Anglophone Cultural Studies Ii

The main goal of Anglophone Cultural Studies II is to provide the methodological tools of cultural studies and apply them to understand and analyse cultures present in English-speaking countries.
To this end, the course aims to enable students to:
- strengthen their theoretical background and examine in depth a set of cultural practices and productions by adopting the methodological approach of cultural studies and post-colonial studies applied to the Anglophone contexts, with a view to interculturalism;
- read, analyse and interpret texts and cultural practices and productions related to the Anglophone contexts;
- understand the historical, political, social and cultural background related to the cultural practices studied;
- understand the dynamics of power, subalternity and resistance in English-speaking countries during Post-colonialism and Neocolonialism, as well as their current international relations.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- use the language and skills of cultural studies and post-colonial studies applied to the Anglophone contexts, in line with the professional profile to be trained during the three-year programme;
- use cultural skills to develop an aptitude for inclusion practices;
- analyse, summarise and compare cultural practices and productions in the Anglophone contexts studied;
- produce short written texts and oral presentations, in Italian or English, about the topics studied in class, using trustworthy sources;
- make intercultural and interdisciplinary connections, in line with the professional profile to be trained during the three-year programme;
- apply the skills and working methods acquired to related fields of investigation, future job opportunities and intercultural communication;
- apply the methodological tools acquired to critically analyse the present.