CODE 61322 ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 TEORIE E TECNICHE DELLA MEDIAZIONE INTERLINGUISTICA 8741 (L-12) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/10 LANGUAGE English TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW This is a first-year course for TTMI students. It is taught in the second semester. It introduces to aspects of nineteenth-century literature. Language: English. Class hours: 36. Credits: 6 AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES BA courses 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 good knowledge of some aspects of nineteenth-century literature. They will be able to analyse a number of literary texts, describe their main formal and thematic features and connect them to specific historical and cultural contexts. PREREQUISITES An acquaintance with literary periodization as customarily deployed in the study of European literatures; ability to understand English, both oral and written. TEACHING METHODS Lectures in English. Attendance is heartily recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to read some supplementary material. SYLLABUS/CONTENT This course provides an introduction to the literature of the nineteenth century, through an historical and cultural survey of Romantic and Victorian Literature. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Students will read the following works in any unabridged edition of their choice. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Charles Dickens, Great Expectations or Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South Students will also have to make themselves familiar with the history of English Literature 1785-1900. Other materials (poems, essays, contextual and critical texts) will be made available through aulaweb and/or in the Department library. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LAURA COLOMBINO Ricevimento: All information and updates on Prof. Colombino's office hours are available on her departmental webpage: http://www.lingue.unige.it/?post_type=dipendente&p=2091 LUISA VILLA Ricevimento: All information and updates on Prof. Villa's office hours are to be found on her departmental webpage: http://www.lingue.unige.it/?post_type=dipendente&p=2086 Exam Board LAURA COLOMBINO (President) LUISA VILLA (President) DENYS EDWARD JONES LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION This course is assessed by written examination (3 hours) on the contents of the course and the reading list, including anthological selections, criticism and other materials provided during the lectures. Language of examination: English. 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 05/06/2020 08:45 GENOVA Scritto 29/06/2020 08:45 GENOVA Scritto 11/09/2020 08:45 GENOVA Scritto 25/09/2020 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. Course enrolment via aulaweb is mandatory. Examination enrolment is through the unige website.
