- Docente: Raffaella Baccolini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-LIN/10
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)
Course contents
The course (taught in the first semester) examines works (fiction, poetry, and film) dealing with how tradition and the theme of the past intersect with issues linked to ethnicity in specific historical moments. In particular, British and American films, poems, short stories and novels (contemporary and twentieth-century) dealing with these themes will be analyzed in class.
Readings/Bibliography
The syllabus and complete bibliography will be available at the beginning of the course.
Barnes, Julian. The Sense of an Ending.
Ozick, Cynthia. "The Shawl."
Goldstein, Rebecca. "The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish."
Newman, Leslèa. "A Letter to Harvey Milk."
Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.
Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Film:
Liev Schreiber, Everything Is Illuminated.
John Sayles, Lone Star.
(Various) 11'09''01.
Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close.
Nair, Mira. The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Teaching methods
Attendance and participation are highly encouraged. Some initial lectures will be followed by class discussion. You are required to read the assigned readings in advance.
Students are required to enroll in the course on the e-learning page.
Assessment methods
The final exam will be written. A sample copy of the written exam is available on the e-learning page for the course.
Students will also have to hand in a short essay (1-2 page response paper) before taking the written exam. Due dates and further explanations will be given during the course.
Teaching tools
Photocopies and material available on the e-learning page.
Links to further information
http://moodle.sslmit.unibo.it/
Office hours
See the website of Raffaella Baccolini