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.
American fictions: plots and counterplots is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It allows students to consolidate their language skills as well as their knowledge of North American literary phenomena from a global and transcultural perspective. Classes focus on the analysis of plots, themes, and characters across narrative genres – such as the short story, the novel, the romance, the serial – conducive to an understanding of the Anglo-American literary imagination.
At the end of the module students will be able to: apply their methodological and educational competence to the analysis of literary phenomena from a transcultural perspective; communicate at an advanced level the disciplinary content; express an autonomous and accurate critical assessment.
Requirements: Students must have already taken North American literatures and visual cultures.
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.
American fictions: plots and counterplots is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It allows students to consolidate their language skills as well as their knowledge of North American literary phenomena from a global and transcultural perspective. Classes focus on the analysis of plots, themes, and characters across narrative genres – such as the short story, the novel, the romance, the serial – conducive to an understanding of the Anglo-American literary imagination.
At the end of the module students will be able to: apply their methodological and educational competence to the analysis of literary phenomena from a transcultural perspective; communicate at an advanced level the disciplinary content; express an autonomous and accurate critical assessment.
Requirements: Students must have already taken North American literatures and visual cultures.
teacher profile teaching materials
Fitzgerald, The Last Tycoon Penguin, 2002 ISBN: 9780141185637
Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust, Penguin, 2018 ISBN 9780241341674
Horace McCoy, I Should Have Stayed Home New Publisher, 2021 ISBN13 978-1618952967
References for criticism and scholar studies will be given during the course
Programme
The course is focused on the Hollywood Novel, a subgenre of twentieth century American novel. Themes will be discussed related to alienation and mass-production. Texts will allow a different discussion about literature and cinema shifting from adaptation to reshaping literary language in cinematic terms. Authors have been chosen because of their working experience in Hollywood as screenwriters so that students can become conversant with the writers’ criticism on industrial enterprise, while learning to understand the dynamics of exchange between literature and cinema as well.Core Documentation
F S. Fitzgerald, Pat Hobby Stories (online text)Fitzgerald, The Last Tycoon Penguin, 2002 ISBN: 9780141185637
Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust, Penguin, 2018 ISBN 9780241341674
Horace McCoy, I Should Have Stayed Home New Publisher, 2021 ISBN13 978-1618952967
References for criticism and scholar studies will be given during the course
Type of delivery of the course
Classes will be in English. Texts will be analyzed (a selection of Pat Hobby Stories; the whole text for novels). Films will be seen and discussed.Attendance
Attendance is positively adviced.Type of evaluation
The exam will be oral. Two written/multi-medial assignments will be given during the course