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NORTH-AMERICAN LITERATURE (second year)

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American Literature

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Anno accademico 2017/2018

Codice dell'attività didattica
LIN0498
Corso di studi
LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE (Magistrale)
Anno
2° anno
Tipologia
Caratterizzante
Crediti/Valenza
9
SSD dell'attività didattica
L-LIN/11 - lingua e letterature anglo-americane
Modalità di erogazione
Tradizionale
Lingua di insegnamento
Inglese
Modalità di frequenza
Facoltativa
Tipologia d'esame
Orale
Prerequisiti
Il corso sarà attivo dall'a.a. 2018/2019
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Sommario insegnamento

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Obiettivi formativi

The students are expected to acquire a more profound and comprehensive knowledge of American culture and literature, with a specific critical vocabulary and competence.

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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

A better understanding of critical reading and writing. The acquisition of a critical vocabulary that will allow students to engage in academic discussions.

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Modalità di insegnamento

Traditional class discussions and lectures. Intervention of experts. Movies, videos and other cultural resources.

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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Mid-term exam

Final oral exam

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Programma

Black Women Writers

During the course of the semester, using works by black women writers  we will examine some of the ways in which American literature has dealt with racial issues and how women have described and discussed their specific condition. Among the course's concerns are: concepts of racial identity; the images and representations that blacks and whites offer of each other; overt and subtle forms of racism; the intersection of race, gender, class and sexuality, and ways in which the writers reflect and/or transcend the cultures from which they come. We will read a range of literary works - including texts by Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Jacobs,  Zora N. Hurston, Toni Morrison - as well as selected recent scholarship, and we will watch movies dealing with racial issues during different periods of American history.

Testi consigliati e bibliografia

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Phillis Wheatley, a Selection of Poems and Letters

Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Frances Harper, a Selection of Poems and Short Stories

Zora Neale Hurston, Sweat

Nella Larsen, Quicksand

Toni Morrison, Beloved



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