Teaching code

4S002949

Academic staff

Sidia Fiorato, Emanuel Stelzer

Coordinator

Sidia Fiorato

Credits

9

Language

English

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

I semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 23, 2024 al Dec 21, 2024.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course, held in English, aims at introducing Students to the English Literature from the 16th century to the Restoration (1660), paying emphasis on some canonical literary texts. Besides, it will offer skills and abilities for the critical analysis of literary texts and their genres. The course objective is to provide a good knowledge of the literature of the period (historical context, texts, genres, literary movements and authors) and to develop in Students a capacity of analysis and argumentative abilities in relation to the various typologies of literary texts set in their literary, historical, and cultural context. At the end of the course, students will be able to: - analyse the examined literary texts setting them in their historical and cultural context; - discuss them in an argumentative way, with due consideration to literary conventions, and by applying a critical, knowledgeable, and aware approach to the specificity of the literary texts; - present the acquired competences in English, and in a coherent and clear way.

Prerequisites and basic notions

The English Literature 3 LLS exam can only be taken after having passed the second year’s exams of English Language and Literature.

Program

The course will focus on the articulation of identity of the protagonists of Shakespearean works in the historical-social and cultural context of the time. Examples of adaptations of the works will be included in the programme.
The slides and the texts in moodle are part of the programme.
The programme remains the same for attending students, non attending students, Erasmus students. Non attending students are required to contact Prof. Fiorato and Prof. Stelzer.
The course is developed into two modules:
Part 1, Prof. Fiorato, 48 hours, 8 CFU
A) Primary Texts (Arden edition or bilingual Garzanti)
William Shakespeare, Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
B) Critical Texts
- Linda Hutcheon, A Theory of Adaptation, Routledge, 2012
- Coppélia Kahn, “Coming of Age in Verona”, Modern Language Studies , Winter, 1977-1978, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 5-22
- Carolyn Asp, "Be Bloody, Bold and Resolute": Tragic Action and Sexual Stereotyping in "Macbeth", Studies in Philology , Spring, 1981, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Spring, 1981), pp. 153-169
- A.R. Braunmüller, Michael Hattaway, The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990 (the parts indicated during the course)
C) History of literature: Paul Poplawski, English Literature in Context, Cambridge University Press, 2017 (the parts indicated during the course).
The bibliography will be integrated during the course.
Module 2: Prof. Emanuel Stelzer
Romeo and Juliet: Sources and Contexts
This module will consist of lectures on the direct and indirect sources of Romeo and Juliet. Students will be provided with a small anthology of texts which can introduce them to some aspects of the tragic love of Romeo and Juliet (poems by John Donne, a number of Shakespeare sonnets, “Let the Bird of Loudest Lay”, excerpts from A Lover's Complaint, from Hero and Leander, etc.) The anthology will be uploaded on Moodle.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course will be developed through lectures in English and moments of interaction with the students on the topics of the course.
Teaching support:
Information and teaching materials will be uploaded in the Moodle platform. A specific tutoring service will be activated, the details of which will be explained in class and on the Moodle platform of the teaching. In addition, receiving hours can be arranged also via ZOOM if necessary.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam will be an oral discussion in English on the topic of the course and the texts in the program (parts A,B,C), Modules 1 and 2.

Evaluation criteria

The exam will assess:
- the ability to discuss topics (literary trends, authors, genres) within the history of English literature
- the ability to present a critical argumentation on topics related to the texts of the syllabus (making examples from scenes and passages)
- the ability to make connections between the topics of the course, on the basis of the critical texts indicated in the programme

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade will be based upon the criteria indicated above.

Exam language

inglese English

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