ANGLO-AMERICAN CULTURE
CULTURA ANGLO-AMERICANA
Frontiers & borderlands
Frontiere
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2017/2018 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Alessandra Calanchi | on line or by appointment |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
Students will have a direct knowledge of Anglo-American culture from a geo-historical perspective, through the protagonists and the main movements of literature, cinema, and politics.
Program
Migration, colonization, transplantation, terraforming are just some of the key-words we shall meet on our way. The program focuses on the meanings of frontier and borders, with many links to nowadays. We shall have some guests who will speak on Jarmusch's cinema (Andrea Chimento), sci-fi (Andrea Laquidara) and Donald Trump (Marco Morini). Urbinoir yearly meeting will offer the opportunity to study the frontiers of criminology.
Bridging Courses
none
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Detect / create continuities with previously acquired knowledge;
Acquire specific jargon;
Understand US cultural-historical identity;
Find intersections and interfaces between disciplines (history, geography, film studies, political science, etc.);
To be able to apply the methodology of study and research to other aspects of US culture
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
films, group works, conferences
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
lectures, individual study at home through Moodle
- Attendance
Attendance is recommended but not compulsory. Students are requested to study all materials that will be gradually inserted in Moodle platform
Please bring to class books and other materials you may need
In case you need to communicate with the teacher you must use your institutional account uniurb
- Course books
Stefano Luconi, La "nazione indispensabile". Storia degli Stati Uniti dalle origini a oggi, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2016.
Alessandra Calanchi, Alieni a stelle e strisce. Marte e i marziani nell’immaginario USA, Aras Edizioni, Fano 2015.
Marco Morini, Trump & Co. Miliardari al potere nella crisi del neoliberismo, Castelvecchi, Roma 2017.
further material will be inserted in Moodle platform
- Assessment
written exam on a computer (31 question test)
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
individual study through Moodle platform
- Attendance
students who do not attend lessons are required to study all material they find in Moodle
- Course books
Stefano Luconi, La "nazione indispensabile". Storia degli Stati Uniti dalle origini a oggi, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2016.
Alessandra Calanchi, Alieni a stelle e strisce. Marte e i marziani nell’immaginario USA, Aras Edizioni, Fano 2015.
Marco Morini, Trump & Co. Miliardari al potere nella crisi del neoliberismo, Castelvecchi, Roma 2017.
further material will be inserted in Moodle platform
- Assessment
written exam on a computer (31 question test)
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Notes
none
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