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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.

Study Plan

A.A. 2024/2025 A.A. 2023/2024 A.A. 2022/2023 A.A. 2021/2022 A.A. 2020/2021 A.A. 2019/2020 A.A. 2018/2019 A.A. 2017/2018 A.A. 2016/2017 A.A. 2015/2016 A.A. 2014/2015 A.A. 2013/2014 A.A. 2012/2013 A.A. 2011/2012 A.A. 2010/2011 A.A. 2009/2010 A.A. 2008/2009

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 2025/2026

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
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
6
A
L-FIL-LET/12
9
C
SECS-P/08
9
C
IUS/04
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020

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
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
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
A
SPS/08
6
C
M-GGR/02
6
C
SECS-P/12

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

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
3rd foreign language
3
F
-
6
S
-
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
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
6
A
L-FIL-LET/12
9
C
SECS-P/08
9
C
IUS/04
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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
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
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
A
SPS/08
6
C
M-GGR/02
6
C
SECS-P/12
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
12
D
-

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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 [CInt]  (2019/2020)

Teaching code

4S002910

Teacher

Lisanna Calvi

Coordinator

Lisanna Calvi

Credits

9

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 30, 2019 al Jan 11, 2020.

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The course, taught in English, aims to provide students with an introduction to British literature from the Renaissance to late Romanticism, focussing 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.

Program

"Juliet and the others. Changing attitudes towards marriage from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century"
From mating arrangements, which still characterized matrimonial alliances in the Renaissance, to the later emergence of the so-called companionate marriage, the modern age was characterized by the growth of affective individualism and accordingly experienced changing attitudes towards courtship, matrimony, and the family institution. Looking at a selection of dramatic and narrative texts from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century, the module will investigate the idea of marriage and its representation by analysing its changing literary, cultural, economic, and political meaning, also taking into account generic diversity, from tragedy to comedy, to the novel.

Please be advised
The programme consists in three parts:
a. Primary texts,
b. and b.1 References and References for non-attending students,
c. Handbook.
Language: lectures will be in English.
Further details on required readings and general information on bibliographical material will be provided during classes.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
a. Primary texts
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, ed. by Jill Levenson (Oxford University Press, 2000).
- John Dryden, Marriage A-la-mode, in The Works of John Dryden, ed. by John Loftis, David S. Rodes, and Vinton A. Dearing (University of California Press, 1978), vol. 11, pp. 219-316.
- Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, ed. by David Blewett (Penguin, 2003).
- Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, ed. by Arthur Friedman (Oxford University Press, 2006).

b. References
- Catherine Belsey, Romeo and Juliet. Language & Writing (Bloomsbury, 2014), chapters 1-4, pp.1-86.
- Lynette Hunter and Paul Lichtenfels, Negotiating Shakespeare’s Language in Romeo and Juliet (Ashgate, 2009), pp. 85-131.
- Jason Denman, “‘Too hasty to stay’: Erotic and Political Timing in Marriage à la Mode”, Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Fall 2008), pp. 1-23 (available on Jstor – see MOODLE for instructions).
- Ian Watt, The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding (Penguin, 1972), pp. 9-65 and 104-151.
- David Blewett, “Changing Attitudes toward Marriage in the Time of Defoe: The Case of Moll Flanders”, Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Spring 1981), pp. 77-88 (available on Jstor – see MOODLE for instructions).
- Robert H. Hopkins, “Matrimony in The Vicar of Wakefield and the Marriage Act of 1753”, Studies in Philology, Vol. 74, No. 3 (July 1977), pp. 322-339 (available on Jstor – see MOODLE for instructions).

b1. References for non-attending students
- B.J. Sokol and Mary Sokol, Shakespeare, law and marriage (Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 1-41 and 93-116.
- Laura Brown, “The Divided Plot: Tragicomic Form in the Restoration”, ELH, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Spring 1980), pp. 67-79 (available on Jstor – see MOODLE for instructions).
- Loretta Innocenti, “Introduzione”, in L’invenzione del vero. Forme dell’autenticazione nel romanzo inglese del ’700, a c. di Loretta Innocenti, Pacini, 2000, pp. 5-19.

c. Handbook
As regards the literary and cultural context spanning from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, students will refer to:
- Andrew Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature (Oxford University Press, 2003, third edition), chapters 3 (“Renaissance and Reformation: Literature 1510-1620”), 4 (“Revolution and Restoration: Literature 1620-1690) and 5 (“Eighteenth-Century Literature 1690-1780”).

FURTHER MATERIALS
Other teaching materials (slides, images, videos, etc.) that will be used in class will be available for download from the MOODLE e-repository. These contents do not substitute but complement the mandatory readings listed in the Bibliography section above.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
David Blewett “Changing Attitudes toward Marriage in the Time of Defoe: The Case of Moll Flanders”, Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 77-88 1981 Secondary text.
Loretta Innocenti “Introduzione”, in L’invenzione del vero. Forme dell’autenticazione nel romanzo inglese del ’700, a c. di Loretta Innocenti Pacini 2000 Secondary text, pp. 5-19.
John Dryden Marriage-A-la-mode in The Works of John Dryden (vol. 11) UCLA Press 1978 Primary text, pp. 219-316.
Robert H. Hopkins “Matrimony in The Vicar of Wakefield and the Marriage Act of 1753”, Studies in Philology, Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 322-339 1977 Secondary text.
Daniel Defoe Moll Flanders, ed. by David Blewett Penguin 2003
Lynette Hunter and Paul Lichtenfels Negotiating Shakespeare’s Language in Romeo and Juliet Ashgate 2009 Secondary text, pp. 85-131.
William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, ed. by Jill Levenson OUP 2000 Primary text
Catherine Belsey Romeo and Juliet. Language & Writing Bloomsbury 2014 Secondary text, pp. 1-86.
B.J. Sokol and Mary Sokol Shakespeare, law and marriage CUP 2003 Secondary text, pp. 1-41 and 93-116.
Laura Brown “The Divided Plot: Tragicomic Form in the Restoration”, ELH, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 67-79 1980 Secondary text
Ian Watt The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding Penguin 1972 Secondary text, pp. 9-65 and 104-151.
Andrew Sanders The Short Oxford History of English Literature OUP 2004 Primary text, ch. 3, 4, 5.
Oliver Goldsmith The Vicar of Wakefield, ed. by Arthur Friedman OUP 2006 Primary text
Jason Denman “‘Too hasty to stay’: Erotic and Political Timing in Marriage à la Mode”, Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 1-23 2008 Secondary text.

Examination Methods

Typology: oral exam. There will be no mid-term tests.
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and in accordance with the University of Verona guidelines, during ​the 2020 summer exam session the assessment modality will be modified as follows: online oral exam.
The exam will consist in an oral discussion (in English) that will test the knowledge of the module’s topics (texts, authors, and genres) and the literary and cultural context (c. Handbook; main authors and movements from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment).
Assessment will consider: 1. the knowledge and comprehension of primary texts, 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. Students may be required to read and comment on passages taken from primary texts (see a. above).

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