CODE 68631 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE PER I SERVIZI CULTURALI 9265 (LM-38) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE PER I SERVIZI CULTURALI 9265 (LM-37) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/11 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the completion of the course the student - will have become familiar with major American historical and cultural developments, and with some major American writers and texts; - will be able to interpret these developments in English and Italian with reference to fiction, poetry, drama and literary theory; - will be able to contextualize and analyze texts and documents of notable complexity and historical significance and describe their cultural and linguistic peculiarities. TEACHING METHODS This is a lecture course given in English in the 2nd Semester. There will be 3 hours per week given in 2 classes. Students must enroll for this course in Aulaweb where they will find weekly notes & resources. The final exam is written. Students may write a paper after taking their final exam if they wish to improve their grade. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Topics of lectures, discussion and papers: Characters of American democracy. Whitman’s utopian democracy. Melville’s radical & ironic protesy. Thoreau’s civil disobedience. The question of slavery (Baldwin, Morrison). Beat literature. The Vietnam crisis: Robert Lowell e Norman Mailer. Protest and folk music: Dylan. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY This is a provisional list of works that may be addressed in this course. A definitive Syllabus will be available on Aulaweb. Outline of American History https://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/history/toc.htm Outline of American Government http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/outlines/government-1991/ Dos Passos, The 42nd Parallel Ginsberg, Howl Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not; Kerouac, The Dharma Bums Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener, The Two Temples Thoreau, Walden Whitman, Song of Myself TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MASSIMO BACIGALUPO Exam Board PAOLA ANNA NARDI (President) MASSIMO BACIGALUPO LESSONS LESSONS START 20 February 2019 (3 hours per week until May 15) Note. This 6-CFU course is intended for graduates. However, students new to American literature and Erasmus students are welcome. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 31/01/2019 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 15/02/2019 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 19/06/2019 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 08/07/2019 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 02/09/2019 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 27/09/2019 10:00 GENOVA Scritto