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
Spanish Literature and Culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
Spanish Literature and Culture 1
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
German literature and culture 2
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
German literature and culture 2
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Spanish literature and culture 2
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Spanish literature and culture 2
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Theory and Techniques of communication
Geography of communication and international trade
Italian literature and culture
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
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
Spanish Literature and Culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
Spanish Literature and Culture 1
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
German literature and culture 2
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
German literature and culture 2
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Spanish literature and culture 2
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Spanish literature and culture 2
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Theory and Techniques of communication
Geography of communication and international trade
Italian literature and culture
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.
Anglophone literatures and cultures (2016/2017)
Teaching code
4S002911
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
Period
I SEMESTRE dal Oct 3, 2016 al Jan 21, 2017.
Learning outcomes
The course will provide students with an historical-theoretical introduction to postcolonial literature and studies and will concern a critical reading of novels and short stories from Australia, the Caribbean, and Africa. It will focus on the consequences of colonial invasion and dominance, and on the process of construction of new postcolonial identities by engaging with the issues of “diaspora”, “cultural heritage”, “nation”, “Orientalism”, “multiculturalism”, “creolization”.
Program
“Colonialism and new postcolonial identities”
READING LIST
Novels:
- KATE GRENVILLE, The Secret River (2005)
- JAMAICA KINCAID, A Small Place (1988)
- SAM SELVON, Ways of Sunlight (1957)
- BUCHI EMECHETA, Second-Class Citizen (1974)
Critical Sources:
- J. McLeod, Beginning Postcolonialism (ch. 1-2-3-6-7)
- M. Looker, Atlantic Passages. History, Community, and Language in the Fiction of Sam Selvon ("Introduction, pp. 1-20)
- A. Dowson, Mongrel Nation (ch 4. “Beyond Imperial Feminism. Buchi Emecheta’s London Novels and Black British Women’s Emancipation”)
- C. McLeod, “Constructing a Nation: Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place”, Small Axe, 12, 1, 2008, pp. 77-92
- S. Kossew, “Voicing the “Great Australian Silence”: Kate Grenville’s Narrative of Settlement in The Secret River”, Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 42, 2, 2007, pp. 7-18
Examination Methods
Oral assessment in English at the end of the course. Students will be tested on the contents of the novels and will be expected to critically discuss and analyze the main issues presented in the texts.