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

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
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
1st foreign literature 1 LM. Forms, genres and critical approaches
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature 1 LM. Forms, genres and critical approaches
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/05
9
B
L-FIL-LET/14
6
B
L-FIL-LET/10

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature disciplinary area
6
C
L-LIN/11
6
C
L-LIN/03
6
C
L-LIN/13
6
C
L-LIN/10
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-LIN/06
2nd foreign literature disciplinary area or textual and comparative studies
6
C
L-LIN/11
6
C
L-LIN/03
6
C
L-LIN/13
6
C
L-LIN/10
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-LIN/06
6
C
L-FIL-LET/14
1st or 2nd foreign literature 2 LM. Critical methodologies and textual interpretation
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
B
L-LIN/21
A philology to be chosen among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21
History of the 1st or the 2nd foreign language
6
B
L-LIN/12
6
B
L-LIN/04
6
B
L-LIN/14
6
B
L-LIN/07
6
B
L-LIN/21
Dissertation
21
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature disciplinary area
6
C
L-LIN/11
6
C
L-LIN/03
6
C
L-LIN/13
6
C
L-LIN/10
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-LIN/06
2nd foreign literature disciplinary area or textual and comparative studies
6
C
L-LIN/11
6
C
L-LIN/03
6
C
L-LIN/13
6
C
L-LIN/10
6
C
L-LIN/21
6
C
L-LIN/06
6
C
L-FIL-LET/14
1st or 2nd foreign literature 2 LM. Critical methodologies and textual interpretation
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
B
L-LIN/21
A philology to be chosen among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21
History of the 1st or the 2nd foreign language
6
B
L-LIN/12
6
B
L-LIN/04
6
B
L-LIN/14
6
B
L-LIN/07
6
B
L-LIN/21
Dissertation
21
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
18
D
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Other teaching activities
6
F
-

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

New literatures in English  (2021/2022)

Teaching code

4S002993

Academic staff

Annalisa Pes, Susanna Zinato

Coordinator

Annalisa Pes

Credits

6

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 14, 2022 al May 28, 2022.

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The module, taught in English, aims at providing the students with interpretive skills and in-depth knowledge related to the main themes and theoretical issues that qualify colonial and postcolonial literature in English. This will be done through a close reading of the set texts, chosen for their representative force and analyzed in their textual dynamics, in a wide diachronic perspective that, nonetheless, fully takes into account the specifics of their contexts.The broader gaol is to stimulate the students to develop their competence in critically approaching the texts and the historical, political and cultural dynamics underlying them.

At the end of the module the students will be able to:
-read and interpret postcolonial literary texts by structuring ideas and concepts with argumentative skill;
-comment on the texts in such a way as to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the theoretical debate surrounding them.

Program

WRITING MIGRATION
The course will provide students with the opportunity to engage in close reading, interpretation, and discussion of two postcolonial texts crucially involving the issues of migration and multiculturalism and its thematic inflections (identity, belonging, racism, nation/border).
Module 1: prof. Annalisa Pes (24 hours). Module 2: prof. Susanna Zinato (12 hours)

A) PRIMARY TEXTS:
-CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS, Barracuda (2013)
-NADINE GORDIMER, The Pickup (2001)

B) CRITICAL REFERENCES (compulsory):
-T. Ashcroft, G. Griffiths, and H. Tiffin (eds.), The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures, Routledge, 1989: Introduction; ch.2 (Replacing language: textual Strategies in Postcolonial Writing"), ch. 5 (Replacing Theory: Postcolonial Writing and Literary Theory).
- Jessica Gildersleeve, Christos Tsiolkas: the Utopian Vision. New York: Cambria. 2017 [CHAPTER 5 “Forgiveness”]
- I. Dimitriu, "Postcolonializing Gordimer: the Ethics of 'Beyond' and Significant Peripheries in the Recent Fiction", English in Africa, Vol. 33. No.2 (2006): 159-180 (cf. Jstor)
- M.J. Cloete, "A Study of Identity in Post-Apartheid South-African English Literature: The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer", Liberator, Vol.26, No.1 (April 2005): 49-67

SUPPLEMENTARY CRITICAL TEXTS FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS (compulsory):
-A. Loomba, "Colonial and Postcolonial identities" (ch.2, 104-183) in ID, "Colonialism/Postcolonialism", Routledge, 1998
- R. King, J. Connell, P. White (eds.), Writing Across Worlds. Literature and Migration, Routledge, 1995: ch.1 ("Geography, Literature and Migration"), pp.1-19.
- Andrew McCann, Christos Tsiolkas and the Fiction of Critique: Politics, Obscenity, Celebrity. London: Anthem Press. 2015 [CHAPTER 5 “The Politics of the Bestseller: The Slap and Barracuda”, pp. 111-132]

N.B.: students are recommended to take with them their novels (unabridged and paperback) at the exam.

Examination Methods

Oral exam in English on the topics of the course and on the relevant issues included in primary and critical texts in the syllabus (A+B)
Students have to bring their own primary texts (A) at the exam.

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