Unit American Literature III
- Course
- Foreign languages and cultures
- Study-unit Code
- A002633
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teachers
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- Mirella Vallone (Codocenza)
- (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 12 ore (Codocenza) - Mirella Vallone
- 24 ore (Codocenza) -
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2026/27
- 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
- Italian
- Contents
- Negotiating Boundaries in Twentieth-Century American Literature
The course will examine the themes of national identity and diaspora, the question of cultural, social, linguistic, and gender boundaries, and the forms and approaches through which these boundaries are negotiated in twentieth-century American literature. Particular attention will be devoted to Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera, Sandra Cisneros’s novel The House on Mango Street, and the poetry of Mohja Kahf and Naomi Shihab Nye. - Reference texts
- Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza;
Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street;
Mohja Kahf, E-mails from Scheherazad;
Naomi Shihab Nye, 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East.
A selection of critical texts will be provided throughout the course and uploaded to the Unistudium platform. - Educational objectives
- By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1.interpret literary texts in relation to their historical, social, and cultural context;
2.translate primary texts and provide formal and critical analyses of them;
3.effectively communicate the knowledge acquired, demonstrating coherent argumentation and an appropriate critical vocabulary. - 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.
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
- Negotiating Boundaries in Twentieth-Century American Literature
The course will examine the themes of national identity and diaspora, the question of cultural, social, linguistic, and gender boundaries, and the forms and approaches through which these boundaries are negotiated in twentieth-century American literature. Particular attention will be devoted to Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera, Sandra Cisneros’s novel The House on Mango Street, and the poetry of Mohja Kahf and Naomi Shihab Nye. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 5. Gender equality.