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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - 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.
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CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
3rd foreign language B1 level
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
3rd foreign language B1 level
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S002926

Coordinator

Sidia Fiorato

Credits

9

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 28, 2020 al Jan 9, 2021.

Learning outcomes

The course, held in English, aims at introducing the students to English literature (from the Victorian to the contemporary period), with specific reference to a selection of canonical texts, and at presenting methodological approaches for the analysis of literary texts and genres. The course aims at providing a good knowledge of British literature (articulated in historical context, texts, genres, literary trends and authors) and the skills for a critical analysis and argumentation on different kinds of texts in their historical and cultural context.

At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Analyse the literary texts of the programme in their historical and cultural context;
- Apply an aware critical approach to literary texts and present an argumentation which shows knowledge of literary conventions;
- Express the acquired literary and critical competence in English clearly and coherently.

Program

The course presents the articulation of identity in literary texts from the Victorian to the contemporary period. The approach will be interdisciplinary (literature, culture, law) and focussed on the revision of the literary tradition (in particular the fantastic and the fairy tale genre).

A) Primary Texts (any edition, but NOT abridged)

J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan (1902)
P. Lyndon Travers, Mary Poppins (1934)
Angela Carter, “The Bloody Chamber”
Emma Donoghue, Kissing the Witch (1997)


B) Critical texts

- Monique Chassagnol, "Masks and Masculinity in James Barrie's Peter Pan", in John Stephens, ed., Ways of Being Male. Representing Masculinities in Children's Literature and Film, New York and London, Routledge, 2002, pp. 200-215
- Anne McLeer, “Practical Perfection? The Nanny Negotiates Gender, Class, and Family Contradictions in 1960s Popular Culture”, NWSA Journal, 14.2 (2002), 80-101(le parti indicate durante il corso)
- Kathleen E. B. Manley, “The Woman in Process in Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber"”, Marvels & Tales, 12.1 (1998), pp. 71-81
- Jennifer Orme, “Mouth to Mouth: Queer Desires in Emma Donoghue's Kissing the Witch”, Marvels & Tales 24.1 (2010), pp. 116-130
- Cristina Bacchilega, Postmodern Fairy Tales. Gender and Narrative Strategies, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997, ch 1
- Jack Zipes, The Irresistible Fairy Tale, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2012, ch 1 e 2

C) History of Literature (From the Victorian period to the contemporary period)
- A. Sanders, The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2003

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Emma Donoghue Kissing the Witch 1997
P. Lyndon Travers Mary Poppins 1934
Monique Chassagnol , "Masks and Masculinity in James Barrie's Peter Pan", in John Stephens, ed., Ways of Being Male. Representing Masculinities in Children's Literature and Film, New York and London, Routledge, 2002, pp. 200-215 2002
Jennifer Orme “Mouth to Mouth: Queer Desires in Emma Donoghue's Kissing the Witch”, Marvels & Tales 24.1 2010 pp. 116-130
J.M. Barrie Peter Pan 1911
Cristina Bacchilega Postmodern Fairy Tales. Gender and Narrative Strategies, University of Pennsylvania Press 1997 ch 1
Anne McLeer “Practical Perfection? The Nanny Negotiates Gender, Class, and Family Contradictions in 1960s Popular Culture”. NWSA Journal, 14.2 (2002), 80-101 2002
Angela Carter "The Bloody Chamber", in Angela Carter The Bloody Chamber 1979
Jack Zipes The Irresistible Fairy Tale, Princeton, Princeton University Press 2012 ch 1 e 2
Kathleen E. B. Manley “The Woman in Process in Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber"”, Marvels & Tales, 12.1 1998 pp. 71-81

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


Requirements
Students unable to attend lectures are required to get in touch before preparing for the exam. The programme and the modalities of assessment do not vary for Erasmus students
All students, possibly also the students who will not be able to attend the course regularly, are kindly invited to attend the first class of the course, when the programme will be illustrated in detail.

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