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
-

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.

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

Anglo-american literature and cultures  (2024/2025)

Teaching code

4S002912

Teacher

Chiara Battisti

Coordinator

Chiara Battisti

Credits

9

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/11 - ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

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

This course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of the literature of United States in its complexity and plurality. Focus will be on specific texts, movements and literary tendencies. By the end of this course, students will be able to recognize specific and often conflictual forms of writing. These are in fact generated within the context of different ethnic realities and traditions, and even though they are labeled as American Literature because of geographic reasons, they have totally different goals and forms of expression. Furthermore students will be able to approach texts with adequate critical tools, and will be familiar with specific features of American English.

Prerequisites and basic notions

As required by the Regolamento Didattico of the degree course, students can sit for the exam of Anglo-American Literature and Cultures only after passing English Literature 1 and English Literature 1.

Program

Re(a)dressig the Literary Landscape
This course will analyse the literary representation of dress and the role of fashion in American literature and culture from the 19th century to the contemporary era. The analytical framework, developed through the lens of Fashion Studies, posits that attention to dress and clothing, as expressions of material culture, can enhance our understanding of literary texts and their contexts. This approach may also challenge traditional critical interpretations. The fashion system mirrors profound and structured social transformations, producing, consolidating, or creating symbolic resistance to roles, social hierarchies, and cultural models. The clothed body becomes a physical-cultural domain and a complex cultural text, wherein the visible and perceptible representation of individual and social identity occurs. Through the critical analysis of fashion's infiltration into narrative dynamics, the course will illuminate the tensions, aspirations, and contradictions of the society depicted in the literature.
A PRIMARY TEXTS:
Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, 1881
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, 1920.
Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996.
Serie TV: Self Made: Inspired by The Life and Times of Madame C.J. Walker, 2020.
Short stories:
Scott Fitzgerald, “Bernice bobs her hair”, 1920.
Zora Neale Hurston, “Sweat”, 1926.
B CRITICAL TEXTS
Attending Students:
--Lauren S. Cardon, Fashion and Fiction: Self-Transformation in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 2016, Introduction.
Non-attending students
-Chiara Battisti, Tailoring Identities in Victorian Literature, 2024. Chapter 1.
-Annette Niemtzow, “Marriage and the New Woman in The Portrait of a Lady” American Literature, Nov., 1975, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Nov., 1975), pp. 377-395
-Carmen Fuentes Fuentes, "Chuck Palahniuk's fight club under a different lens: pressures on the male body in community and the question of masculinity". Odisea, A (19), 2019-09-30, 53 - 72.
-Lauren S. Cardon, Fashion and Fiction: Self-Transformation in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 2016, Introduction and chapter 1 and 5.
C) R. GRAY. A Brief History of American Literature. Wiley Blackwell, 2011: Chapters 2-3-4-5. (Compulsory for attending and non-attending students

Bibliography

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Didactic 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. 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 programme for non-attending students is detailed in the "Programma section". 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).
Teaching support:
Information and teaching materials will be uploaded in the Moodle platform, with the date of the lesson they refer to.
A specific tutoring service will be activated, the details of which will be explained in class and on the Moodle platform
In addition, Prof. Battisti is available during the receiving hours which can also be arranged via ZOOM if necessary.
Lastly, a specific support and tutoring activity for inclusion and accessibility is being organised, particularly with regard to the Language and Literature courses in the French, English, Russian, Spanish and German areas. The activities will take place from November 2024 to June 2025 and will be advertised on the Department page.

Learning assessment procedures

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).
Students who do not attend the course are required to contact Prof. Battisti.

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

The oral exam will verify:
1. knowledge of the topics addressed during the course
2. argumentative and critical analysis skills.
Grade in thirtieths

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The exam is not divided into parts and therefore the final grade will be determined by the oral exam

Exam language

Inglese/English