CODE | 68630 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
CREDITS |
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SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | L-LIN/11 |
LANGUAGE | English |
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SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
MODULES | This unit is a module of: |
TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course aims to familiarize students with major trends of American culture and with important works in different genres (fiction, essay, drama, poetry, film). Students will learn how to analyze such works competently from a historical and generic perspective.
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 of the xxth century;
- will be able to interpret these developments in English and Italian with reference to , poetry, art, fiction, music 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.
The course is composed of lectures as well as seminars. The latter will involve the active participation of students, who can engage in individual and/or group research and presentations. Three hours per week given in two classes (of 2 hours and 1 hour respectively).
LESSONS ARE IN ENGLISH.
For students who decide to come to lessons, attendance is mandatory for 28 hours out of 36 (75% of the course). Attendance is checked through signatures.
Active attendance is highly recommended.
Students who are unable to attend will have to read some supplementary material.
The course will deal with the African American tradition from Colonial America to the contemporary period. Every year through different texts and perspectives, students will focus on some issues like slavery, African tradition, the Middle Passage, slave narratives, segregation, relationship with the white and European tradition, the Civil Rights Movement, till the most recent expressions like Black Lives Matter.
“Environment and African American experience”
The course will focus on the relationship between the environment and African Americans' experience. Several traditions will be considered (white, Natives….) and several experiences (journeys, wilderness, migration).
The course will primarily deal with two novels by Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993:
Toni Morrison, Paradise (1998)
Toni Morrison, A Mercy (2008)
Students are highly recommended to read the two novels before the beginning of lessons.
Additional texts and critical bibliography will be given during lessons.
Office hours: Office hours by appointment. Please send a message to paola.nardi@unige.it
PAOLA ANNA NARDI (President)
GABRIELE FERRACCI
STEFANIA MICHELUCCI (Substitute)
Second semester, February 2023, the precise date will be posted in aulaweb at the end of January 2023.
Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
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17/01/2023 | 11:30 | GENOVA | Scritto | L'esame è scritto e dura due ore secondo le indicazioni su aulaweb. L'esame sarà in aula G, polo didattico. Iscrizioni aperte da 30 a 7 giorni prima della data. Ricordarsi di portare fogli possibilmente a righe per la prova scritta |
01/02/2023 | 11:30 | GENOVA | Scritto | L'esame è scritto e dura due ore secondo le indicazioni su aulaweb. L'esame sarà in aula H, polo didattico. Iscrizioni aperte da 30 a 7 giorni prima della data. Ricordarsi di portare fogli possibilmente a righe per la prova scritta |
12/05/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | Esame ESCLUSIVAMENTE per Laureandi fuori corso con discussione tesi nella sessione estiva. Esame della durata di due ore. Polo didattico Aula A. Portate fogli, l'esame è scritto. |
15/06/2023 | 11:30 | GENOVA | Scritto | L'esame è scritto e dura due ore secondo le indicazioni su aulaweb. L'esame sarà in aula M, polo didattico. Iscrizioni aperte da 30 a 7 giorni prima della data. Ricordarsi di portare fogli possibilmente a righe per la prova scritta |
28/06/2023 | 16:30 | GENOVA | Scritto | L'esame è scritto e dura due ore secondo le indicazioni su aulaweb. L'esame sarà in aula L, polo didattico. Iscrizioni aperte da 30 a 7 giorni prima della data. Ricordarsi di portare fogli possibilmente a righe per la prova scritta |
08/09/2023 | 16:30 | GENOVA | Scritto | L'esame è scritto e dura due ore secondo le indicazioni su aulaweb. L'esame sarà in aula L, polo didattico. Iscrizioni aperte da 30 a 7 giorni prima della data. Ricordarsi di portare fogli possibilmente a righe per la prova scritta |
Attendance is highly 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.
This syllabus is valid till July 2024
Erasmus students are welcome!