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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - 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.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
3rd foreign language

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
One course to be chosen among the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-FIL/04
One course to be chosen among the following
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
3rd foreign language
activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
One course to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-FIL/04
One course to be chosen among the following
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S002926

Coordinator

Annalisa Pes

Credits

9

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

I semestre dal Oct 1, 2015 al Jan 9, 2016.

Learning outcomes

The course offers an introduction to Black British literature (produced by English authors of south-Asian, African, Caribbean origins) from the 1950s to the present. Four novels written in different historical periods will be analysed from a structural, thematic and linguistic perspective, and, in particular, the concepts of “Blackness” and “Britishness” will be critically investigated within the wider context of the history of British colonialism and imperialism. The Black British identity emerging from the texts will be examined as an ever changing transnational and transracial cultural and political issue that finally questions what it means to be British in the 21st century.
Lectures will be in English.
Texts must be read in English and brought with you on exam day.

Program

PRIMARY TEXTS:
- S. Selvon, The Lonely Londoners (1956)
- B. Emecheta, Second-Class Citizen (1974)
- H. Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia (1990)
- Z. Smith, N-W (2012)

CRITICAL TEXTS:
- P. Bertinetti, English Literature. A Short History (2010) [capp. 8, 9, 10, 11]
- J. Procter, Dwelling Places. Postwar Black British Writing (2003) [capp. 1,2,4]
- A.M. Porter, “Second Class Citizen: the Point of Departure for Understanding Buchi Emecheta’s Major Fiction”, The International Fiction Review 15, n. 2, 1988 (pp. 123-129)
- L. Wells, "The Right to a Secret: Zadie Smith's NW" in P. Tew, Reading Zadie Smith (2013) [pp. 97-110]

ADDITIONAL TEXTS FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
- M. Looker, Atlantic Passages (1996) [“Introduction”, pp. 1-20; cap. 3 “Inventing Black London: The Lonely Londoners”, pp. 59-80]
- K. Kaleta, Hanif Kureishi: Postcolonial Storyteller (2010) [cap. 3]
- A. Pes, "Post-postcolonial Issues and Identities in Zadie Smith's N-W", The European English Messenger, vol 23.2, Winter 2014, pp. 21-27

Examination Methods

Oral exam at the end of the course. Students will be required to answer questions and comment on primary texts, on the literary and historical period in which they are set, and on critical texts.

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