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
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.
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
1ST FOREIGN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
German literature and culture 1
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
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
Geography of communication and international trade
Italian literature and culture
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Theory and Techniques of communication
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
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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1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1ST FOREIGN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
German literature and culture 1
1ST 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
Geography of communication and international trade
Italian literature and culture
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Theory and Techniques of communication
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)
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English literature and culture 1 [Cognomi F-O] (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S002903
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
Period
I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 27, 2021 al Jan 8, 2022.
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, through 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
The course presents the development of the English novel from the Victorian period to Postmodernism. Its interdisciplinary perspective will focus on legal, economic, literary issues; specific attention will be devoted to the articulation of individual identity in the cultural contexts under consideration.
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)
Part I (Prof. Fiorato, 18 hours)
A) Primary texts
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
- R.L. Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
B) Critical Texts
-Alan Rauch, “The Monstrous Body of Knowledge in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein”, Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Summer, 1995), pp. 227-253
-Carolina Sánchez-Palencia Carazo and Manuel Almagro Jiménez “Gathering the Limbs of the Text in Shelley Jackson’s Patchwork Girl”, Atlantis, Vol. 28, No. 1 (June 2006), pp. 115-129
- Daniel Cottom, "Frankenstein and the Monster of Representation", SubStance , 1980, Vol. 9, No. 3, Issue 28 (1980), pp. 60-71
- Stephen D. Arata, "The Sedulous Ape: Atavism, Professionalism, and Stevenson's "Jekyll and Hyde"", Criticism , Spring, 1995, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Spring, 1995), pp. 233-259
Part 2 (Dr. Stelzer, 18 hours)
A) Primary text (to be read in English, in a non-abridged edition)
- Bram Stoker, Dracula (recommended edition: Oxford World’s Classics, ed. by Roger Luckhurst 2011)
B) Compulsory critical texts:
- Stephen D. Arata, “The Occidental Tourist: Dracula and the Anxiety of Reverse Colonization”, Victorian Studies, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Summer, 1990), pp. 621-45
- William Hughes, “The Taming of the New: Race, Biological Destiny and Assertive Womanhood”. In William Hughes, Beyond Dracula: A Reader’s Guide to Essential Criticism, Houndmills: Macmilllan (2000) pp. 97-138.
- David Seed, “The Narrative Method of Dracula”, Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Vol. 40, No. 1 (1985), pp. 61-75.
C) History of Literature
- A. Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2003 dal cap. 6 al cap. 10 included
Bibliography
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