AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who attend classes regularly and actively, and study the prescribed material, will

- develop the awareness of the themes and evolution of contemporary British literature in an interdisciplinary and 'world literature' perspective.

- identify the genres and forms of rcontemporary poetry and recognise some basic concepts of contemporary theory and philosophy;

- analyse literary texts through the use of critical and theoretical instruments;

- deliver presentations in seminar or symposium-like fashion;

TEACHING METHODS

Interactive Lectures in English.

Seminars and individual / group presentations

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course metamorphosis of the body in contemporary Anglo - American poetry focuses on contemporary British culture, involving also literary texts and discussions of American and European culture  in an interdisciplinary perspective with particular attention to the the representation of the body in literary texts from an anthropological point of view.

In the first part of the course students will get acquainted with the main voices of angloamerican poetry from the Sixties onwards as well as with anthropological texts focused on the analysis of "other cultures".

The second part of the course focuses on the analysis of the metamorphosis of the body in Thom Gunn's poetry.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

All students will read:

- A collection of poems edited by Stefania Michelucci including the main voices of Anglo-American Poetry from the Sixties on wards. The collection will be available  in Aulaweb from February 2023. 

- Francesco Remotti, Luoghi e corpi. Antropologia dello spazio, del tempo e del potere, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1993, Chapters "cultura" and  "convenzione'.

Further critical material will be available in aulaweb during the course.

For non-attenting students an integrative reading list will be availabe in March 2023.