Graduates in Languages and Literatures for Teaching and Translation obtain advanced knowledge and understanding in all the subject areas of their training in order to
1) consolidate and develop their competence in European and American Studies, with particular attention to their literature of specialisation;
2) deepen their knowledge of the two foreign languages chosen, achieving a heightened competence in the language of specialization and an advancement in the second language;
3) reach enhanced awareness of the linguistic features of their language of specialisation, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective;
4) reach an adequate knowledge of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis of literary texts;
5) handle confidently the theoretical-practical tools for teaching and for translation.
Literature and forms is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It provides students with advanced critical knowledge and methodologies for the analysis of literary texts in the Anglophone area allowing them to employ the theoretical and practical tools related to the teaching of literature. It also allows students to enhance their linguistic-communicative skills and fosters their independent use of the most important theoretical tools for an in-depth analysis of literary texts and phenomena.
At the end of the module students will be able to: autonomously analyse literary texts and phenomena employing the theoretical, critical, educational, and practical tools they have acquired; communicate at an advanced level the disciplinary content.
Prerequisites: students enrolled in other degree programmes are allowed to select this module if they have gained at least 12 CFU in English Literature in their bachelor’s degree, and can certify the attainment of a B2 level of English.
Note: for LM37 students enrolled in the international curriculum “English and Anglo-American Studies” (English-Angloamerican Literature), this module can be selected as an associated subject (“materia affine”) to the literature of specialisation.
1) consolidate and develop their competence in European and American Studies, with particular attention to their literature of specialisation;
2) deepen their knowledge of the two foreign languages chosen, achieving a heightened competence in the language of specialization and an advancement in the second language;
3) reach enhanced awareness of the linguistic features of their language of specialisation, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective;
4) reach an adequate knowledge of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis of literary texts;
5) handle confidently the theoretical-practical tools for teaching and for translation.
Literature and forms is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It provides students with advanced critical knowledge and methodologies for the analysis of literary texts in the Anglophone area allowing them to employ the theoretical and practical tools related to the teaching of literature. It also allows students to enhance their linguistic-communicative skills and fosters their independent use of the most important theoretical tools for an in-depth analysis of literary texts and phenomena.
At the end of the module students will be able to: autonomously analyse literary texts and phenomena employing the theoretical, critical, educational, and practical tools they have acquired; communicate at an advanced level the disciplinary content.
Prerequisites: students enrolled in other degree programmes are allowed to select this module if they have gained at least 12 CFU in English Literature in their bachelor’s degree, and can certify the attainment of a B2 level of English.
Note: for LM37 students enrolled in the international curriculum “English and Anglo-American Studies” (English-Angloamerican Literature), this module can be selected as an associated subject (“materia affine”) to the literature of specialisation.
teacher profile teaching materials
Program:
Conrad’s female figures are not simply characters, they are not bodies, embodiments of a theme, certainly they are not manifestations of their author’s contorted relationship with sex, as mainstream Conrad criticism has argued now for sixty years. They are a presence, in his texts, that lends a dramatic, theatrical dimension to the flow of words composing the narrative. Through them, the author gave representation to his tragic vision of the human condition – which is the ultimate meaning of his art. Through a close-reading of three central novels in his opus, an attempt will be made to show that while the female characters are marginalized in the plots of Conrad’s novels, the authorial manipulation of their narrative structures from Heart of Darkness onwards appears to create a «tragic scene» in which a woman figures prominently. This way, the tracing of a particular theme will become in fact an opportunity to examine a unique experimentation in forms and narrative structure.
During the course the instructor will engage students in a seminar activity on one of the masterpieces of 20th-century English poetry , T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets.
Novels
Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad, Chance
Joseph Conrad, Victory
Criticism:
Richard Ambrosini, Le storie di Conrad. Biografia intellettuale di un romanziere, Carocci, 2019
Programme
Title: “Women ‘Martyrs’: Rethinking Conrad Through His Female Figures”Program:
Conrad’s female figures are not simply characters, they are not bodies, embodiments of a theme, certainly they are not manifestations of their author’s contorted relationship with sex, as mainstream Conrad criticism has argued now for sixty years. They are a presence, in his texts, that lends a dramatic, theatrical dimension to the flow of words composing the narrative. Through them, the author gave representation to his tragic vision of the human condition – which is the ultimate meaning of his art. Through a close-reading of three central novels in his opus, an attempt will be made to show that while the female characters are marginalized in the plots of Conrad’s novels, the authorial manipulation of their narrative structures from Heart of Darkness onwards appears to create a «tragic scene» in which a woman figures prominently. This way, the tracing of a particular theme will become in fact an opportunity to examine a unique experimentation in forms and narrative structure.
During the course the instructor will engage students in a seminar activity on one of the masterpieces of 20th-century English poetry , T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets.
Core Documentation
Texts:Novels
Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad, Chance
Joseph Conrad, Victory
Criticism:
Richard Ambrosini, Le storie di Conrad. Biografia intellettuale di un romanziere, Carocci, 2019
Type of delivery of the course
Lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
A two-hour written test, followed by a conversation.