Unit English Literature II

Course
Languages, comparative literatures and intercultural translation
Study-unit Code
A000384
Curriculum
Lingue e letterature
Teacher
Annalisa Volpone
Teachers
  • Annalisa Volpone
Hours
  • 54 ore - Annalisa Volpone
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2023/24
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
The course aims to explore the interconnections between literature and medicine in English Romanticism, through the examples of William Blake, John Keats, and Mary Shelley.
Reference texts
A selection of poems and plates by Keats and Blake respectively will be uploaded to Unistudium. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (any edition). Secondary sources will be indicated at the beginning of the course. Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for the compensatory tools ensured by law (e.g. textbooks in digital format; teaching materials in accessible formats: presentations, handouts, workbooks, provided if necessary in advance of the lessons), for which consult https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa.
On request, students are invited to ask the teacher, who will put them in contact with the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it)
Educational objectives
Understanding the complex relationship between literature and science during the Romantic age, from both the perspective of poetry and prose.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the historical and literary context (important) and of the texts examined (useful).
Teaching methods
Although the course is mainly structured as face-to-face lessons, students are invited to comment and discuss about the lecture subject.
Other information
Students with disabilities and/or SLD: for any information on University services, consult the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it)
Learning verification modality
A 2500 word essay in English to be submitted at least 10 days before the exam session, and a brief oral discussion of the themes and texts explored in the course (15 minutes max). Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for compensatory tools, dispensatory measures and inclusive technologies ensured by law, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of tests and exams. For general information, consult the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or SLD Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it).
Extended program
The course aims to explore the interconnections between literature and medicine in English Romanticism, through the examples of William Blake, John Keats, and Mary Shelley. In particular, the relationships between the sciences of the mind and poetic imagination in Blake and Keats will be studied, as well as the impact that physiology and gynecology had on Mary Shelley.
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