English Literature 2 LM (2011/2012)

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Course code
4S02546
Name of lecturer
Daniela Carpi
Coordinator
Daniela Carpi
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Academic sector
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
I semestre dal Oct 3, 2011 al Jan 14, 2012.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

The course intends to analyse the English Gothic novel from the perspective of the literary fantastic and the sublime and as a reaction to Enlightenment.

Syllabus

The English Gothic novel

TESTI:
H.Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, 1765
A.Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1794
M.Lewis, The Monk, 1797
M.Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818
B.Stoker, Dracula, 1897

TESTI CRITICI:
Botting, Gothic, The New Critical Idiom, Routledge, 1996
M.Billi ed., Il Gotico Inglese, Bologna,Il Mulino, 1986;
E.Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful , 1757

THE LESSONS WILL BE IN ENGLISH

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam will be an oral discussion about the texts of the course

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