Unit American Literature II
- Course
- Foreign languages and cultures
- Study-unit Code
- A002631
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Mirella Vallone
- Teachers
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- Mirella Vallone
- Hours
- 54 ore - Mirella Vallone
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Letterature straniere
- Sector
- L-LIN/11
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Nineteenth-Century American Literature This course will explore 19th-century American literature through the works of significant authors, including Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and James. We will analyze the historical, social, political, and religious contexts of these literary works, along with their main themes and stylistic innovations. The course will primarily use a seminar approach, requiring active participation from students.
- Reference texts
- Emerson, Essays; Whitman, Leaves of Grass; Dickinson, Poems; James, The Portrait of a Lady. A selection of critical texts will be provided throughout the course and uploaded to the Unistudium platform.
- Educational objectives
- At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to 1. interpret literary texts about their historical, social, and cultural context; 2. translate the primary texts and make a formal and critical analysis of them; 3. to effectively communicate the knowledge acquired with argumentative coherence and adequate critical language.
- Prerequisites
- Knowledge of the basic notions related to the analysis of literary texts.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and seminars.
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam. The exam will consist of an interview on the texts and topics covered in the course, aimed at verifying 1. the understanding of texts and their contexts; 2. the ability to apply the knowledge covered by the course; 3. the ability to expose and communicate what has been acquired with clarity and appropriate critical language.
- Extended program
- Nineteenth-Century American Literature This course will explore 19th-century American literature through the works of significant authors, including Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and James. We will analyze the historical, social, political, and religious contexts of these literary works, along with their main themes and stylistic innovations. The course will primarily use a seminar approach, requiring active participation from students.