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I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) | Sep 26, 2022 | Dec 23, 2022 |
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) | Feb 13, 2023 | May 27, 2023 |
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English literature 1 [Cognomi M-Z] (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S002926
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
Period
I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 26, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.
Learning objectives
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.
Prerequisites and basic notions
The certification of "saperi minimi" is necessary to take the final exam
Program
Madwomen in the Attic: novels, graphic novels and digital mapping
The aim of the course is to provide a critical-methodological introduction to the study of English literature and culture during the 19th, 20th and 21st century with a specific focus on female writing and the relevance and the persistence in permutated forms of the image of the “madwoman in the attic.”
In line with the specificity of the curriculum, part of the course will be devoted to graphic narratives and to a digital humanities approach (digital literary mapping).
A) Primary Texts:
- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847.
- Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, 1925.
- Dana Walrath, Aliceheimer’s: Alzheimer’s through the Looking Glass, 2013.
B) Critical Texts:
-- Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, The Madwoman in the Attic, (1979). Chapters:
1) The Queen’s Looking Glass: Female Creativity, Male Images of Women, and the Metaphor of Literary Paternity
2. Infection in the Sentence: The Woman Writer and the Anxiety of Authorship
10. A Dialogue of Self and Soul: Plain Jane’s Progress
15. The Aesthetics of Renunciation.
--Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics: the Invisible Art, HarperCollins, 1993.
--Louis Sass, “Schizophrenia, Modernism, and the ‘Creative Imagination’: On Creativity and Psychopathology” Creativity Research Journal, 13. 1, 2001: 55-74.
--Barbara Piatti, “Mapping Fiction. The Theories, Tools and Potentials of Literary Cartography in David Cooper, Christopher Donaldson and Patricia Murrieta-Flores, Literary Mapping in the Digital Age, London and New York, Routledge, 2016, 88-101.
--Sathyaraj Venkatesan, Raghavi Ravi Kasthuri, “‘Magic and Laughter’: Graphic Medicine, Recasting Alzheimer Narratives and Dana Walrath’s Aliceheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Through the Looking Glass” Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies 44.1 March 2018: 61-84.
C) History of literature: Paul Poplawski, English Literature in Context, Cambridge University Press, 2017, (Chapters: 5-7)
Bibliography
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 course are required to contact Prof. Battisti. 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).
Learning assessment procedures
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).
Evaluation criteria
The oral exam will verify:
1. knowledge of the topics addressed during the course
2. argumentative and critical analysis skills
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
Type D and Type F activities
Nei piani didattici di ciascun Corso di studio è previsto l’obbligo di conseguire un certo numero di CFU di tipologia D e di tipologia F.
CFU D (attività a scelta dello studente)
I CFU D possono essere acquisiti mediante:
- insegnamenti non obbligatori nel proprio piano didattico (previa approvazione del Presidente del Collegio didattico per insegnamenti non selezionabili in autonomia)
- attività accreditate dal Collegio didattico
- competenze linguistiche (diverse o ulteriori) rispetto a quelle obbligatorie
- tirocini o stage
- TALC (competenze trasversali).
Competenze trasversali TALC
Nota bene: i corsi TALC sono riconosciuti solo come CFU D.
Il numero di CFU D va calcolato complessivamente sull’intero triennio/biennio e non è legato all'annualità.
CFU F
I CFU F sono solitamente relativi ad abilità informatiche, competenze linguistiche, stage e tirocini e ulteriori attività formative accreditate in questa tipologia dal Collegio Didattico.
Nel corso di laurea in Lingue e letterature per l’editoria e i media digitali sono previste le seguenti tipologie:
- 3 CFU per terza lingua (livello B1)
- 6 CFU per tirocinio obbligatorio
- 3 CFU per informatica (curriculum Editoria)
- 9 CFU per laboratori (curriculum Digital Humanities).
Le competenze informatiche possono essere acquisite attraverso:
- il superamento della prova pratica presso le aule informatiche di Ateneo,
- la frequenza dei corsi attivati da scuole e centri accreditati dall’AICA (Associazione Italiana per l’Informatica e il Calcolo Automatico) o riconosciuti dalla Provincia e dalla Regione e superamento della relativa prova finale. Le domande per il riconoscimento delle competenze informatiche acquisite precedentemente vengono esaminate dalla Commissione per il riconoscimento delle Competenze Informatiche.Le attività di tirocinio sono finalizzate a far acquisire allo studente una conoscenza diretta nel settore editoriale e delle Digital Humanities nonché abilità specifiche d’interesse professionale (revisione bozze, grafica editoriale, costruzione di pagine web, archivi digitali etc.).
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Gestione carriere
Area riservata studenti
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Attività accreditate D/F
Calendario didattico dettagliato
Cambio lingua curriculare
Competenze informatiche
Competenze linguistiche (prima e seconda lingua)
Competenze linguistiche in triennale (terza lingua CFU F)
Compilazione del piano didattico
Erasmus+ e altre esperienze all'estero
Linguistic training CLA
Saperi minimi
Graduation
Stage e tirocini
Nel piano didattico della laurea triennale in Lingue e letterature per l’editoria e i media digitali (L11 ED-DH) è previsto un tirocinio/stage obbligatorio (CFU 6).
Le attività di stage sono finalizzate a far acquisire allo studente una conoscenza diretta in settori di particolare interesse per l’inserimento nel mondo del lavoro e per l’acquisizione di abilità professionali specifiche.
Le attività di stage sono svolte sotto la diretta responsabilità di un singolo docente presso studi professionali, enti della pubblica amministrazione, aziende accreditate dall’Ateneo veronese.
I crediti maturati in seguito ad attività di stage saranno attribuiti secondo quanto disposto nel dettaglio dal “Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari” vigente.
Tutte le informazioni in merito agli stage sono reperibili al link https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/stage-e-tirocini
Ulteriori informazioni al seguente link https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/gestione-carriere-studenti-lingue-e-letterature-straniere/stage-e-tirocini-lingue-e-letterature-straniere