Unit American Literature III

Course
Foreign languages and cultures
Study-unit Code
A002633
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Alessandro Clericuzio
Teachers
  • Alessandro Clericuzio
  • Mirella Vallone (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 24 ore - Alessandro Clericuzio
  • 12 ore (Codocenza) - Mirella Vallone
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector
L-LIN/11
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italiano
Contents
The history of North American Theatre and Drama from the mid 20th century to the present.
Reference texts
Any edition of Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, 1947 (Methuen or other publisher); John Guare, Six Degrees of Separation, 1990, MEthuen (or any other edition). C. W. Bigsby, Modern American Drama 1945-2000, CUP 2000 (available on line on UNICO).
Educational objectives
Students are supposed to gain a good knowledge of the history of 20th century American Drama and in particular of the early works of Tennessee Williams that are the object of the course. John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation will provide an insight into modern theatre and the issues it tackles.
Prerequisites
Nessun prerequisito.
Teaching methods
Traditional classes, classroom debates, audiovisual material.
Learning verification modality
Final oral exam.
Students with disabilities and/or DSA, who have been duly recognised by the SOL and have obtained access to the University's services, may, for the purpose of taking exams, make use of the compensatory aids, assistive devices and inclusive technologies provided for by the regulations, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the exams. For further information, please visit https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Officer for Disability and DSA (Prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it).
Extended program
ennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, 1947 (Methuen or other publisher); John Guare, Six Degrees of Separation, 1990, Methuen. C. W. Bigsby, Modern American Drama 1945-2000, CUP 2000 (available on line on UNICO).
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