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Course title:
Modern and Contemporary English Literature A
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Year of degree course:
second
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Workload
| Attività frontale: Lectures: |
30.0 |
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| Esercitazioni: Applied activities: |
0.0 |
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| Studio individuale: Individual work: |
95.0 |
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| Attività didattica a piccoli gruppi: Group work: |
0.0 |
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| Seminari: Seminars: |
0.0 |
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| Laboratori: Laboratories: |
0.0 |
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| TOTALE (voci sopra-elencate): TOTAL: |
125.0 |
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| Ore di lezione settimanali: |
6.0 |
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of English Language I.
Educational goals:
To provide guidelines for the understanding of modernity, by addressing some important literary texts.
Course contents:
"Escapes: Authority and the Culture of Entertainment in 19th-century Britain". Investigation of trends in the culture industry in the nineteenth century, highlighting the conceptual foundations and modes of production and showing the inherent tension in its rationale of 'entertainment'.
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Teaching activities:
Lectures, slides
Assessment:
written
Students must show knowledge of course texts and acquisition of the analytical skills taught in the lectures.
Teaching language:
Italian
Other information:
The introduction to the course will be in mid-February Further information will be available on the course web site.