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Period | From | To |
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I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) | Sep 27, 2021 | Jan 8, 2022 |
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) | Feb 14, 2022 | May 28, 2022 |
Session | From | To |
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ESAMI LINGUE - sessione invernale | Jan 10, 2022 | Feb 12, 2022 |
ESAMI LINGUE - sessione estiva | May 30, 2022 | Jul 23, 2022 |
ESAMI LINGUE - sessione autunnale | Aug 29, 2022 | Sep 24, 2022 |
Session | From | To |
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LAUREE LINGUE - sessione autunnale (a.a. 2020-2021) | Nov 8, 2021 | Nov 13, 2021 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione straordinaria (a.a. 2020-2021) | Mar 28, 2022 | Apr 2, 2022 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione estiva (a.a. 2021-2022) | Jul 11, 2022 | Jul 16, 2022 |
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English literature 2 [Cognomi A-L] (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S002927
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
Period
I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 26, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.
Learning objectives
The module, taught in English, is meant to guide the students through a critical approach to the English Literature of the period going from the Restoration to late Romanticism, especially in relation to a representative range of texts of the canon. Besides, it aims at getting the students familiar with fundamental tools necessary for text analysis and genre criticism. Its overall goal is to provide the students with a good knowledge of the British literature of the set literary period (its historical context, its texts, genres, movements/authors) and of helping them develop skills for analysis, argumentation and exposition in English, in relation to various typologies of literary texts in their historical-cultural context. At the end of the module, students will be able to: - analyze the literary texts set in the syllabus in their historical-cultural contexts; - argumentatively discuss them by taking into account literary conventions and by applying an informed critical approach that is aware of the literary nature of the text; - demonstrate the acquired knowledge and skills, in English and in a clear and consistent way.
Prerequisites and basic notions
To take the exam of this module students must have passed the exams of English Literature 1 and of English Language 1.
Program
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
The module will deal with the Gothic genre (from its rise at the end of the eighteenth century throughout its consolidation in the Romantic period) – a genre that, since then, has been uncomfortably and fascinatingly in charge to conveyi deep psychic fears and desires and to intercept and bring to the surface the cultural and political anxieties of its time. So, after a necessary introduction to the historical-cultural context, through an in-depth analysis of three ‘icon’-texts of British Gothic fiction, the students will gain knowledge of its major themes, rhetorical strategies and aesthetics (by employing notion drawn from philosophy as well as from psychoanalysis) ,in connection with the knowledge of the historical and, broadly, cultural contexts inspiring them
A) TEXTS (no abridgements):
-M. G. LEWIS, The Monk (1796)
-M. SHELLEY, Frankensten; or the Modern Prometheus (1818)
-J. HOGG, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
B) CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
-E. BURKE, from "A Philosophical Analysis into our ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful" ( 1757). The pages that will be uoloaded in the moodle of the module.
-M. KILGOUR, chapters: “Lewis’s Gothic Revolution” + “The Artist as Goth” in ID, The Rise of the Gothic Novel, Routledge, rpt. 2013.
-M. REDEKOP, “Beyond Closure: Buried Alive with Hogg’s Justified Sinner”, English Literary History, vol. 52, 159-184;
-S. FREUD, ”The Uncanny” (1919, any edition)
C) The reference handbook for literary history is: A. SANDERS, "The Short History of English Literature", Clarendon Press (1994), chapters 4-6. (On the moodle of the module indications will be given as to which parts of the chapters specifically to privilege).).
ADDITIONAL AND OBLIGATORY CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: Besides the critical bibliography given above, the following:
-J. E. HOGLE (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction, Cambridge UP (2002): “Introduction” by J.E. Hogle + Ch.1 “The Genesis of Gothic Fiction” by E.J. Clery.
- C.A. HOWELLS, “M.G. Lewis, The Monk” (ch.III), in ID, Love, Mystery, and Misery. Feeling in Gothic Fiction, Athlone, 1995.
-B. NEWMAN, “Narratives of Seduction and the Seduction of narrative: The Frame Structure of Frankenstein”, English Literary History , Vol.53, pp.141-161 [rpt. in F. Botting (ed.), Frankenstein/Mary Shelley, St. Martin’s, 1995 (166-90]).
-P. FIELDING, “Introduction” + “The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Approaches” (ch.15), in I. DUNCAN and D.S. MACK (eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg, Edinburgh UP, 2012.
Non-attending students are strongly recommended to read the Introductions to the scheduled novels.
NB: All the listed-above critical tests are available at the A. Frinzi Library (cf. universe; jstor).
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Frontal teaching lessons in English, with, at intervals, more interactive modes meant to verify the students’ acquisition of what is being taught and their participation. Filmic material will be used, too.
Updatings and further textual material discussed in class will be uploaded on the moodle of the course and made available to all registered students: therefore the latter are requested to keep a regular eye on it.
Learning assessment procedures
Oral exam in English.
The exam will principally consist in questions on the scheduled texts and on the contents of the taught classes; the students' reading of the assigned critical bibliography and of the handbook will be also ascertained.
All students might be asked to read and comment on passages taken from primary texts.
Students will have to bring their own primary texts at the exam, without which they won't be allowed to sit for it.
There will be no mid-term tests.
Evaluation criteria
The exam will assess:
-thestudents' knowledge of the set texts (primary texts and critical bibliography)
-the student's knowledge and comprehension of the themes discussed in class (for non-attending studedents: of the topics dealt with in the critical bibliography)
-the student's acquired competence as to textual analysis and critical comment
-the student's adequate linguistic competence and propriety as to critical literary language.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final grade, awarded on a 30-point scale, will assess the student's grade of satisfaction of the above-mentioned criteria.
Exam language
English
Type D and Type F activities
Nei piani didattici di ciascun Corso di studio è previsto l’obbligo di conseguire un certo numero di CFU di tipologia D e di tipologia F.
CFU D (attività a scelta dello studente)
I CFU D possono essere acquisiti mediante:
- insegnamenti non obbligatori nel proprio piano didattico (previa approvazione del Presidente del Collegio didattico per insegnamenti non selezionabili in autonomia)
- attività accreditate dal Collegio didattico
- competenze linguistiche (diverse o ulteriori) rispetto a quelle obbligatorie
- tirocini o stage
- TALC (competenze trasversali).
Competenze trasversali TALC
Nota bene: i corsi TALC sono riconosciuti solo come CFU D.
Il numero di CFU D va calcolato complessivamente sull’intero triennio/biennio e non è legato all'annualità.
CFU F
I CFU F sono solitamente relativi ad abilità informatiche, competenze linguistiche, stage e tirocini e ulteriori attività formative accreditate in questa tipologia dal Collegio Didattico.
Nel corso di laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere sono previste le seguenti tipologie:
- 3 CFU per terza lingua (livello B1)
- 3 CFU per informatica.
Le competenze informatiche possono essere acquisite attraverso:
- il superamento della prova pratica presso le aule informatiche di Ateneo,
- la frequenza dei corsi attivati da scuole e centri accreditati dall’AICA (Associazione Italiana per l’Informatica e il Calcolo Automatico) o riconosciuti dalla Provincia e dalla Regione e superamento della relativa prova finale. Le domande per il riconoscimento delle competenze informatiche acquisite precedentemente vengono esaminate dalla Commissione per il riconoscimento delle Competenze Informatiche.
Lo studente ha comunque la possibilità di effettuare esperienze di stage e tirocini che però vengono riconosciuti all’interno dei crediti a scelta libera (CFU D).
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Attendance and location
Attendance is not mandatory.
More detailed information on attendance requirements, please refer to the “Regolamento del corso di studio”, available under the “Regolamenti” section in “Il Corso”. While the Student Handbook does not require mandatory attendance, it is recommended to confirm specific attendance policies with your professors for each course, lab, or practical training.
Part time enrolment is an option. For more information, visit the Possibilità di iscrizione Part time.
Classrooms and exam locations are:
Classes and exams are held at the following locations:
- Polo Zanotto (close to the Foreign Languages and Literatures building)>
- Polo Santa Marta
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Assegnazione tutore
Attività accreditate D/F
Calendario didattico dettagliato
Cambio lingua curriculare
Competenze informatiche
Competenze linguistiche (prima e seconda lingua)
Competenze linguistiche in triennale (terza lingua CFU F)
Compilazione del piano didattico
Corso di Lingua catalana a.a. 2024-25
Corso di Lingua portoghese
Erasmus+ e altre esperienze all'estero
Linguistic training CLA
Presentazione dei corsi di studio e Open day
Graduation
Saperi minimi
Stage e tirocini
Le attività di stage sono finalizzate a far acquisire allo studente una conoscenza diretta in settori di particolare interesse per l’inserimento nel mondo del lavoro e per l’acquisizione di abilità professionali specifiche.
Le attività di stage sono svolte sotto la diretta responsabilità di un singolo docente presso studi professionali, enti della pubblica amministrazione, aziende accreditate dall’Ateneo veronese.
I crediti maturati in seguito ad attività di stage saranno attribuiti secondo quanto disposto nel dettaglio dal “Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari” vigente.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per futuri studenti sono disponibili alla pagina Stage e tirocini.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per studenti iscritti sono pubblicate in MyUnivr - come fare per - stage e tirocini.
- Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage per le aziende sono disponili alla pagina Stage e tirocini per azienze.
Ulteriori informazioni al seguente link https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/gestione-carriere-studenti-lingue-e-letterature-straniere/stage-e-tirocini-lingue-e-letterature-straniere