B5998 - Diversità e inclusione nella cultura inglese dell'Otto e Novecento - Modulo 1

Learning outcomes

Students will acquire knowledge of the cultural, historical, and literary contexts of the period under consideration, the ability to reflect critically on their own teaching practice, and the ability to develop materials, teaching units and strategies for teaching the literature and culture of the English-speaking countries in the secondary school.

Course contents

The course is based on the integration between the theoretical-methodological aspect and its practical application. The in-depth study of crucial aspects of the English cultural, historical, and literary contexts of the period between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be accompanied by the development of strategies and materials for the teaching of the English literatures and cultures in secondary schools. Special attention will be paid to the different literary genres, to the thematic modules and to the comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between the literary text and its context.

Readings/Bibliography

Bibliography:

Primary Texts:

Extracts from the following primary texts, that will be read and analyzed in class, will be made available online on Virtuale:

• Austen, J. Mansfield Park
• Brittain, V., To My Brother
• Brontë, A., The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  
• Brontë, C., Jane Eyre
  
• Coleridge, S.T., The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• Dickens, C., Great Expectations
  
• Hemingway, E., A Farewell to Arms
  
• Morrison, T., Beloved
• Newton, J., Amazing Grace
• Owen, W., Dulce et Decorum Est
• Owen, W., Mental Cases
• Perkins Gilman, C., The Yellow Wallpaper
• Rhys, J., Wide Sargasso Sea
• Wollstonecraft, M., A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
• Wordsworth, W., Preface to Lyrical Ballads; The Idiot Boy
• Woolf, V., Mrs. Dalloway
• Woolf, V., A Room of One's Own
  

Secondary readings:

Extracts from the following texts will be made available on Virtuale:

• Ahmed, F., Giovanelli, M., Mansworth, M., Tijen, F. (eds), Teaching English Language and Literature 16-19, Routledge, London and New York, 2021.
• Fleming, M.; Stevens, D., English Teaching in the Secondary School. Linking Theory and Practice, David Fulton Publishers, London 2004.
• Harmer, J., How to Teach English, Pearson, Edinburgh, 2007.

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars, class activities

Assessment methods

Provided that the minimum mandatory percentage of participation is confirmed and that possible assignments have been handed in as requested during the lectures, the assessment of the learning outcome of the course will take place during the final examination for the teaching qualification in the focal discipline, as stated in the Art. 9 of the DPCM 08/04/2023.

Teaching tools

Power point presentations, web and A/V resources

Office hours

See the website of Carlotta Farese