Insegnamento PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE IN THE U.S.A

Corso
Filosofia ed etica delle relazioni
Codice insegnamento
A000420
Curriculum
World religions and philosophy
Docente
Alessandro Clericuzio
Docenti
  • Alessandro Clericuzio
Ore
  • 54 ore - Alessandro Clericuzio
CFU
9
Regolamento
Coorte 2021
Erogato
2021/22
Attività
Affine/integrativa
Ambito
Attività formative affini o integrative
Settore
L-LIN/10
Tipo insegnamento
Opzionale (Optional)
Tipo attività
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Lingua insegnamento
INGLESE
Contenuti
Rapporti tra letteratura e filosofia nell'Ottocento americano. I classici del Rinascimento e gli autori "riscoperti".
Testi di riferimento
Edgar Allan Poe, "Racconti sensazionali" Marsilio, con testo a fronte; 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.
Obiettivi formativi
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.
Prerequisiti
A very good knowledge of English, at least B2 (intermediate to upper intermediate) of the European framework.
Metodi didattici
Traditional classes and experimental activities.
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Final oral exam, along a constant participation during classes.
Programma esteso
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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