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 ...)

American literature and education

Introduction to history of literature and gender studies;

introduction to critical thory

critical analysis of some texts and translations

Introduction to the history of literature and education (+ gender studies, trauma studies, soundscape studies, disability studies)

Introduction to literary criticism and e translation studies

critical analysis of some passages and stories

Lectures (guest speakers): Mariangela Lando (autrice di Ever Yours, libro su Florence Nightingale) and Anya Pellegrin (autrice di Questioni di genere nelle antologie scolastiche di letteratura inglese)

Angloamerican literature and culture

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

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

books, articles, films, slides, conferences

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

F. Franceschelli, Risalire la corrente. Raymond Carver tra letteratura e pedagogia, Aras 2021

B. Weigl, Rumore, a cura di G. Segato, Ventura 2021

Other material will be uploaded on the web platform

Assessment

Final written test. This is a structured multiple choice test, with 31 questions on the program (sufficiency = 18 correct questions, 31 = 30 and praise), in Italian, to which can be added extra points obtained with assessments (written and / or oral, individual and / or group) agreed during the course. The questions are distributed in such a way as to include in the evaluation: notions, concepts, adequate vocabulary, argumentative ability.

Oral exam

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

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

F. Franceschelli, Risalire la corrente. Raymond Carver tra letteratura e pedagogia, Aras 2021

B. Weigl, Rumore, ed. by G. Segato, Ventura 2021

Assessment

Oral exam

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.

students are required to use their campus email address in order to communicate with prof. Calanchi