Scarica Letteratura inglese 2° anno e più Slide in PDF di Letteratura Inglese solo su Docsity! Representations of Otherness from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century 1) The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vols. I and II (Seventh edition) or vols C, D, E (ninth edition) A. Recommended revision of the parts studied in the 1st year: “The Sixteenth Century, 1485-1603”, “The Early Seventeenth Century, 1603-1660”, “The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century (1660-1785)”, “The Romantic Period (1785-1825)”, “The Victorian Age (1830-1901). B. NEW. Essays: “Empire and National Identity”; T. N. Mukharji, from “A Visit to Europe”; J. Chamberlain, from “The True Conception of Empire”; J. A. Hobson, from “Imperialism: A Study”. C. NEW. Introductions to these authors: Aphra Behn, S. T. Coleridge, Mary Shelley, Alfred Tennyson, R. L. Stevenson, J. M Coetzee. Racial Otherness William Shakespeare, The Tempest (full text; Arden edition or also an edition with parallel original text and Italian translation) Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (extracts) Psychic Otherness –Romantic poetry Coleridge, Christabel* (extracts) Psychic Otherness – the Romantic Gothic Novel For the exam: choose only one full text. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Psychic Otherness – the Victorian Gothic Novel R. L. Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The Search for Otherness Alfred Tennyson, “Ulysses” Other(s)’ Perspectives: the Postcolonial Novel For the exam: choose only one full text – BOTH FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea M. Coetzee, Foe 1) 5-6 minute presentation of a topic chosen by the student from the course contents, in particular: 1 text (or more texts, if they can be thematically linked) which must be contextualised in the historical-cultural period in which it was produced. 2) 2-3 questions on other texts included in the syllabus, also in this case to be linked with the relevant historical-cultural contexts and the authors’ lives. Tuesday 12.30 (1)-2.30 p.m. Wednesday 12.30-2.(30) p.m. Thursday 12.30-2.(30) p. m. RECEIVING HOURS Thursday 3-5 p.m. Nr. lezioni Giorno 8 novembre – 15 dicembre 1 8 November Presentation of the syllabus; Otherness 2 9 Shakespeare – The Tempest 3 10 Shakespeare – The Tempest [DOTT.SSA CAPRA] 4 15 Behn, Oroonoko 5 16 Behn, Oroonoko 6 17 Coleridge, Christabel 7 22 Coleridge, Christabel // Shelley, Frankenstein 8 23 Shelley, Frankenstein 9 24 Hogg, Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 10 29 Hogg, Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 11 30 Tennyson, “Ulysses" 12 1 December Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [DOTT.SSA CAPRA] 13 6 Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea 14 13 Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea 15 14 Coetzee, Foe 16 15 Coetzee, Foe and Conclusions
