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. American Fictions is one of the characterizing modules of the MA program. It allows students to consolidate their language skills as well as their knowledge of North American literary and intermedial phenomena from a transcultural perspective. Furthermore, it promotes the acquisition of useful tools for teaching. Classes focus on the analysis of plots, themes, and characters across narrative genres – such as the short story, novel, romance, film, and 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, and express an autonomous and accurate critical assessment. Requirements: Students must have already taken North American Literatures and Visual Cultures.