Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

A.A. 2024/2025 A.A. 2023/2024 A.A. 2022/2023 A.A. 2021/2022 A.A. 2020/2021 A.A. 2019/2020 A.A. 2018/2019 A.A. 2017/2018 A.A. 2016/2017 A.A. 2015/2016 A.A. 2014/2015 A.A. 2013/2014 A.A. 2012/2013 A.A. 2011/2012 A.A. 2010/2011 A.A. 2009/2010 A.A. 2008/2009

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Prima lingua straniera anno I
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
Seconda lingua straniera anno I
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
Prima letteratura straniera anno I
6
A
L-LIN/10
6
A
L-LIN/03
6
A
L-LIN/13
6
A
L-LIN/21
6
A
L-LIN/05
Seconda letteratura straniera anno I
6
A
L-LIN/10
6
A
L-LIN/03
6
A
L-LIN/13
6
A
L-LIN/21
6
A
L-LIN/05
6
A
L-FIL-LET/12
9
C
SECS-P/08
9
C
IUS/04
3
F
INF/01
3
F
INF/01

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2013/2014

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Prima lingua straniera anno II
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Seconda lingua straniera anno II
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II
9
A
L-LIN/11
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/06
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/05
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II
9
A
L-LIN/11
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/06
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/05
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
Un insegnamento a scelta
6
C
M-GGR/01
6
C
M-GGR/01
Un insegnamento a scelta
6
A
SPS/08
6
A
SPS/08
Un insegnamento a scelta
6
C
SECS-P/12
6
C
SECS-P/12

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2014/2015

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Prima lingua straniera anno III
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Seconda lingua straniera anno III
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Un insegnamento a scelta
9
C
IUS/09
9
C
IUS/09
Un insegnamento a scelta
9
C
SECS-P/08
9
C
SECS-P/08
6
S
-
Prova finale
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Prima lingua straniera anno I
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
Seconda lingua straniera anno I
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
Prima letteratura straniera anno I
6
A
L-LIN/10
6
A
L-LIN/03
6
A
L-LIN/13
6
A
L-LIN/21
6
A
L-LIN/05
Seconda letteratura straniera anno I
6
A
L-LIN/10
6
A
L-LIN/03
6
A
L-LIN/13
6
A
L-LIN/21
6
A
L-LIN/05
6
A
L-FIL-LET/12
9
C
SECS-P/08
9
C
IUS/04
3
F
INF/01
3
F
INF/01
activated in the A.Y. 2013/2014
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Prima lingua straniera anno II
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Seconda lingua straniera anno II
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Prima letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II
9
A
L-LIN/11
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/06
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/05
Seconda letteratura straniera o materia d'area anno II
9
A
L-LIN/11
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/06
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/05
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
Un insegnamento a scelta
6
C
M-GGR/01
6
C
M-GGR/01
Un insegnamento a scelta
6
A
SPS/08
6
A
SPS/08
Un insegnamento a scelta
6
C
SECS-P/12
6
C
SECS-P/12
activated in the A.Y. 2014/2015
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Prima lingua straniera anno III
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Seconda lingua straniera anno III
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Un insegnamento a scelta
9
C
IUS/09
9
C
IUS/09
Un insegnamento a scelta
9
C
SECS-P/08
9
C
SECS-P/08
6
S
-
Prova finale
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
12
D
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Literature of English-speaking Countries (2013/2014)

Teaching code

4S00866

Credits

9

Coordinator

Annalisa Pes

Language

English en

Location

VERONA

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Modulo 1

Credits

6

Period

I semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Annalisa Pes

Modulo 2

Credits

3

Period

I semestre

Location

VERONA

Academic staff

Susanna Zinato

Learning outcomes

The course aims at introducing students to the main themes and theoretical issues of postcolonial studies through an in-depth analysis of representative colonial and postcolonial texts in English.

Program

After an historical and theoretical introduction to the subject of postcolonial studies lectures will focus on the critical reading of some South African, Caribbean and Australian novels and short stories dealing with the theme of madness.

primary sources
- J.M. Coetzee, In the Heart of the Country (1977)
- Erna Brodber, Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home (1980)
- Henry Lawson, da The Bush Undertaker and Other Stories (1970) “Water Them Geraniums” (1899), “The Bush Undertaker” (1892), “No Place for a Woman” (1899)
- Patrick White, The Aunt’s Story (1948); da The Burnt Ones (1964): “Clay”, “The Letters”

secondary sources
- B.Ashcroft, G. Griffiths, H.Tiffin (eds.), The Post-Colonial Studies Reader, Routlege, 1995. I seguenti capitoli: Introduction; Chap. 2; Chap.5
- S. Zinato, A. Pes (eds), Ex-centric Writing. Essays on Madness in Postcolonial Fiction, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. I seguenti capitoli: Introduction; Chap. 2 (C. Concilio); Chap. 5 (J. Thieme); Chap. 7 (D. Callahan); Cap. 8 (A. Pes).
- G. Wilentz, “Reclaiming Residual Culture: African Heritage as Caribbean Cures in Erna Brodber’s Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home” in Healing Narratives: Women Writers Curing Cultural Dis-ease, Rutgers University Press, 2000 (pp. 27-52)
- A. Lawson, “Bound to Dis-integrate. Narrative Interpretation in The Aunt’s Story”, Antipodes, 6: 1, June 1992, pp. 9-15
Reference texts:
- B.Ashcroft, G. Griffiths, H. Tiffin (eds.), Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies, Routledge, 1998.
- E. Benson, L.W. Connolly (eds), The Routledge Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literatures in English, 2005


Non-attending students are requested to supplement the list of readings with the following, compulsory, one (optional for attending students):

- D. Head, J.M. Coetzee, Cambridge University Press, 1997 (chap. 1; chap. 3)
- S. Rowley, “Imagination, Madness and Nation in Australian Bush Mythology” in K. Darian-Smith, L. Gunner and S. Nuttall, Text, Theory, Space, Routledge, 1996 (pp.131-144)
- J.F. Burrows, “’Jardin Exotique’: the Central Phase of The Aunt’s Story”, Southerly, III, 1966, pp. 152-173


NOTICE:
All texts are to be read in English

Examination Methods

Oral examination at the end of the course

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