Unit American Literature III
- Course
- Foreign languages and cultures
- Study-unit Code
- A002633
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Alessandro Clericuzio
- Teachers
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- 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); James Ijames, Fat Ham, 2021. 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. James Ijames' play Fat Ham 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); James Ijames, Fat Ham. C. W. Bigsby, Modern American Drama 1945-2000, CUP 2000 (available on line on UNICO).