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
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 in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - Enrollment from 2025/2026The 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
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
French literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
2nd foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
French literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Italian literature and culture
Theory and Techniques of communication
Geography of communication and international trade
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
French literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
2nd foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
French literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Italian literature and culture
Theory and Techniques of communication
Geography of communication and international trade
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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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.
English literature and culture 1 [Cognomi F-O] (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S002903
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
Period
I semestre dal Oct 1, 2018 al Jan 12, 2019.
Learning outcomes
The course, held in English, aims at introducing students to relevant aspects of English literature, from the Pre-Romantic to the Contemporary period, via the reading of a selection of canonical texts. Primary notions about possible methodological approaches for the analysis of literary texts and genres will be imparted. Furthermore, the course will provide a sound knowledge of the English literature of the period (historical context, texts, genres, literary movements and authors) and stimulate abilities and skills for the critical analysis of texts, their discussion and analysis, in consideration of their historical, cultural, and context specificities.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Analyse the literary texts of the syllabus discussing them in relation to their historical and cultural context;
- Discuss the texts using an appropriate critical approach demonstrating the knowledge of the literary conventions of their time;
- Express the acquired literary and critical knowledge demonstrating an adequate competence also in the English language.
Program
After a general introduction to literary theory and the history of modern and contemporary English literature (1780-today), the course will focus on the development of the English novel and on the relationship between literature and visual culture. The following topics will be covered during the course:
- critical literary theories
- the history of modern and contemporary English literature
- the development of the English novel
- visual culture
- in-depth analysis of three novels through an interdisciplinary approach (including the sphere of the law and advertising)
TEACHING METHODS
Students who attend the course: 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.
The critical references indicated in the programme will be available for the students. Slides related to the topics of the course and used during the lessons will be uploaded to Moodle and are part of the programme.
Students who do not attend the course: the programme remains the one indicated on the webpage. They can access Moodle and the uploaded slides which are part of the programme.
All students can ask for further references or about the topics of the course during the receiving hours (as indicated on the webpage)
A) Primary Texts (any edition, but NOT abridged)
B. Stoker, Dracula
A.C. Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
P. Ackroyd, Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
NB: the programme will be integrated at the beginning of the course
B) CRITICAL TEXTS
D. Carpi, “A Biojuridical Reading of Dracula”, in Polemos, 6.2 (2012), 169-182
Matthew C. Brennan, “The Novel as Nightmare: Decentering of the Self in Bram Stoker’s Dracula”, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 7.4 (28), 1996, 48-59
S. Onega, “Family Traumas and Serial Killing in Peter Ackroyd’s Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem”, in Marie Luise Kohlke, Christian Gutleben, Neo-Victorian Families. Gender, Sexual and Cultural Politics, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2011, 267-296
S. Onega, “Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem”, in S. Onega, Metafiction and Myth in the novels of Peter Ackroyd , Drawer, Camden House, 1999, 133- 147.
Ed Wiltse, ““So constant an expectation”: Sherlock Holmes and Seriality”, Narrative, 6.2 (1998), 105-122
Svetlana Bochman, “Detecting the Technocratic Detective”, in Lynnette Porter ed., Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century Essays on New Adaptations, Jefferson, McFarland & Company, 2012, 144-154
The section of the critical texts will be integrated at the beginning of the course
C) History of Literature
- A. Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2003
A specific focus will be devoted to Charles Dickens
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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D. Carpi | “A Biojuridical reading of Dracula”, Polemos, 6.2 (2012), 169-182 | 2012 | |||
Arthur Conan Doyle | A Study in Scarlet | 1887 | |||
Peter Ackroyd | Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem | 1994 | |||
Susana Onega | “Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem”, in S. Onega, Metafiction and Myth in the novels of Peter Ackroyd , Drawer, Camden House, 1999, 133- 147. | 1993 | |||
Svetlana Bochman | “Detecting the Technocratic Detective”, in Lynnette Porter ed., Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century Essays on New Adaptations, Jefferson, McFarland & Company, 2012, 144-154 | 2012 | |||
BRAM STOKER | Dracula | 1897 | |||
Susana Onega | “Family Traumas and Serial Killing in Peter Ackroyd’s Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem”, in Marie Luise Kohlke, Christian Gutleben, Neo-Victorian Families. Gender, Sexual and Cultural Politics, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2011, 267-296 | 2011 | |||
Ed Wiltse | ““So constant an expectation”: Sherlock Holmes and Seriality”, Narrative, 6.2 (1998), 105-122 | 1998 | |||
Matthew C. Brennan | “The Novel as Nightmare: Decentering of the Self in Bram Stoker’s Dracula”, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 7.4 (28), 1996, 48-59 | 1996 | |||
Andrew Sanders | The Short Oxford History of English Literature | Oxford, Oxford University Press | 1994 |
Examination Methods
The lessons will be in English. 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).
In particular:
- 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
Requirements
Students unable to attend lectures are required to get in touch before preparing for the exam.
All students, possibly also the students who will not be able to attend the course regularly, are kindly invited to attend the first class of the course, when the programme will be illustrated in detail.