Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic discipline
L-LIN/11 (ANGLO-AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Curriculum
LINGUISTICO-FILOLOGICO-LETTERARIO
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2017 - 01/06/2017)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
lectures are in English
Prerequisites
A good knowledge of the English language
Learning outcomes
The course is an introduction to American literature through the analysis of major works of the canon and the investigation of their relationship both with tradition and the coeval cultural context
Course contents
The course follows the coming of age of North American narrative through the development of forms of poetry and of the short story.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
Primary texts:
a Reader will be provided before the course starts (on sale at CLU Bookshop)
Secondary texts:
M.Scofield, The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, Cambridge University Press, 2006
R.Gray, A History of American Literature, Blackwell Publishing, 2004
More texts will be suggested at the beginning of the course
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Further information
Oral exam
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