Literature of English-speaking Countries - Modulo 1 (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S00866
Name of lecturer
Susanna Zinato
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Other available courses
Academic sector
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
II semestre dal Feb 18, 2008 al May 31, 2008.

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Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

The course aims at providing students with a general introduction to the main themes and theories of the discipline, through critical reading and analysis of selected colonial and postcolonial literary texts.

Syllabus

An historical and theoretical introduction to the subject will be followed by the critical reading, in a wider diachronic perspective and with reference to more significant texts, of four exemplary novels in the passage from colonial to postcolonial literature.
The course will then explore the peculiar features of the Australian short story by focusing on some of the most significant examples in the field with a particular, but not exclusive, attention to women’s approach.

MODULE 1 ECTS 3: 24hrs (S. Zinato)
Historical and critical introduction: themes, questions, exemplary texts.

Primari Texts
- D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1729)
- G. Orwell, Burmese Days (1934)
- a scelta tra:
S. Selvon, Moses Ascending(1975) o J.M. Coetzee, Foe (1984)

Critical Works
- E. Said, “Introduction” a Orientalism (1978)
- B.Ashcroft, G. Griffiths, H.Tiffin (eds.), The Post-Colonial Studies Reader, Routlege, 1995: “Postcolonial Literatures and Counterdiscourse” (H.Tiffin), “The Myth of Authenticity” (H.Tiffin), “Columbus and the Cannibals” (P. Hulme) e “The Muse of History” (D. Walcott).
General reference text: B.Ashcroft, G. Griffiths, H. Tiffin (eds.), Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies, Routledge, 1998.

References and critical readings on the novels will be recommended at the beginning of the course.

Assessment methods and criteria

Viva

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