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

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 magistrale in Languages, Literatures and Digital Culture - 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
B
L-FIL-LET/10
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
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
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
6
C
INF/01
3
F
INF/01
One module among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
6
B
L-FIL-LET/14
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21
9
D
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One activity between the following
6
C
INF/01
6
C
IUS/04
Three activities among the following (related to the languages and literatures chosen)
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/12
6
B
L-LIN/04
6
B
L-LIN/14
6
B
L-LIN/07
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/21
Digital lab
2
F
-
2
F
-
2
F
-
3
F
-
9
D
-
18
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
L-FIL-LET/10
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
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
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
6
C
INF/01
3
F
INF/01
One module among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
6
B
L-FIL-LET/14
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21
9
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

English Literature - Master 1  (2022/2023)

Teaching code

4S010850

Academic staff

Yvonne Bezrucka, Chiara Battisti, Sidia Fiorato

Coordinator

Yvonne Bezrucka

Credits

6

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 26, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course is held in English and aims at providing students with advanced notions of English Literature, especially in relation to forms, genres and critical approaches. It also aims to develop an autonomous and original critical approach to literary texts. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: - read and interpret literary texts by structuring ideas and concepts with argumentative skill and expressive mastery; - critically comment on the texts in such a way as to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the theoretical debate surrounding them; - develop critical and autonomous thinking by personally elaborating on debated issues.

Prerequisites and basic notions

In order to enrol for this examination Students must have completed their B.A.

Program

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES AND THE ANTHROPOCENE
The course will focus on the environmental humanities providing a theoretical basis for the understanding of the Anthropocene. It will analyse specific critical and literary texts addressing topical issues of the contemporary debate.
• Module 1. Professor Bezrucka (12 hours)
- A. Ghosh. 2019. Gun Island, London: John Murray.
- A. Ghosh. 2016. The Great Derangement. Climate Change and the Unthinkable, London: Penguin.
- G. Garrard, Ecocriticism. 2012. 2nd ed. London: Routledge.
- Y. Bezrucka. 2013. “Nature as Oikos and Kepos: Ecocriticism as a Branch of Bioethics in Romantic Studies”, in 'Il Romanticismo oggi', Nuovi Quaderni del CRIER, X, Fiorini, Verona, 33-54, download from Academia.edu.
• Module 2. Professor Battisti (12 hours)
-Lai, Larissa (2018), The Tiger Flu, Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
- Alaimo, Stacy and Susan J. Hekman (2008), ‘Trans-Corporeal Feminisms and the Ethical Space of Nature’, in Stacy Alaimo and Susan Hekman (eds), Material Feminisms, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp. 237–64.
- Martin-Lucas, Belén (2017), ‘Posthuman affect in the Global Empire. Queer Speculative Fictions of Canada’, in Lorraine York, ‎Daniel Coleman, ‎Melissa Tanti (eds.) Beyond ‘Understanding Canada’: Transnational Perspectives on Canadian Literature, Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, pp. 151–74.
• Module 3. Professor Fiorato (12 hours)
- Sheri Tepper, Beauty, Bantam Books, 1991
- Karen Seago, ‘Let Sleeping Beauties Lie? On the difficulties of revisioning the tale,’ Special Issue Legenda: Reading and Writing Myth. New Comparisons, A Journal of Comparative and General Literary Studies, 27/28, 1999, pp. 98-117.
The slides and the texts in moodle are compulsory parts of the programme.
The programme remains the same for attending students, non attending students, Erasmus students

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

The course will be delivered via lectures in English and foresees the active participation of students.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam will be an oral discussion in English on the topics of the course and the texts in the programme.

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

Evaluation criteria

The exam will assess:
- the ability to present a critical argumentation on topics related to the texts of the syllabus
- the ability to make connections between the topics of the course, on the basis of the critical texts indicated in the programme

Exam language

English