TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES SEMINARS

The seminar is meant to facilitate acquiring and reinforcing general methodologies and cross-cutting analytical tools that doctoral students can apply within their respective fields. The seminar in question caters to first- and second-year students in the doctoral programme, especially within the sub-programme for doctoral students of modern literatures (Licuso). In order to ensure a comprehensive and varied coverage of categories, methodologies, and tools, the module will be provided by a panel of lecturers from diverse literary fields.

The objectives of the PhD program are as follows:
- to acquire expertise in research methods across linguistic, literary, cultural-historical, artistic and anthropological fields of study and expand and enhance knowledge in one's specific area of research;
- to develop the ability to conceive, design, execute and adjust the research process with the integrity expected of a scholar, using appropriate methods;
- to provide tools and models for conducting original research, which is presented in the thesis and potentially in other publications at national or international levels;
- to hone the skills for critical analysis, language, literature, history, and culture, while evaluating and synthesizing new and complex ideas.
- to improve communication with peers, the broader community of scholars, and society in general in the fields of literature, cultural history, art, and anthropology.

This module is designed for first- and second-year doctoral students in the Licuso (Modern Languages, Cultures and Societies) PhD programme. As the module's programme is designed for doctoral students of various literary areas, the instructors will use Italian as the module's lingua franca. Proficiency in Italian is a requirement for participating in the doctoral program.

The module, co-taught by professors of Anglo-American, comparative, French, English, Hispanic-American, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and German literature (see list below), is dedicated to the analysis of part of the Western canon, an open collection of texts and authors from the literatures of the European and Anglo-American continents. The analysis aims to provide information on the complex, sometimes ambiguous and controversial ways in which it was formed, consolidated and redefined in terms of forms and genres, adapting and revisiting traditional narratives, myths, topoi and iconographies, and even its implicit or explicit contestation, which produced alternative, integrative or parodic canons or reinterpretations on the American continent.
PS: the readings are listed here in Italian for doctoral students whose language of study does not coincide with that of the authors discussed; when they do coincide, students are asked to read the texts in the original language. Students are asked to read the required texts before the lessons take place. In addition, secondary bibliographical references (not compulsory) will be provided for those who wish to explore the topics covered in greater depth.

Assessment of PhD students will be evaluated bi-annually as planned by the Doctoral program. Attendance is compulsory for Licuso PhD students.

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The course is co-taught through front lectures and seminars

The above lecture schedules are tentative and subject to change based on the academic calendar for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Please refer to the Doctorate webpage for the final timetable and check it regularly.