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Course unit
ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 2
LE03120322, A.A. 2016/17
Information concerning the students who enrolled in A.Y. 2015/16
ECTS: details
Type |
Scientific-Disciplinary Sector |
Credits allocated |
Core courses |
L-LIN/11 |
Anglo-American Languages and Literature |
6.0 |
Course unit organization
Period |
Second semester |
Year |
2nd Year |
Teaching method |
frontal |
Type of hours |
Credits |
Teaching hours |
Hours of Individual study |
Shifts |
Lecture |
6.0 |
42 |
108.0 |
No turn |
Examination board
Board |
From |
To |
Members of the board |
4 1920 |
01/10/2019 |
30/11/2020 |
SCACCHI
ANNA
(Presidente)
CORONATO
ROCCO
(Membro Effettivo)
DE BIASIO
ANNA
(Membro Effettivo)
BORDIN
ELISA
(Supplente)
OBOE
ANNALISA
(Supplente)
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3 1819 |
01/10/2018 |
30/11/2019 |
SCACCHI
ANNA
(Presidente)
CORONATO
ROCCO
(Membro Effettivo)
DE BIASIO
ANNA
(Membro Effettivo)
BORDIN
ELISA
(Supplente)
OBOE
ANNALISA
(Supplente)
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2 1718 |
01/10/2017 |
30/11/2018 |
SCACCHI
ANNA
(Presidente)
CORONATO
ROCCO
(Membro Effettivo)
DE BIASIO
ANNA
(Membro Effettivo)
BORDIN
ELISA
(Supplente)
OBOE
ANNALISA
(Supplente)
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1 1617 |
01/10/2016 |
30/11/2017 |
SCACCHI
ANNA
(Presidente)
CORONATO
ROCCO
(Membro Effettivo)
DE BIASIO
ANNA
(Membro Effettivo)
BORDIN
ELISA
(Supplente)
OBOE
ANNALISA
(Supplente)
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Prerequisites:
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Students should be familiar with basic facts of US history and its literature and have an advanced knowledge of English |
Target skills and knowledge:
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Students will become familiar with the US-American debate on national identity from a historical and theoretical point of view. The analysis of the contemporary discussion on issues related to identity and the nation in the field of American Studies will introduce them to key concepts in Cultural and Postcolonial Studies (gender, race, ethnicity, class, local/global, postnational/transnational/diasporic, etc.) |
Examination methods:
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Final paper of 15-20 pages long and discussion of the paper. The student can opt for an oral exam, which is mandatory if you have not attended classes. Active participation in class discussions. |
Assessment criteria:
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The student will be evaluated according to her acquired competence in the most relevant aspects of the historical and critical debate on national identity and her ability to apply it in original readings of the assigned texts. Evaluation will be based on
attendance and active participation to class discussions: 25%
paper: 50%
oral discussion of paper: 25% |
Course unit contents:
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Debating American Identity in the 20th Century
Drawing on diverse material (literature, film, popular culture),we will explore how American identity has been defined, negotiated and challenged in the 20th century, focusing on the revision of founding mythologies (Manifest Destiny, the American Adam, American exceptionalism, the Melting Pot), dynamics of inclusion and exclusion and the claiming of citizenship rights by women, immigrants, African Americans and other minorities. We will also consider how issues of identity have become central in American Studies following the post-1960s decline of the myth of a unified and unifying national identity. |
Planned learning activities and teaching methods:
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Classes will be delivered both as lectures and seminars. Students' participation in discussions and through brief oral presentation will be encouraged. Because of the multidisciplinary focus of the topics explored and its methodological approach, the course will often rely on films and other audio visual material and, whenever possible, will host guest lecturers. |
Additional notes about suggested reading:
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You will find all assigned readings in our library or on my homepage but copies of the novels, if in print, should be bought.
The final program and calendar of meetings will be published on the Moodle site before the course begins. Students not attending classes should contact me at least two months before their exam. |
Textbooks (and optional supplementary readings) |
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Larsen, Nella, Passing. --: --, 1929.
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Yezierska, Anzia, Salome of the tenements introduction by Gay Wilentz. Urbana \etc.!: University of Illinois press, --.
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Olsen, Tillie;, "I Stand Here Ironing" in Tell me a Riddle edited and with an introduction by Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt. New Brunswick: N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1995.
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Cisneros, Sandra, The house on Mango street. New York: Vintage Books, 1991.
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Danticat, Edwidge, Breath, eyes, memory. New York: NY, Soho Press, 2015.
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