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ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 2

[Italiano] AF: 124078 AR: 60527
Official course title LETTERATURE ANGLO-AMERICANE 2
Academic Year 2011/2012
Course code LT002B
University credits 12
Degree level First Cycle Degree M.D.270
Educational sector code L-LIN/11
Semester/trimester I Semestre
Course year 2
Where VENEZIA

Professor

Degree Programmes and curricula

Contents

Educational Goals

Anglo-American Literature: 1600-1800
The module will focus on a critical approach to the history of American Literature from Colonial Times, to the Civil War, to the growth of Realism and Naturalism.

Requirements

Basic elements of literary theory and satisfactory knowledge of the English language

Contents

The course aims at introducing the students to a comparative approach of the different aspects - literary, cultural, ethnic, geohistorical ? that contributed to the forging of American literature.

Recommended Reading List

A syllabus of primary and secondary material will be avaiable for students at the beginning of the course.

Teaching Methods

Frontal lectures

Teaching Language

English - Italian

Other information

Students will be assigned written compositions during the course.

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Last update: 08/07/2011