20703542 - ENGLISH LITERATURE II MASTER'S LEVEL COURSE

Students will refine their competence in analysing the intermedial and intercultural dynamics of the literatures and cultures of English-speaking countries, including issues of geography and cultural identity and the teaching of literature. They will also refine their ability to use theoretical and methodological approaches, and to apply the tools of philological and literary analysis for the interpretation of cultural phenomena, in particular of processes of cross-cultural translation and the dynamics of intermedial communication.
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Programme

The course will focus on the study of Antony and Cleopatra and The Tempest, through the analysis of texts and the reading and discussion of various critical insights.

Core Documentation

W. Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, New Arden
W. Shakespeare, The Tempest, Oxford



Reference Bibliography

Antony and Cleopatra G. Sacerdoti: Nuovo cielo, nuova terra. La rivelazione copernicana di “Antonio e Cleopatra”, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2008 (ordinabile presso la casa editrice) G. Sacerdoti, “Shakespeare e ‘l’infinito libro di segreti della natura’”, in Shakespeare and the New Science in Early Modern Culture - Shakespeare e la nuova scienza nella cultura early modern, a cura di Maria Del Sapio Garbero, Pacini, Pisa 2016, pp. 47-76 (disponibile in fotocopia presso la copisteria Copyando). Plutarco, Iside e Osiride, Adelphi The Tempest G. Sacerdoti, “La Tempesta. Cani blasfemi e rozzi maghi”, in La fine del Rinascimento nelle letterature europee, a cura di A. Gargano, Pacini, Pisa 2016, pp. 225-250 (copy available at 'Copyando') G. Sacerdoti, Cani latranti, magia e miracoli di Cristo. Spunti pichiani nella “History of the World” di Sir Walter Ralegh, in Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Convegno internazionale di studi nel cinquecentesimo anniversario della morte (1494-1994), a cura di G.C. Garfagnini, Firenze, Olschki,1997 (copy available at 'Copyando') F. Bacone, “Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature” (available online) G. Sacerdoti, “Bacone, Machiavelli e l’imitazione di Cristo”, Giornale critico della filosofia italiana, Anno LXXXVIII (LXXXVIII) Fasc. II – Maggio-Agosto 2007, pp. 284-297 (copy available at 'Copyando')

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory

Type of evaluation

Oral test to verify the level of understanding of the concepts and notions addressed during the course.