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. 2026/2027 A.A. 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/12
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/12
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-OR/21
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature and culture
6
A
L-LIN/10
6
A
L-LIN/03
6
A
L-LIN/13
6
A
L-LIN/21
6
A
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature and culture
6
A
L-OR/21
6
A
L-LIN/10
6
A
L-LIN/03
6
A
L-LIN/13
6
A
L-LIN/21
6
A
L-LIN/05
9
C
IUS/04
9
C
SECS-P/08
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2026/2027

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
A
SPS/08
1st foreign literature and culture or a related course
9
A
L-LIN/11
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/06
9
A
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature and culture or a related course
9
A
L-LIN/11
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-OR/21
9
A
L-OR/21
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/06
9
A
L-LIN/05
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-OR/21
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
6
C
M-GGR/02
6
C
SECS-P/12

3° Year   It will be activated in the A.Y. 2027/2028

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-OR/21
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
C
IUS/21
9
C
SECS-P/08
Stage
6
S
-
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
L-FIL-LET/12
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/12
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-OR/21
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature and culture
6
A
L-LIN/10
6
A
L-LIN/03
6
A
L-LIN/13
6
A
L-LIN/21
6
A
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature and culture
6
A
L-OR/21
6
A
L-LIN/10
6
A
L-LIN/03
6
A
L-LIN/13
6
A
L-LIN/21
6
A
L-LIN/05
9
C
IUS/04
9
C
SECS-P/08
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2026/2027
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
A
SPS/08
1st foreign literature and culture or a related course
9
A
L-LIN/11
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/06
9
A
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature and culture or a related course
9
A
L-LIN/11
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-OR/21
9
A
L-OR/21
9
A
L-LIN/10
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/03
9
A
L-LIN/13
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/06
9
A
L-LIN/05
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-OR/21
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
6
C
M-GGR/02
6
C
SECS-P/12
It will be activated in the A.Y. 2027/2028
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-OR/21
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
C
IUS/21
9
C
SECS-P/08
Stage
6
S
-
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
3rd language B1 level
3
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
12
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 and culture 2  (2026/2027)

Teaching code

4S002910

Teacher

Cristiano Ragni

Coordinator

Cristiano Ragni

Credits

9

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

I semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 21, 2026 al Dec 23, 2026.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course, taught in English, aims to provide students with an introduction to British literature from the Renaissance to late Romanticism, focusing on some of the most representative works. The course also aims to introduce the main critical approaches and the main features of literary genres. The overall goal of the course is to provide students with a good level of knowledge of literary history (in terms of historical context, texts, genres, movements and authors) and to develop their critical 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 course, students will be able to: - analyse the set texts and place them in their respective historical-cultural contexts; - describe the texts in a structured and informed way, taking into account literary conventions and applying an informed critical approach; - discuss literary topics in English in a clear and consistent way.

Prerequisites and basic notions

The prerequisites concern the propaedeutic criteria established by the degree programme regulations. Therefore, to take the English Literature and Culture 2 exam, you must have passed the English Literature and Culture 1 and English Language 1 exams.

Program

Geographies of Knowledge:
Travel, Power, and Otherness in English Literature (1485–1790)

This course analyses how English literature between 1485 and 1790 represented the profound transformations in ideas of knowledge, power, and identity in an era marked by the Reformation, the great geographical explorations, and the birth of modern science. Through readings of works by Christopher Marlowe (Doctor Faustus), William Shakespeare (The Tempest), and Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), students will explore how literary texts challenge the boundaries of knowledge, reflect on the relationship between magic and science, and interrogate the cultural and political consequences of European expansion throughout the world. From Faustus' Promethean desire to transcend the limits of human knowledge, to Prospero's island as a laboratory of power and knowledge, to Gulliver's travels through imaginary societies that challenge the certainties of Enlightenment Europe, the course will demonstrate how literature constructs both real and fantastical spaces for reflecting on the transformations of the modern world. Special attention will be paid to the representation of encounters with otherness, the construction of English identity in a global context, and the tensions between scientific curiosity, imagination, and ethical responsibility that accompany the birth of modernity.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

ATTENDING STUDENTS:
The course will be held in English through lectures and will also include parts for reflection and discussion on the part of the students upon the topics under consideration. Slides related to the topics of the course and other mandatory readings will be uploaded on Moodle.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
The programme for non-attending students is the same as the one for attending students. Extra mandatory readings for non-attending students will be uploaded on Moodle.
BOTH ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
All students can ask for further references or about the topics of the course during office hours (as indicated on the webpage).
TEACHING SUPPORT:
Information and teaching materials will be uploaded in the Moodle platform.
A specific support and tutoring activity for inclusion and accessibility will be advertised on the Department page.

Learning assessment procedures

Oral exam (the exam will last approximately 20/30 minutes and will be based on 5/6 questions).
Students may be required to read and comment on passages taken from primary texts and mandatory readings (see “BIBLIOGRAPHY").
There will be no mid-term tests.

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

1) The knowledge and comprehension of the module’s topics (texts, authors, and genres) and of the literary and cultural context (from the Renaissance to the end of the 18th century);
2) the development of good analytical and synthetic skill levels with regard to the main historical, cultural, textual, and critical topics of the module;
3) the use of an appropriate vocabulary.

Exam language

Inglese / English