ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 3

The course is part of the Bachelor's Degree in Languages, Cultures, and Language Sciences and aims to provide students with a medium-level knowledge of the history of American literature from the late nineteenth century through Modernism, to contemporary modernity through textual and cultural analysis. It aims to develop reflection skills on the evolution of language, literary forms, and genres, and to provide methodological tools for textual analysis from a historical-cultural and theoretical perspective. Achieving these objectives will prepare students for a more advanced study of American literature by providing valid tools for further study during the Master's degree.

This course aims to develop:
1. Knowledge of the basic notions related to North-American literary history
2. The ability to apply such knowledge in order to provide a critical analysis of cultural products (literary texts)
3. The ability to evaluate texts critically and appreciatively.
4. Communication skills and the ability to apply specific vocabulary.
5. The ability to use secondary sources effectively.

Good knowledge of English (≥ B2).

The course will examine classic authors and works of late nineteenth and twentieth-century North American literature.

Walt Whitman
2. T. S. Eliot
3. Ezra Pound
4. H.D
5. Gertrude Stein
6. Hart Crane
7. Langston Hughes
8. Frank O'Hara
10. Wallace Stevens
11. Elizabeth Bishop
12. Adrienne Rich
13. Audre Lorde
14. Yusef Komunyakaa
15. Final review

Nina Baym et al., eds, The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Vols. D & E

Selected text from the Norton Anthology are made available on Moodle.


Suggested
Vincent Sherry, The Cambridge History of Modernism (Available online via CerCà)

A final written exam.
The final exam aims to assess the level of knowledge of the course materials. It will consist of prompts or writing invitations that will require structured responses of varying lengths, testing:

a) Knowledge of the texts covered in the syllabus through comprehension, commentary, and analysis;
b) The ability to discuss literary forms with appropriate language;
c) The ability to make connections between texts, authors, and/or ideas and styles;
d) Independent judgment in analyzing the texts;
e) The ability to comment on the development of 20th-century American literature, identifying particularly defining themes and issues.

Students will have 4 hours to complete the exam.

written

Grading Scale
The minimum grade is 18, and the maximum grade is 30 with honors. Regarding the grading scale (how the grades will be assigned), there are 3 levels:

First level: 18-22 (basic level, corresponding to a C in the U.S. system): Sufficient knowledge of the content; limited ability for independent discussion, limited knowledge of theoretical tools, limited ability to interpret the text, limited ability to propose connections between texts and/or authors.

Second level: 23-26 (intermediate level, corresponding to a B in the U.S. system): Fair knowledge of the content; fair ability for independent discussion, fair knowledge of theoretical tools, fair ability to interpret the text, fair ability to propose connections between texts and/or authors.

Third level: 27-30 (good or excellent level, corresponding to an A in the U.S. system): Good or excellent knowledge of the content; good or excellent ability for independent discussion, good or excellent knowledge of theoretical tools, good or excellent ability to interpret the text, good or excellent ability to propose connections between texts and/or authors.

The honors grade is awarded to highlight an excellent level of knowledge of the content, independent discussion ability, knowledge of theoretical tools, ability to interpret the text, and ability to propose connections between texts and/or authors.

Lecture
Interactive lecture with discussion

Attendance is strongly recommended.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development