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Teaching code

4S02889

Coordinator

Daniela Carpi

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

Primo semestre dal Oct 4, 2010 al Jan 22, 2011.

Learning outcomes

The course aims at analyzing the English gothic novel from the point of view of the fantastic genre and considering it as a reaction to the tenets of the Enlightenment. Moreover, the course will present the critical theories on the sublime and the beautiful. The lessons will be held in English.

Program

TITLE: The English gothic novel

TEXTS:
H.Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, 1765
A.Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1794
M.Lewis, The Monk, 1797
M.Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818
B.Stoker, Dracula, 1897

CRITICAL TEXTS:
Botting, Gothic, The New Critical Idiom, Routledge, 1996
M.Billi ed., Il Gotico Inglese, Bologna,Il Mulino, 1986;
E.Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful , 1757

Examination Methods

The exam will consist in an oral discussion of the texts in the program

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE