08846 - Comparative Literatures

Learning outcomes

Course contents

TOPIC
There is something about Jane:Austen at the crossroads between old and new media, between literary culture and popular culture, between reading and (re)writing

 

Readings/Bibliography

1. literary texts

► J. Austen, Orgoglio e pregiudizio, Torino, Einaudi (o, in alternativa, Milano, Garzanti)

► J. Austen, L'abbazia di Northanger, Milano, Garzanti

► K.J. Fowler, Jane Austen Book Club, Vicenza, Neri Pozza

► H. Fielding, Il diario di Bridget Jones, Milano, Rizzoli

 

Inoltre, gli studenti leggeranno due libri a scelta tra quelli qui indicati:

► Sybil G. Brinton, Vecchi amici e nuovi amori, Jo March, Città di Castello (PG)   

► E. Tennant, Pemberley, Milano, Sonzogno

► A. Grange, Il diario di Mr. Darcy, Milano, TEA 

► P.D. James, Morte a Pemberley, Milano, Mondadori

► A. Grange, Mr. Darcy, vampyre, Milano, TEA

► P. Aidan, Per orgoglio o per amore. Un romanzo di Fitzwilliam Darcy, gentiluomo, Milano, TEA

►P. Aidan, Tra dovere e desiderio. Un romanzo di Fitzwilliam Darcy, gentiluomo, Milano, TEA

►C. Brebis, Le ombre di Pemberley. Un'indagine di Mr. e Mrs. Darcy, Milano, TEA

2. Critical texts

 Gli studenti leggeranno due libri a scelta tra quelli indicati in questa sezione:

► H. Jenkins, Cultura convergente, Milano, Apogeo

► L. Hutcheon, A Theory of Parody, London, Methuen

► L. Hutcheon, Teoria degli adattamenti, Roma, Armando

► K. Ellekson, K. Busse (a cura di), The Fan Fiction Studies Reader, University of Iowa Press

► D. Yaffe, Janeites. A Journey through the World of Jane Austen Fandom, New York, Mariner Books

► C. Harman, Jane's Fame. How Jane Austen Conquered the World, London, Canongate

► G. Genette, Figure III, Torino, Einaudi (solo la parte “Discorso del racconto”, pp. 67-316) 

► G. Genette, Palinsesti. La letteratura al secondo grado, Torino, Einaudi (solo i capitoli XXVIII-XXXVIII, pp. 188-241, e LVII-LXIX, pp. 334-414)

 

3. Filmography (films and tv series will be watched and discussed in class):

►Pride and Prejudice [Orgoglio e pregiudizio], 1940, diretto da Robert Z. Leonard

►Pride and Prejudice, 1995, diretto da Simon Langton, serie televisiva BBC

►Pride and Prejudice [Orgoglio e pregiudizio], 2005, diretto da Joe Wright

►Becoming Jane, 2007, diretto da Julian Jarrold

►Lost in Austen, 2008, diretto da Dan Zeff, serie televisiva ITV

►Austenland [Alla ricerca di Jane], 2013, diretto da Jerusha Hess

►Death Comes to Pemberley, 2013, diretto da Daniel Percival, serie televisiva BBC

Teaching methods

Assessment methods

Evaluation methods

 

The abilities acquired during the course will be evaluated through an oral test aimed at ascertaining a deep knowledge of all the topics covered during the course. The oral test consists in an interview aimed at evaluating the students' critical and methodological skills. Students will be invited to discuss the texts in the reading list and comment on them. Therefore students must demonstrate an appropriate knowledge of the recommended reading list.

Students who are able to demonstrate a wide and systematic understanding of the issues covered during the course, to tackle them critically, and who master the critical jargon of the discipline will be given a mark of excellence. Students who demonstrate a mere mnemonic knowledge of the subject together with a more superficial analytical ability to synthesize, a correct command of the critical jargon but not always appropriate, will be given a ‘fair' mark. A superficial knowledge and understanding of the course topics, a scarce analytical and expressive ability will be rewarded with a pass mark or just above a pass mark. Students who demonstrate gaps in their knowledge of the main topics, inappropriate language skills, lack of familiarity with the syllabus reading list will not be given a pass mark.

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