English Literature 2

The course is the second step for English Literature major and is devoted to second year undergraduate students. The course analyses the development of English literature, focussing on writers active between the 1870s and the second half of the twentieth century. Students will be taught how to critically read and assess complex literary works. The syllabus includes poetry, novels and dramas.

Knowledge: the course aims at familiarizing students with the major works and the literary history of the XIX and XX centuries, through the literary genres of poetry, novel, and drama. Competence: Students will develop different reading techniques such as close reading (textual analysis) and distant reading (historical and genre assessment). The course also aims at strengthening linguistic competence with particular reference to the critical idiom and the literary language. Students attending the classes will be stimulated to develop their critical and analytical abilities with complex literary texts in order to help them become autonomous readers in English.