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.

City, space, desert, and wilderness are just some of the words that we shall meet on our way. The program is based on the representations of the US landscapes with many links to our present times. We shall concentrate on some particular issues such as dowsing, detection, the Vietnam war, and symbolic landscapes. The Urbinoir congress will offer the students the opportunity to participate actively in event organization and attendance. 

none - but many links with History, Cinema, Geography, and Cultural Studies

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

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

films, group work, conferences

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises) and specific communications from the lecturer can be found, together with other supporting activities, inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

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.

Ralph Emerson, La forcella divinatrice, Giulianova, Galaad Edizioni, 2017

Giulio Segato, The Nightmare of My Choice. Guerra del Vietnam e romanzo poliziesco americano, Fano, Aras, 2018

plus all materials uploaded into Moodle

Assessment

papers, various activities, final written 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.

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.

Ralph Emerson, La forcella divinatrice, Giulianova, Galaad Edizioni, 2017

Giulio Segato, The Nightmare of My Choice. Guerra del Vietnam e romanzo poliziesco americano, Fano, Aras, 2018

plus all materials uploaded into Moodle

Assessment

final written 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.