For both curricula, the international one and the one focused on the teaching of Italian as a second language, graduates in Languages and Literatures for Teaching and Cultural Professions 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, with the achievement of a high level of proficiency in the first language and an improved level in the second language for the MULTIPLE curriculum or in the single foreign language chosen for the DIL 2 curriculum; 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. Anglo-American Literatures and Visual Cultures is one of the characterizing modules of the MA program. It allows students to acquire linguistic and communicative skills as well as the competence to analyze poetic, narrative, theatrical, cinematic, and non-fiction texts, taking into account North America’s linguistic and cultural complexity and paying special attention to the relationships between literature and the visual and performing arts. At the end of the module, students will be able to enhance their critical awareness, make independent use of the most advanced theoretical methods for analyzing literary texts and phenomena from a transcultural and transmedia perspective, and communicate at an advanced level the discipline’s contents. Prerequisites: students enrolled in other degree programs can select this module if they have gained at least 12 CFU in Anglo-American literatures for their bachelor’s degree and can certify the attainment of the B2 level in the English language. Note: for LM37 students enrolled in the international curriculum “English and Anglo-American Studies” (English-English Literature), this module can be chosen as an associated subject (“materia affine”) to the literature of specialization.