CODE 65306 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 3 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - 6 cfu anno 3 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - 6 cfu anno LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - 9 cfu anno 2 STORIA 8459 (L-42) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/10 LANGUAGE Italiano TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester OVERVIEW This course provides an introduction to aspects and problems of the literature of the sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries, focussing on theatre (Shakespeare's Hamlet), and on the development of the sonnet from Wyatt to Shakespeare. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of British literature and culture from the Renaissance to the present age with special emphasis on the development of modern fiction, post-colonial studies, twentieth-century modernism and post-modernism. LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO) Students who attend this course regularly, and study the prescribed materials, will acquire a detailed knowledge of some aspects of Renaissance theatre and poetry. They will be able to analyse a number of literary texts, describe their main formal features and connect them to specific historical and cultural contexts. TEACHING METHODS Lectures (54 hours; 5 hours per week; second semester), interspersed with optional seminar activities. Erasmus students with little knowledge of Italian should contact Professor Villa: they will be allowed to take the exam on a different reading list devised for students who are unable to attend and cannot read Italian. SYLLABUS/CONTENT This course provides an introduction to the literature of the Elizabethan Age. It can be chosen as a 6 credit (36 hours) or 9 credit (36+18 hours) course. The first part of the course (36 hours/ 6 credits) offers an historical-cultural survey of Tudor and Stuart England, and of the genesis and the main features of the Elizabethan theatre, and then focuses on Hamlet. The second part of the course (18 hours) covers the development of the sonnet from Wyatt to Shakespeare. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Students will have to study Hamlet (BUR edition, edited by K. Elam, or any other edition with parallel text and annotations in their own language), as well as the other materials (poems, contextual texts, and critical essays) that will be made available through aulaweb or in the Department library. They will also have to make themselves familiar with the history of English Literature 1500-1785 (reference book: Crisafulli-Elam, Manuale di letteratura e cultura inglese, Bononia UP, 2009, pp. 19-179). And they will also have to read either Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, or Samuel Richardson's Pamela. Foreign students who cannot read Italian will be allowed to use a different reference book. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LUISA VILLA Exam Board LUISA VILLA (President) MARIA RITA CIFARELLI LAURA COLOMBINO STEFANIA MICHELUCCI GIUSEPPE SERTOLI LESSONS LESSONS START Timetable Wedn. 13-15, aula L (polo didattico, via delle Fontane) Thursday 14-16, aula L (polo didattico, via delle Fontane) Friday 10-11, aula L (polo didattico, via delle Fontane) Classes start February 22nd. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION This course is assessed by written examination. Language of examination: Italian or English (students are free to choose either). The exam paper covers all parts of the syllabus (Theatre, Poetry, History of Literature 1500-1785, and all the prescribed texts and critical material). ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam paper involves open questions and guided commentary of literary texts (poems, extracts of plays and novels). The open questions test knowledge and comprehension; the guided commentary tests the student's ability to recognise and describe the main formal features of specific texts, and connect them to contextual historical and cultural information; it also tests the student's comprehension of, and ability to respond to, critical essays included in the reading list. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 11/04/2017 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 06/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 06/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 27/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 27/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 21/09/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 21/09/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 04/10/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 04/10/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 19/12/2017 15:00 GENOVA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend, will have to study some supplementary or different material. Enrolment in the course via aulaweb is mandatory. The password will be provided at the beginning of the course. Students who have already passed an exam on sixteenth and early seventeenth century literature will have to inform Prof. Villa to find out whether they can take this exam on a modified reading list. This syllabus is valid till July 2018.
