ID:
501242
Duration (hours):
54
CFU:
9
SSD:
LETTERATURA INGLESE
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (22/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The aim of the course is to teach students how to read, translate and analyse a literary text. Great attention will be devoted to the complex relationships existing between the poetry of the 18th and 19th century and its historical and cultural context.
Course Prerequisites
The course is devoted to second and third year students. All students must have completed the English exams (both language and literature) of the previous year before taking this exam.
A good knowledge of English is required.
All students should be familiar with the main events of British history from the Restoration to the late 19th century.
A good knowledge of English is required.
All students should be familiar with the main events of British history from the Restoration to the late 19th century.
Teaching Methods
Lectures in English, with the aid of powerpoint presentations. During classes we will also read, translate and analyse the primary texts indicated in the reading list on KIRO.
Students who cannot attend (https://portale.unipv.it/it/didattica/servizi-lo-studente/modalita-didattiche-inclusive) should email the teacher (silvia.granata@unipv.it)
Students who cannot attend (https://portale.unipv.it/it/didattica/servizi-lo-studente/modalita-didattiche-inclusive) should email the teacher (silvia.granata@unipv.it)
Assessment Methods
Oral exam, in English.
During the exam, students will be asked to:
- Summarise the main historical events of the periods under examination
- Discuss cultural and literary trends
- Read, translate and analyse primary texts.
Attending students will also prepare a short presentation to be discussed in class (25% of the evaluation)
During the exam, students will be asked to:
- Summarise the main historical events of the periods under examination
- Discuss cultural and literary trends
- Read, translate and analyse primary texts.
Attending students will also prepare a short presentation to be discussed in class (25% of the evaluation)
Texts
The Norton Anthology of English Literature (10th edition), volumes C, D, E.
Volume C: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Introduction, pp. 3-31.
Jonathan Swift, pp. 254-256.
Alexander Pope, pp. 486-490.
James Thomson, p. 991.
William Cowper, p. 1023.
Volume D: The Romantic Period
The Romantic Period, pp. 3-27.
Anna L. Barbauld, pp. 39-40.
William Blake, pp. 122-125.
The slave trade and the literature of abolition, pp. 95-96.
The revolution controversy and the spirit of the age, pp. 193-194.
Edmund Burke, from Reflections on the revolution in France, pp. 197-204.
Mary Wollstonecraft, from A vindication of the rights of men, pp. 204-209.
William Wordsworth, pp. 280-282.
Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (1802), pp. 303-315.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, pp. 441-444.
The Gothic and the development of a mass readership, pp. 514-515.
George Gordon, Lord Byron, pp. 608-612.
Romantic literature and wartime, pp. 741-743.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, pp. 763-766.
John Clare, pp. 884-885.
John Keats, pp. 950-952.
Volume E: The Victorian Age
The Victorian Age, pp. 3-27.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, pp. 109-110.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, pp. 142-145.
Robert Browning, pp. 321-324.
Matthew Arnold, pp. 415-419.
Industrialism: progress or decline? Norton Anthology, vol. E, pp. 626-627.
The Woman Question: the Victorian debate about gender, Norton Anthology, vol. E, pp. 653-656. Empire and national identity, pp. 682-686.
Late Victorians, pp. 758-761.
Barbara M. Benedict, “Publishing and Reading Poetry”, in in John Sitter (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-century Poetry, 2001, pp. 63-82.
P.M.S. Dawson, “Poetry in an Age of Revolution”, in Stuart Curran (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism, 2010, pp. 56-80.
Leah Price, “Victorian Reading”, in Kate Flint (ed.), The Cambridge History of Victorian Literature, 2012, pp. 34-55.
Each student will read three novels among those listed below, one for each group.
William Godwin, Thing as They Are; or, the Adventures of Caleb Williams
Sarah Scott, A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent
Mary E. Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret
Rhoda Broughton, Not Wisely but too Well
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in Norton Anthology, vol. C, pp.767-809
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine
In addition, non-attending students will read:
J. Paul Hunter, “Couplets and Conversation”, in John Sitter (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-century Poetry, 2001, pp. 11-35.
J. E. Hogle, “Romanticism and the 'Schools' of Criticism and Theory”, in Stuart Curran (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism, 2010, pp. 1-32.
Cornelia Pearsall, “The Dramatic Monologue”, in Joseph Bristow (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry, 2000, pp. 67-88.
Volume C: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Introduction, pp. 3-31.
Jonathan Swift, pp. 254-256.
Alexander Pope, pp. 486-490.
James Thomson, p. 991.
William Cowper, p. 1023.
Volume D: The Romantic Period
The Romantic Period, pp. 3-27.
Anna L. Barbauld, pp. 39-40.
William Blake, pp. 122-125.
The slave trade and the literature of abolition, pp. 95-96.
The revolution controversy and the spirit of the age, pp. 193-194.
Edmund Burke, from Reflections on the revolution in France, pp. 197-204.
Mary Wollstonecraft, from A vindication of the rights of men, pp. 204-209.
William Wordsworth, pp. 280-282.
Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (1802), pp. 303-315.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, pp. 441-444.
The Gothic and the development of a mass readership, pp. 514-515.
George Gordon, Lord Byron, pp. 608-612.
Romantic literature and wartime, pp. 741-743.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, pp. 763-766.
John Clare, pp. 884-885.
John Keats, pp. 950-952.
Volume E: The Victorian Age
The Victorian Age, pp. 3-27.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, pp. 109-110.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, pp. 142-145.
Robert Browning, pp. 321-324.
Matthew Arnold, pp. 415-419.
Industrialism: progress or decline? Norton Anthology, vol. E, pp. 626-627.
The Woman Question: the Victorian debate about gender, Norton Anthology, vol. E, pp. 653-656. Empire and national identity, pp. 682-686.
Late Victorians, pp. 758-761.
Barbara M. Benedict, “Publishing and Reading Poetry”, in in John Sitter (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-century Poetry, 2001, pp. 63-82.
P.M.S. Dawson, “Poetry in an Age of Revolution”, in Stuart Curran (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism, 2010, pp. 56-80.
Leah Price, “Victorian Reading”, in Kate Flint (ed.), The Cambridge History of Victorian Literature, 2012, pp. 34-55.
Each student will read three novels among those listed below, one for each group.
William Godwin, Thing as They Are; or, the Adventures of Caleb Williams
Sarah Scott, A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent
Mary E. Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret
Rhoda Broughton, Not Wisely but too Well
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in Norton Anthology, vol. C, pp.767-809
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine
In addition, non-attending students will read:
J. Paul Hunter, “Couplets and Conversation”, in John Sitter (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-century Poetry, 2001, pp. 11-35.
J. E. Hogle, “Romanticism and the 'Schools' of Criticism and Theory”, in Stuart Curran (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism, 2010, pp. 1-32.
Cornelia Pearsall, “The Dramatic Monologue”, in Joseph Bristow (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry, 2000, pp. 67-88.
Contents
The module aims at providing a basic understanding of the period under examination through a thorough analysis of poetical texts written in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
The list of primary texts (for both attending and non-attending students) will be available on KIRO.
Students are also asked to read three novels among those listed below.
The list of primary texts (for both attending and non-attending students) will be available on KIRO.
Students are also asked to read three novels among those listed below.
Course Language
English
More information
Students must check on KIRO for additional information and materials
Degrees
Degrees
MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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