| CODE | ITL3028 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Studi anglo-italiani: il Novecento | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Italian | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit will combine critical readings of key texts with a theoretical perspective in the exploration of Anglo-Italian Studies. In the first part of the unit, the students will be introduced to a series of theoretical approaches in the debate surrounding comparative literature with a particular focus on myth and mythology, canon formation, thematology, genre theory and metatextuality. In the second part of the unit, we will conduct close readings of modernist prose texts with an eye to the interaction between Italian and Anglo-American literature. The readings may include works by James Joyce, Italo Svevo and Virginia Woolf, among others. We will then proceed to translation studies and will discuss the debate on originality versus imitation by concentrating on a series of poems which have been translated from English to Italian or, conversely, from Italian to English. Finally, attention will be given to "imagology," or the the cultural construction of the Other. In this section, notions of alterity and identity, of sameness and difference will be examined through the visual analysis of the representation of Italy in British or American films, such as "Don't Look Now" or "A Room with a View," and "Where Angels Fear to Tread." The perception of America by Italian immigrants as portrayed in such films as "Golden Door" will also be examined. Study-unit Aims: - To invite students to perceive literature as a discipline capable of transcending linguistic and national boundaries; - To allow students to appreciate the complex interaction between Italian and English literature; - To invite students to adopt a theoretical and critical approach when conducting close readings of literary texts; - To give students the opportunity to read literary texts in more than one language. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply a wide range of theoretical and critical approaches to the close reading of literary texts; - Analyse Italian literary and filmic texts within a broadly comparative context; - Compare one national literature with another; - Analyse literary texts both in the original language and in translation; - Draw links with adjacent fields such as the visual analysis of films when reading a literary text. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss Italian literature within a broadly comparative context; - Demonstrate critical skills in the reading of both literary and non-literary texts in more than one language; - Formally articulate his or her ideas on Comparative Literature; - Draw on his or her improved expressive potential on literature to the understanding of adjacent fields. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: (availability at the Library or otherwise is indicated against each entry) Main Texts - Gnisci A., (a cura di), Letteratura comparata (Mondadori, 2002). (available at the library) - Gardini N., Letteratura comparata. Metodi, periodi, generi (Mondadori, 2002). ( available at the library) - Bertazzoli, R., (a cura di), Letteratura comparata (La Scuola, 2010) (available at the library) To read one of the two following novels: - E.M. Forster, A Room with a View (Penguin, 2005); E.M. Forster, Where Angels fear to Tread (Penguin, 2007) Coursepack of readings with selections of critical works, prose writings, and poetry. Recommended Texts - Bassnett S., Comparative Literature (Blackwell, 1993). (available) - Ordine N., (a cura di), La letteratura comparata. Questioni di metodo (Liguori, 2004). (available at the library) - Guillen C., L'uno e il molteplice. Introduzione alla letteratura comparata (Brossura, 2008). (available at the library) - Said, E., Orientalism (Penguin, 1991) (available at the library) |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | This study-unit is taught and assessed in Italian. | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Glen Bonnici Fabrizio Foni Gloria Lauri Lucente (Co-ord.) |
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