ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE
LETTERATURA ANGLO-AMERICANA
America! America!
America! America!
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2022/2023 | 8 |
Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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Alessandra Calanchi | online or by appointment |
Teaching in foreign languages |
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Course partially taught in a foreign language
English
This course is taught partially in Italian and partially in a foreign language. 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
Learning how to speak and write about the main topics, periods, scheduled texts from the critical perspectives of gender studies and critical theory.
Students are encouraged to use up-to-date and flexible methodologies during class discussions and through on-going tests and the final test will correctly ascertain the skills acquired.
The autonomy of the students in the choices, critical learning and organization of the study is also encouraged, ensuring adequate guidance and support for this purpose.
We will focus mainly on the objectives shared by the students (teaching, research, translation ...)
Program
Part of the program is devoted to critical theory, with lectures focused on author and poet D. Schwartz (reading exercizes, translation, preparation of didactic units, and research work.
Specific lessons concern the preparation for school competitions, a research project, an abstract for a journal or participation in a conference
Bridging Courses
Angloamerican literature and culture
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding
The student will come to possess knowledge and ability to understand contents and problems characteristic of the discipline (issues concerning American literature and critical theory) and its specific subject of the course (gender studies aand soundscape studies), also identifying possible continuities with previous knowledge and learning how to find intersections and interfaces with other disciplines (history, geography, cinema, political science)
Applying knowledge and understanding
The student will be able to apply his / her knowledge and understanding in order to demonstrate a professional approach to work (esp. translation and teaching); both the aptitude to support arguments and to solve problems go in this direction, also with reference to new and interdisciplinary situations;
Making judgements
The student will have acquired information and / or data in the field of studies in question, useful for reflection, hypothesis formulation and determination of independent judgments; he/she will also be able to apply the study and research methodology to other aspects of US literature that are not specifically treated.
Communication skills
The student will be able to clearly communicate knowledge, ideas, problems and solutions to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors. This also includes the acquisition of specific vocabulary.
Learning skills
The student should have already learned to study and learn independently. If not, this will be a good opportunity.
The student will get the basis for teaching American Literature in high school programs and academic research
The students will get basic (literary) translation skills
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
books, articles, films, slides, conferences
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
lectures, team work, individual study
- Attendance
Attendance is not mandatory but strongly encouraged.
Students are required to
- study all the material that will be progressively inserted on the moodle platform
- bring the texts into the classroom for adoption or on paper or in electronic support
In case of communication with the teacher it is mandatory to use the uniurb institutional account
- Course books
C. Iuli e P. Loreto (a cura di), La letteratura degli Stati Uniti: dal Rinascimento americano ai nostri giorni, Carocci 2017 - In alternative, foreign students can read another book to be agreed upon with prof. Calanchi, and the exam can be oral.
D. Schwartz, America! America! (ed. by A. Guida, ediizone bilingual), Ventura Ediizoni 2022
Other material will be uploaded on the web platform
- Assessment
1) A short paper concerning the specific book of the different years, which must be agreed upon and sent to the professor at least one week before the exam. (MAX: 5)
2) Final written test. This is a structured multiple-choice test, with 25 questions on the program, in Italian. The questions are distributed in such a way as to include in the evaluation: notions, concepts, adequate vocabulary, argumentative ability. Foreign students can choose oral examination in English. (MAX: 25)
- 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
- Attendance
students are required to stydy / read all the material that will be progressively inserted on the Moodle platform
in case of communication with the teacher it is mandatory to use the uniurb institutional account
- Course books
C. Iuli e P. Loreto (a cura di), La letteratura degli Stati Uniti: dal Rinascimento americano ai nostri giorni, Carocci 2017 - In alternative, foreign students can read another book to be agreed upon with prof. Calanchi, and the exam can be oral.
D. Schwartz, America! America! (ed. by A. Guida, ediizone bilingual), Ventura Ediizoni 2022
Other material will be uploaded on the web platform
- Assessment
1) A short paper concerning the specific book of the different years, which must be agreed upon and sent to the professor at least one week before the exam. (MAX: 5)
2) Final written test. This is a structured multiple-choice test, with 25 questions on the program, in Italian. The questions are distributed in such a way as to include in the evaluation: notions, concepts, adequate vocabulary, argumentative ability. Foreign students can choose oral examination in English. (MAX: 25)
- 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
students are required to use their campus email address in order to communicate with prof. Calanchi
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