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.
Working and reworking the literary text is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It aims at consolidating the students’ ability to analyse and interpret literary texts in order to understand the ongoing changes in the Anglo-American canon. Classes focus on text analysis and the study of the ideological processes underlying both the dissemination and critical success of a literary work or genre. The module also allows students to further enhance their linguistic and communicative skills as well as their methodological competence in order to attain full critical awareness and autonomy.
At the end of the module students will be able to: communicate at an advanced level the disciplinary content; apply their knowledge and competence to the analysis of intertextual dynamics and translation processes.
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.
Working and reworking the literary text is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It aims at consolidating the students’ ability to analyse and interpret literary texts in order to understand the ongoing changes in the Anglo-American canon. Classes focus on text analysis and the study of the ideological processes underlying both the dissemination and critical success of a literary work or genre. The module also allows students to further enhance their linguistic and communicative skills as well as their methodological competence in order to attain full critical awareness and autonomy.
At the end of the module students will be able to: communicate at an advanced level the disciplinary content; apply their knowledge and competence to the analysis of intertextual dynamics and translation processes.
Requirements: Students must have already taken North American literatures and visual cultures.
teacher profile teaching materials
Relying on narrative medicine as its primary methodological framework, the course will focus predominantly on the theoretical reflections of Rita Charon and other scholars in the field of narrative medicine. In addition to these foundational texts, students will engage with a range of critical sources that will further guide their interpretation of the selected works, particularly with regard to the relationship between patient, family member, and pathology.
This selection of texts enables a preliminary yet sufficiently comprehensive exploration of how literature — with particular attention to prose writing — conveys the complex system of emotions involved in the experience and management of illness. Students will therefore be encouraged to consider literature not merely as a passive technology for recording the lived experiences of characters and the dynamics in which they are embedded, but also as a discourse that foregrounds narrative as a complementary space of care capable of accompanying and enriching the patient’s clinical experience.
• Richard Powers, Gain (1998, qualsiasi edizione)
• Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (2005; qualsiasi edizione)
• Joyce Carol Oates, Breathe (2021, qualsiasi edizione)
Programme
This course focuses on the relationship between narrative medicine and medical prose writing (both fiction and non-fiction) in contemporary American literature. Through a close critical reading of Gain by Richard Powers (1998), The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005), and Breathe by Joyce Carol Oates (2021), students will analyze the strategies through which these authors give voice to the fragile and compelling relationship between selfhood, narrative, and illness.Relying on narrative medicine as its primary methodological framework, the course will focus predominantly on the theoretical reflections of Rita Charon and other scholars in the field of narrative medicine. In addition to these foundational texts, students will engage with a range of critical sources that will further guide their interpretation of the selected works, particularly with regard to the relationship between patient, family member, and pathology.
This selection of texts enables a preliminary yet sufficiently comprehensive exploration of how literature — with particular attention to prose writing — conveys the complex system of emotions involved in the experience and management of illness. Students will therefore be encouraged to consider literature not merely as a passive technology for recording the lived experiences of characters and the dynamics in which they are embedded, but also as a discourse that foregrounds narrative as a complementary space of care capable of accompanying and enriching the patient’s clinical experience.
Core Documentation
PRIMARY SOURCES• Richard Powers, Gain (1998, qualsiasi edizione)
• Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (2005; qualsiasi edizione)
• Joyce Carol Oates, Breathe (2021, qualsiasi edizione)
Attendance
Regular class attendance is strongly encouraged.Type of evaluation
Oral examination.