ANGLO-AMERICAN CULTURE
CULTURA ANGLO-AMERICANA
Frontiers & borderlands
Frontiere
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| 2017/2018 | 8 |
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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)
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
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)
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
none
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