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English literature - Master 2 (2023/2024)
Teaching code
4S010860
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
Period
I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 25, 2023 al Dec 22, 2023.
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
This course is held in English and aims at providing Students with advanced notions of English Literature especially in relation to different critical methodologies and interpretations of the literary text. it also aims to develop an autonomous and original critical approach to literary texts. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: - read and interpret literary texts by structuring ideas and concepts with argumentative skill and expressive mastery; - critically comment on the texts so as to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the theoretical debate surrounding them, - develop critical and autonomous thinking by personally elaborating on debated issues.
Prerequisites and basic notions
The English Literature 2LM exam can only be taken if students have passed the first-year English Language and Literature exams (Foreign Literature - Master 1, 1° anno).
Program
"Violence and Vengeance: Forms of the Female Tragic Experience in Shakespeare"
The course explores the relation between violence and vengeance in a few examples of female tragic experiences in the genres of the epillion and the revenge tragedy within a broader discussion of Renaissance 'rape culture'. It will examine, in particular, the cases of Lucretia, Lavinia and Ophelia in Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet. The course includes a preliminary introduction to a variety of critical approaches to literary and dramatic texts and their practical application.
Attending and non-attending students alike are required to do all the readings indicated below. Where "optional reading" is specified within brackets, it is understood that this is functional to furthering or facilitating the study, but is not compulsory.
Further teaching material will be available for download from the MOODLE repository.
Primary Texts:
• William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece, in Shakespeare's poems: Venus and Adonis, the rape of Lucrece and the shorter poems, edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones and H. R, Woudhuysen, London, Bloomsbury, 2007
• William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, edited by Jonathan Bate, Arden Shakespeare, Revised Edition, London, Bloomsbury, 2018
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet, edited by Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor Arden Shakespeare, Revised Edition, London, Bloomsbury, 2016
Secondary Texts:
• Jonathan Culler, Literary Theory. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Donatella Pallotti, “Maps of Woe. Narratives of Rape in early Modern England”, Journal of Early Modern Studies, 2 (2013), pp. 211-39 (optional reading).
- No editions other than those indicated in the syllabus are to be used. Texts are to be read in full. In the case of articles or book chapters, read the indicated page-range. Primary texts must be read in the original language.
- Any files uploaded in moodle other than those indicated in the above list, are not intended as substitutes for the texts in the syllabus.
- Other material in moodle not indicated in the syllabus is intended as optional.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The course consists of face-to-face lectures with the active participation of students. The course will be held in English. Attending students will have the opportunity to take one self-assessment test at the end of the course. A written calendar of the topics that will be dealt with will be circulated in class at the beginning of the course.
Learning assessment procedures
Knowledge acquisition will be evaluated through an oral exam, which will consist in a discussion of the topics dealt with during the course. Alternatively, students may submit an essay in English of approximately 5,000 words at least a week before the exam. The essay will then be presented and discussed orally. For essay-writing guidelines please refer to the following text: Richard Marggraf Turley, Writing Essays, London and New York, Routledge, 2016 (2nd edition). Before submitting their essays, students are required to discuss their project with the teacher.
The assessment methods will be the same for attending and non-attending students.
Evaluation criteria
Students are expected to demonstrate:
1) knowledge of the critical methodologies employed during the course as well as of the literary works discussed during classes;
2) critical reasoning abilities;
3) adequate expository and argumentative skills in English.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final grade will result from the average mark students will earn on the basis of the three criteria indicated above.
Exam language
Inglese.
