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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.

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Laurea in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - 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:

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2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

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3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

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Teaching code

4S002903

Coordinator

Sidia Fiorato

Credits

6

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

I SEMESTRE dal Oct 3, 2016 al Jan 21, 2017.

Learning outcomes

Performing Bodies/ Performing Texts: Identity as cultural performance

The course will focus on the concept of performance analysed both within literary texts and in the context of the adaptation of literary texts in multimodal media. The analysed adaptations (or parts of them) will form an integral part of the course.

Program

Primary Texts (to be read in their original edition, NOT abridged):

TEXTS (in any edition)
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber ("The Bloody Chamber", "The Courtship of Mr Lyon", "The Tiger's Bride", "The Lady of the House of Love")
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (vol 1)


REFERENCES
- D. Carpi, "Angela Carter: On the Ruins of Tradition? No Tales for Children", Ch 2 of the monograph Fairy Tales in the Postmodern World (Heidelberg, Winter, 2016), pp. 19-42.
- D. Rackin, "Alice's Journey to the End of Night", PMLA, 81.5 (1966), pp. 313-326.
- D. Coatney, "Why does Katniss Fail at Everything she Fakes?", in G.A. Dunn, N. Michaud, The Hunger Games and Philosophy (Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, 2012), pp. 178-192.


History of English Literature: from the Victorian age to the Contemporary Period

- A. Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 1994
A specific focus will be devoted to
David Leavitt, While England Sleeps

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.

Examination Methods

oral exam in English on the whole program

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