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ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE II Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Anglo-American Languages and Literature
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Class and the final exam will be held in English. Students are expected to be conversant in English as well as have basic knowledge of American literary history.
Objectives
Contents Edgar Allan Poe and the US Antebellum Literary Context.
Through the analysis and discussion of Poe's figure, this course aims at outlining the literary and cultural scene of the Antebellum America (1820-1850).
Extended Syllabus Text:
- Poe, Edgar Allan, "Complete Tales and Poems" (any edition);
"Letter to Thomas W. White" (1835) available online at:
https://www.eapoe.org/works/letters/p3504300.htm
“Review of Twice-Told Tales” (1842): https://www.eapoe.org/works/criticsm/gm542hn1.htm
TALE-WRITING — NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE" (1847): https://www.eapoe.org/works/criticsm/glb47hn1.htm
"The Philosophy of Composition" (1846);
"Berenice" (1835);
"Hans Pfaall" (1835);
"“Prospectus of the Penn Magazine” (1840);
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841);
"The Man of the Crowd" (1840);
"The Balloon Hoax" (1844);
“The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar” (1845);
“Von Kempelen and His Discovery” (1849).
Critical Bibliography:
- Bourdieu, Pierre, "The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field", Polity Press, 1996.
- Kennedy, J. Gerald , ed., A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001: Gerald Kennedy, "Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849: A Brief Biography", pp. 19-59; Terence Whalen, "Poe and the Publishing Industry", pp. 63-93.
- Hayes, Kevin J., ed., Edgar Allan Poe in Context, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013: "The Urban Environment" pp. 75-84; "The Literary Profession" pp. 159-168; "Magazines" pp. 169-178.
- Kennedy, J. Gerald and McGann, Jerome, eds., Poe and the Remapping of Antebellum Print Culture, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Universirty Press, 2012: "Inventing the Literati: Poe's Remapping of Antebellum Print Culture" pp. 13-36;
- Kennedy, J. Gerald, Strange Nation: Nationalism and Cultural Conflicts in the Age of Poe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016: pp. 36-42; 62-72.
-J. Gerald Kennedy e Scott Peeples, "The Oxford Handbook of Edgar Allan Poe", Oxford U.P., 2019.
Recommended Bibliography See the detailed syllabus below.
Teaching Methods Regular lessons, class presentations, individual research on specific topics.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The oral final exam will consist of a number of questions (3-5) on the texts included in the syllabus, the critical methodologies employed in analyzing them, the cultural, social, and historical U.S. context, as well as the bibliography included in the syllabus. The exam will be in English and will assess the following skills and abilities: detailed knowledge of the primary texts; ability to contextualize texts from a historical, social, and cultural point of view; ability to critically discuss the methodological approache(s) deployed in class. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 cum laude (excellent). The exam is graded: excellent 30 cum laude-30; very good (27-29); good (24-26), fair (21 -23), sufficient (18-22), insufficient (17 or below).
Contacts/More Information Class and the final exam will be held in English. All textbooks are available at the university library. Check class and office hours on the Department website.