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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
English Language and Translation
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Students are required to have a deep knowledge of the English Language at a B2 Level, according to the CEFR (European Framework of Reference for Languages) in order to understand the concepts exposed during the course.
In order to undertake the exam, students must have passed English Language II (2nd year).
Objectives
Contents The course consists of one module:
“Exploring Language and Literature: Approaches to Textual Analysis” (6 CFU).
The course aims at providing students with the appropriate tools for the analysis of literary texts, both from narrative and poetry. Starting from different theoretical considerations and perspectives, the course will aim at deepening the intratextual elements that determine meaning. Particular importance will be given to the analysis of the following aspects: characterization, setting, time, focalization, rhetorical techniques, phonological and structural features, lexis.
Recommended Bibliography Ronald Carter and Angela Goddard, How to Analyse Texts, New York, Routledge 2016.
M.A.K.Halliday, Linguistic Studies of Text and Discourse, London, Continuum, 2002, pp. 5-81.
- Helen Stephenson, Lewis Lansford, Paul Dummett, Keynote. Upper Intermediate, National Geographic Learning.
- Diane Hall and Mark Foley, My GrammarLab, Intermediate B1-B2, Advanced C1- C2, Pearson, Longman, 2012.
- Oxford Collocations Dictionary, Oxford University Press
- Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 2 volls, Oxford University Press
Further material related to the textual analysis will be provided during the course.
Teaching Methods The course includes the following activities:
1) Lectures held by the professor starting from November 2019;
2) Tutorials and other teaching activities (in classrooms, in laboratories, and online) organized by the linguistic experts of the CLA, based on oral and written skills in order to strengthen the abilities for acquiring the B2+ Level.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The final exam consists of a written test and an oral interview. The written test will be as follows:
1) Multilevel analysis of a literary text. Narrative techniques, style, contents, vocabulary, language register, symbolic and rhetorical level through five open questions.
2) Test of analytical skills, understanding and use of English at a B2+ level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This test is divided into specific parts and consists of rephrasing exercises, word-building, lexical items, phrasal verbs. The final exam consists of a written test and an oral interview. The written test will be as follows:
1) Multilevel analysis of a literary text. Narrative techniques, style, contents, vocabulary, language register, symbolic and rhetorical level through five open questions.
2) Test of analytical skills, understanding and use of English at a B2+ level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This test is divided into specific parts and consists of rephrasing exercises, word-building, lexical items, phrasal verbs.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
The written test is to be assessed in thirtieths, and the results will be published on the Department website. The final mark will be given after an oral test, to be taken in English, on the subject discussed during the course. To access the final oral test students must have passed the written text. Online registration is mandatory for both tests (via the ESSE 3 online platform).
Written tests are held on a regular basis only once for each exam session; oral tests take place twice for each of the three sessions (summer, autumn, extraordinary). Students who reach a solid linguistic and metalinguistic competence will obtain an excellent evaluation.
Contacts/More Information Further bibliographical material will be provided during the course. Non-attending students are invited to contact the professor before the written exam. No alternative syllabus is however required