English Culture I
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
Students will be given the opportunity of completing and articulating their linguistic proficiency through the cultural awareness of cultures, arts and literatures defining the English, Anglo-American and Anglophone cultures. Students will be enabled to understand textsfrom heterogeneous cultural areas (literary, critic, cinematic and theatrical). Texts will be selected according to the course program.
Basic theoretical tools belonging to the field of Cultural Studies will be provided, also teaching the students how to prepare a synopsis and how to organize an ffective slide presentation.
Basic theoretical tools belonging to the field of Cultural Studies will be provided, also teaching the students how to prepare a synopsis and how to organize an ffective slide presentation.
Expected learning outcomes
The student must show the ability to understand and analyse texts of various kind, in English, correctly framing them within their cultural and historical context. He/she must be able to analyse their adaptations in different time, space and genres, possibly providing a critical reading of these adaptations. He/she must be able to presento rally his/her when sitting for the exam, organizing contents in the most effective way and following the professor's suggestions during classes or tutorial activities, if proposed.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
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Lesson period
First semester
Covid-19 emergency
The course of English Culture I MED will be delivered in presence. Information about changes due to Covid-19 resurgent pandemic will be given promptly. Changes in the ways in which the course will be delivered will not affect the general objectives of the course. The programme and teaching materials will be the same in the case of classroom or remote teaching.
The course of English Culture I MED will be delivered in presence. Information about changes due to Covid-19 resurgent pandemic will be given promptly. Changes in the ways in which the course will be delivered will not affect the general objectives of the course. The programme and teaching materials will be the same in the case of classroom or remote teaching.
Course syllabus
Course Syllabus
Module 1 - 3 credits - Cultural Studies for the present and the future: Critical and pedagogical perspectives, and social activism.
Module 1 presents and critically examines Cultural Studies as cultural and political project. It outlines the theoretical reflections, in Europe and North America mainly, and the contextual contingencies that brought to the formation of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Brimingham in the Sixties. The module follows the evolution of the Centre in the Eighties, under the guidance of Stuart Hall, with important reflections on "race" and "new ethnicities". Finally, subcultural studies will be introduced.
Module 2 - 3 credits - Youth Subcultures
After an introduction to Cultural Studies module 2 presents some of the most significat British (and global) subcultures: their styles, artistic practices, resistant cultural actions. The module identifies the contexts and conjunctures that produce diverse subcultural practices and expressions, and focuses on the concept of difference by examining "race" and "class". Spectacular subculture will also be analysed. The relevance of subcultural pratices will be underlined together with their complexity in the nation and international panorama (especially in English-speaking places).
Module 3 - 3 credits - Hospitable storytelling as a challenge to the UK's hostile environment. Walking, Listening and Opening Up a New Language in the Refugee Tales Project
Against the framework of the complex political, social and cultural conjuncture which has characterized last decade in British history, module 3 addresses the re-emergence of exclusive and nostalgic understandings of British/English national identity. A misplaced feeling of belonging is at the heart of the anti-immigrant positions lying behind the 2016 vote for Brexit. Against a background characterized by institutionalised racism, this module addresses the civil action of the Refugee Tales Project. It combines the power of storytelling and the empathetic potential of walking by attempting to restore the voices of the migrants, and reconfigure the English landscape as a welcoming space of inclusion and hope.
Module 1 - 3 credits - Cultural Studies for the present and the future: Critical and pedagogical perspectives, and social activism.
Module 1 presents and critically examines Cultural Studies as cultural and political project. It outlines the theoretical reflections, in Europe and North America mainly, and the contextual contingencies that brought to the formation of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Brimingham in the Sixties. The module follows the evolution of the Centre in the Eighties, under the guidance of Stuart Hall, with important reflections on "race" and "new ethnicities". Finally, subcultural studies will be introduced.
Module 2 - 3 credits - Youth Subcultures
After an introduction to Cultural Studies module 2 presents some of the most significat British (and global) subcultures: their styles, artistic practices, resistant cultural actions. The module identifies the contexts and conjunctures that produce diverse subcultural practices and expressions, and focuses on the concept of difference by examining "race" and "class". Spectacular subculture will also be analysed. The relevance of subcultural pratices will be underlined together with their complexity in the nation and international panorama (especially in English-speaking places).
Module 3 - 3 credits - Hospitable storytelling as a challenge to the UK's hostile environment. Walking, Listening and Opening Up a New Language in the Refugee Tales Project
Against the framework of the complex political, social and cultural conjuncture which has characterized last decade in British history, module 3 addresses the re-emergence of exclusive and nostalgic understandings of British/English national identity. A misplaced feeling of belonging is at the heart of the anti-immigrant positions lying behind the 2016 vote for Brexit. Against a background characterized by institutionalised racism, this module addresses the civil action of the Refugee Tales Project. It combines the power of storytelling and the empathetic potential of walking by attempting to restore the voices of the migrants, and reconfigure the English landscape as a welcoming space of inclusion and hope.
Prerequisites for admission
Prerequisites for admission
Basic English for Italian Students is advisable. Basic Italian is advisable for international students.
Basic English for Italian Students is advisable. Basic Italian is advisable for international students.
Teaching methods
Lectures will be delivered in presence according to the official timetable. Class discussion and debates are welcome. The course programme and materials will be available on the ARIEL website of the course. Students will be informed of any changes during classes. Attendance is highly recommended, however not compulsory. Classes will be in Italian.
Teaching Resources
Compulsary study materials and readings:
Methodology:
Roberto Pedretti, Dalla Lambretta allo skateboard 2.0. Sottoculture e nuovi movimenti dagli anni '50 alla globalizzazione, Milano, Unicopli, 2020.
For students who cannot read Italian alternative texts will be offered.
Literature:
· David Herd, Anna Pincus (eds), Refugee Tales, vol. IV, Comma Press, 2021
Critical essays:
· David Herd, "Calling for an End to Indefinite Detention: The Spatial Politics of Refugee Tales"
· Lidia De Michelis, "Reclaiming Human Movement, Restor(y)ing Hope", compresi nel dossier a cura di Claudia Gualtieri, "Mobility, Immobility and Encounters along the South-North European Route", From the European South, 5 (2019), free access at:
http://europeansouth.postcolonialitalia.it/8-journal-issue/20-5-2019-contents
· Critical analysis of the website refugeetales.org
· All the files and slides made available on the Ariel website of the course
Study material and readings are the same for attending and non-attending students.
Methodology:
Roberto Pedretti, Dalla Lambretta allo skateboard 2.0. Sottoculture e nuovi movimenti dagli anni '50 alla globalizzazione, Milano, Unicopli, 2020.
For students who cannot read Italian alternative texts will be offered.
Literature:
· David Herd, Anna Pincus (eds), Refugee Tales, vol. IV, Comma Press, 2021
Critical essays:
· David Herd, "Calling for an End to Indefinite Detention: The Spatial Politics of Refugee Tales"
· Lidia De Michelis, "Reclaiming Human Movement, Restor(y)ing Hope", compresi nel dossier a cura di Claudia Gualtieri, "Mobility, Immobility and Encounters along the South-North European Route", From the European South, 5 (2019), free access at:
http://europeansouth.postcolonialitalia.it/8-journal-issue/20-5-2019-contents
· Critical analysis of the website refugeetales.org
· All the files and slides made available on the Ariel website of the course
Study material and readings are the same for attending and non-attending students.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral test. The oral test will take place in presence. Marks will be 30/30. At the beginning of the course students will receive information on assessment procedures and criteria. The test may be taken in English or Italian depending on the student's choice. Students will be tested through analytical and critical discussions of the materials in the programme. Marks and excellence will be awarded for coherent organisation of comments, proficient and accurate language use, critical depth in reading the materials, original thinking in the presentation, capacity of establishing accurate and creative connections between theory and practice, correct historical and cultural contextualisation of the examined texts, events, and practices. For students attending the course, individual contributions to the lessons will be appreciated.
Oral test. The oral test will take place in presence. Marks will be 30/30. At the beginning of the course students will receive information on assessment procedures and criteria. The test may be taken in English or Italian depending on the student's choice. Students will be tested through analytical and critical discussions of the materials in the programme. Marks and excellence will be awarded for coherent organisation of comments, proficient and accurate language use, critical depth in reading the materials, original thinking in the presentation, capacity of establishing accurate and creative connections between theory and practice, correct historical and cultural contextualisation of the examined texts, events, and practices. For students attending the course, individual contributions to the lessons will be appreciated.
L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Gualtieri Claudia
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L-LIN/10 - ENGLISH LITERATURE - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
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