Unit PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE IN THE U.S.A

Course
Philosophy and ethics of relationships
Study-unit Code
A000420
Curriculum
Filosofia e psicologia
Teacher
Alessandro Clericuzio
Teachers
  • Alessandro Clericuzio
Hours
  • 54 ore - Alessandro Clericuzio
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2021/22
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
L-LIN/10
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
English
Contents
Connections between philosophy and classic American literature, from the texts of the American Renaissance to the authors neglected by Mathiessen.
Reference texts
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher"; "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"; "The Black Cat" ; James Fenimore Cooper, "The Last of the Mohicans"; Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Nature" and "The Poet" (from the Norton Anthology of American Literature); Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"; Nathanael Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown"; Poems by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.
Educational objectives
Students are supposed to gain a profound knowledge of the cultural milieu of nineteenth-century America. The connections between philosophy and literature will be addressed through a detailed reading and investigation of canonic texts.
Prerequisites
A very good knowledge of English, at least B2 (intermediate to upper intermediate) of the European framework.
Teaching methods
Traditional classes and experimental activities.
Learning verification modality
Final oral exam, along a constant participation during classes.
Extended program
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher"; "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"; "The Black Cat" ; James Fenimore Cooper, "The Last of the Mohicans"; Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Nature" and "The Poet" (from the Norton Anthology of American Literature); Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"; Nathanael Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown"; Poems by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Most of these texts are available in the Norton Anthology of American Literature, held at the UniPg Library.
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