make an appointment); the object of the email must be Elaborato scritto per esame Letteratura inglese II. All the texts referred to in the Moodle are mandatory. 1question will concern the historical-literary survey of the three centuries under examination (Northon Anthology introductions to XVI, XVII and XVIII century). One question will cover at least two out of the list of primary texts: contextualization and textual analysis.Type of evaluation
The examination is held in oral form but also involves the production of one written text or more (ongoing assessment) or alternatively a written text to be handed in 3 days before the oral examination