CODE 65306 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 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) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/10 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester OVERVIEW This course provides an introduction to aspects and problems of early modern English literature, first focusing on Shakespearean drama (Julius Caesar, 36 hours) and then surveying Shakespeare's contemporaries' dramatic production (18 hours). AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The courses of English literature aim 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. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Students who attend this course regularly and study the prescribed materials will acquire a detailed knowledge of some aspects of early modern English literature. 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. In addition, the course seeks to foster the students’ critical thinking by providing them with the necessary tools towards the interpretation of complex texts that belong to a distant and crucial period in English literary history. TEACHING METHODS Lectures (54 hours; 5 hours per week; second semester), interspersed with screenings of movies or recordings of theatrical performances and/or seminar activities (if the students who attend classes regularly will show an interest in said activities). Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to study some supplementary or different material. Erasmus students with little knowledge of Italian should contact Professor Lovascio: 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 main features of early modern English drama, especially focusing on William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The second part of the course (18 hours/3 credits) surveys Shakespeare's contemporaries's dramatic production. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Students will have to study William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (Garzanti edition, edited by Alessandro Serpieri), as well as the other materials (presentations, contextual texts and critical essays) that will be made available either 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: L. M. Crisafulli and K. Elam, Manuale di letteratura e cultura inglese, Bononia UP, 2009, pp. 19-179). 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 DOMENICO LOVASCIO Ricevimento: Please check the teacher's personal web page regularly: http://www.lingue.unige.it/?post_type=dipendente&p=3413. Exam Board DOMENICO LOVASCIO (President) LUISA VILLA LESSONS Class schedule ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE III EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION This course is assessed by written examination. Language of examination: Italian or English (students are free to choose either). The open-ended-question exam paper (4 hours/9 CFU; 3hours/6 CFU) covers all parts of the syllabus (cultural and historical context, history of literature 1500-1785 and all the prescribed texts and critical materials). ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam paper involves open-ended questions (on the historical period, the cultural contexts, the main authors, extracts of plays and novels) and guided commentary of literary texts. The open-ended questions test knowledge and comprehension; the guided commentary tests the students’ 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 students’ comprehension of, and ability to respond to, the critical essays included in the reading list. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 05/02/2018 08:45 GENOVA Scritto 19/02/2018 08:45 GENOVA Scritto 09/04/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 11/06/2018 08:45 GENOVA Scritto 12/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 25/06/2018 08:45 GENOVA Scritto 09/07/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 04/09/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 18/09/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 17/12/2018 14:00 GENOVA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to study some supplementary or different material. Subscription to the course via aulaweb is mandatory. The password will be provided at the beginning of the course. Students who have already taken an exam on early modern English literature will have to inform Professor Lovascio to find out whether they can take this exam on a tailored reading list. This syllabus is valid till July 2019.
