ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE I
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: RAFFAELLA MALANDRINOExpected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: the course will outline the main developments of the English literature from its origins to the Modern Age, through a methodological approach that will combine literary investigation with historical and cultural contextualization. At the end of the course students will be able to recognize the fundamental stages of the development of English literary culture, and to identify its fundamental characteristics for each of the phases and the different cases discussed.
Applying knowledge and understanding: having acquired the ability to identify and locate the historical, linguistic and cultural phenomena relating to written culture in the English linguistic area, students will be able to understand and critically evaluate new data, thanks to the different methodological approaches and the knowledge previously acquired.
Making Judgment: faced with new data and information, students will be able to autonomously and critically interpret them at the historical, cultural and literary level.
Communication skills: given the interpretative tools and the specific terminology proposed during the course, students will be able to discuss elements and problems relating to the history of the English culture and literature, by using a specific and appropriate lexicon and by appropriately connecting information, both at the logical and chronological level.
Required Prerequisites
Basic historical knowledge and competencies
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
The course intends to provide an overview of the main genres, themes and characteristics of the English literary culture in the linguistic space of English, from its origins to the Modern Age.
Textbook Information
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1) A manual of your choice: - Paolo Bertinetti, Storia della letteratura inglese, vol. I: Dalle origini al Settecento, Einaudi, Torino 2000 or -Andrew Sanders, Storia della letteratura inglese, vol. I: Dalle origini al secolo XVIII, a cura di Anna Anzi, Mondadori Università, Milano 2023 or -Arturo Cattaneo, Short History of English Literature. Vol. I: From the Middle Ages to the Romantics, Mondadori, Milano 2011
2) Anthological selections and further in-depth readings (primary texts and secondary literature will be available on the digital platform Studium; students are required to register to the course webpage) : Literature of the Origins Caedmon's Hymn Anglo-Saxon
literature Beowulf Middle English poetry and prose : forms, genres and themes G. Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (Prologue) XVI/XVII centuries: Theatre and Poetry T. Wyatt, I Find no Peace (Tottel's Miscellany, 1557) C. Marlowe, The Tragical Historie of Doctor Faustus 1590 (selections) W. Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1610-11 (selections) The novel: XVIII/ early XIX centuries D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, 1719 (selections) S. Richardson, Pamela, 1740 (selections) H. Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, 1764 (selections) J. Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 (selections) M. Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818 (selections) Secondary literature: The following critical texts will be integrated to the literary manual: L. Koch, Introduction - Beowulf M. Billi, Introduction - Canterbury Tales R. Camerlingo, Il Rinascimento R. Camerlingo, Shakespeare A. Serpieri, Introduction - The Tempest M. Billi, Il Settecento G. Borroni, Introduction - Frankenstein
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied. For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright). All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library. |
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
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| 1 | I part of the course (Prof. Di Clemente) | Manual of your choice +Topics and readings:Literature of the Origins |
| 2 | Literature of the Origins II | |
| 3 | Caedmon's Hymn | |
| 4 | Anglo-Saxon literature: prosa | |
| 5 | Letteratura dell’età anglosassone: poesia | |
| 6 | Beowulf | |
| 7 | Middle English poetry: | |
| 8 | Middle English prose : forms, genres and themes | |
| 9 | G. Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (Prologue) | |
| 10 | II part of the course ( Prof. Malandrino) | 1) Manual of your choice +Topics and readings: XVI/XVII centuries: Theatre and Poetry |
| 11 | T. Wyatt, I Find no Peace (Tottel's Miscellany, 1557)C. Marlowe, The Tragical Historie of Doctor Faustus 1590 (selections) | |
| 12 | W. Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1610-11 (selections) | |
| 13 | The novel: XVIII/ early XIX centuries | |
| 14 | D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, 1719 (selections)S. Richardson, Pamela, 1740 (selections) | |
| 15 | H. Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, 1764 (selections) | |
| 16 | The novel: XVIII/ early XIX centuries | |
| 17 | J. Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 (selections) | |
| 18 | M. Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818 (selections) |