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. 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:

Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce - 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
9
C
SECS-P/08
3
F
-
9
C
IUS/04
6
A
L-FIL-LET/12

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025

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

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026

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
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
SECS-P/08
3
F
-
9
C
IUS/04
6
A
L-FIL-LET/12
activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
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
C
M-GGR/02
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
C
SECS-P/12
6
A
SPS/08
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
3rd foreign language - B1 level
3
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
12
D
-

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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]  (2024/2025)

Teaching code

4S002910

Academic staff

Lisanna Calvi, Annalisa Pes

Coordinator

Lisanna Calvi

Credits

9

Also offered in courses:

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

I semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 23, 2024 al Dec 21, 2024.

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

Students need to have passed English Literature and Culture 1 and English Language 1 exams.

Program

Module 1 (Professor Calvi, 8 CFU, 48h)
Women, Sex, Money, and the Novel in the Eighteenth-Century
Through a selection of novels dating from the eighteenth century, the module will investigate the literary, cultural, and social issues related to the birth of the genre and the growth of bourgeois individualism. Also considering gender and religious discourse, the heroines of these novels will then guide us towards the definition and discussion of the position of women in eighteenth-century society, between social reformation and patriarchal control.
Module 2 (Professor Pes, 1 CFU, 6h)
Texts and contexts between the 16th and 18th centuries
These lectures are meant to provide students with an overview of the history of English literature so as to guide them in the study of historical contexts, cultural movements and authors from the Renaissance to the second half of the Eighteenth century. Lectures do not substitute, they rather accompany, students in their individual study of chapters 2 and 3 of Paul Poplawski’s handbook.
Mandatory reading: see BIBLIOGRAPHY, c. Handbook
BIBLIOGRAPHY
a. Primary texts
- Daniel Defoe, Roxana, edited by John Mullan (Oxford UP, 2008).
- Samuel Richardson, Pamela, edited by Peter Sabor and Margaret Doody (Penguin, 1995).
- Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, edited Arthur Friedman and Robert L. Mack (Oxford UP, 2006).
b. Readings
- Ian Watt, The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding, Penguin, 1972, chapters 1, 2, 4 e 5.
- Shawn Lisa Maurer, “‘I wou’d be a Man-Woman’: Roxana’s Amazonian Threat to the Ideology of Marriage”, Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2004, pp. 363-386.
- Sheila C. Conboy, “Fabric and Fabrication in Richardson’s Pamela”, ELH, Vol. 54, No. 1, 1987, pp. 81-96.
- Christopher K. Brooks, “Goldsmith’s Commercial Vicar: Spectacles and Speculation”, CLA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3, 1998, pp. 319-334.
b1. Supplementary readings for non-attending students
- Loretta Innocenti, “Introduzione”, in L’invenzione del vero. Forme dell’autenticazione nel romanzo inglese del ’700, a c. di L. Innocenti, Pacini, 2000, pp. 5-19.
- Malinda Snow, “Arguments to the Self in Defoe’s Roxana”, Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 34, No. 3, 1994, pp. 523-536.
- Carey McIntosh, “Pamela’s Clothes”, ELH, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1968, pp. 75-83.
- Timothy Dykstal, “The Story of O: Politics and Pleasure in The Vicar of Wakefield”, ELH, Vol. 62, No. 2, 1995, pp. 329-346.
3. Handbook
As regards the literary and cultural context spanning from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, students will refer to:
- Paul Poplawski (ed.), English Literature in Context, Cambridge University Press, 2017: chapters 2 (“The Renaissance, 1485-1660) and 3 (“The Restoration and Eighteenth Century, 1660–1780”).
Further details on required readings, general information on bibliographical material, and exam method will be provided at the beginning of classes.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Whole class teaching in English. Students will be encouraged to actively participate during classes.
Supplementary teaching materials (slides, images, videos, other texts, etc.) that will be used during classes 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. It is strongly advised, although not mandatory, to attend classes. Upon students’ request, the instructors can assign further bibliographical material. They will also be available during office hours to provide information and answer questions.

Learning assessment procedures

Oral exam (the exam will last approximately 20/30 minutes and will consist of 5/6 questions).
Students may be required to read and comment on passages taken from primary texts (see a. Primary texts). Please bring your own books on the exam day.
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 1780);
2) the development of good analytical and synthetic skill levels regarding the main historical, cultural, textual, and critical topics of the module;
3) the use of an appropriate vocabulary.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The assessment of the three components listed above (see EVALUATION CRITERIA) will form the final grade, awarded on a 30-point scale. Minimum pass: 18/30; maximum: 30/30 (cum laude)

Exam language

Inglese | English

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