OVERVIEW

This is a 6-credit course taught in English in the second semester. It is intended for second-year TTMI students.

The course aims to introduce the student to the study of Anglo-American poetry of the second half of the twentieth century with particular attention to the cultural revolution of the Sixties and Seventies.

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 the lectures and study the materials in the program will be able to:
- understand and assimilate the lines of development of contemporary British literature and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective, through a constant dialogue with European and American culture.
- recognize the forms of the most recent poetry and some essential concepts of contemporary theoretical and philosophical thought;

- analyze complex texts using some fundamental theoretical and critical issues for the understanding of the contemporary social and cultural context.
- work individually and in teams for the presentation of a particular topic related to the course.

PREREQUISITES

An intermediate-advanced knowledge of English to follow classes and read materials in English.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures in English interspersed with activities aimed at encouraging active participation in class. Attendance is highly recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to refer to an ad-hoc reading list, which will be available in aulaweb from February 2027.

This program expires in July 2028.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.

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 representation of the body in literary texts.

In the first part of the course students will get acquainted with the main voices of Anglo-American poetry from the Sixties onwards.

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, featuring the main voices of Anglo-American poetry from the sixties onwards. The volume will be available on Aulaweb from February 2027. It encompasses poets and artists of the Beat Generation and some leading voices of British poetry from the fifties onwards, with particular attention to Thom Gunn, Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin.

-- Critical material will be available in aulaweb during the course.

For non-attenting students an integrative reading list will be available in February 2027..

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 2027.

All students are invited to check all information and material about the course in aulaweb.

Office hours: by appointment (stefania.michelucci@unige.it).

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will be oral for all students and it will involve open questions on the literary texts and their socio-cultural context.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam includes open questions on all aspects of the program aimed at verifying knowledge and understanding as well as the students’ ability to recognize their main formal and thematic characteristics, and to refer them to the various historical-cultural contexts.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Attendance is highly recommended. Students who are unable to attend will have to study some supplementary or different material. Registration for the course via aulaweb is mandatory.

This program expires in July 2028.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.