- Docente: Monica Turci
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-LIN/12
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Modern, Post-Colonial and Comparative Literatures (cod. 0981)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to teach students the importance of style in relation to the meaning of a literature.
Course contents
This module will introduce students to the stylistic analysis of literature in English. In particolar, students will be introduced to the quantitative and qualitative analysis of literature. This module is prevalently practical through guided close readings of examples of poetry, short stories and novella (see section below) and discussions in English
Readings/Bibliography
Primary Readings
Joyce James 1914 The Dubliners. Wordworth Classics
Conrad Joseph [1899-1902] 1973 Heart of Darkness. Penguin
Murray Les 1992 "Migratory" in Translations from the Natural World. Isabella Press
Primary Reading
Gibbons and Whiteley, Contemporary Stylistics. Language, Cognitition, Interpretation (2018)
Teaching methods
Lecture and reading groups
Assessment methods
The final exam will consist in one of the following
EITHER a take home focused on the analysis of characters in "The Dubliners" by James Joyce that applies the system of transitivity. If you choose this option you should have attended the classes on the analysis of transitivity in "Eveline". Also you must be prepared to do independent research on transitivity
OR a two hour written exam consisting of a close analysis of a literary text. The choice will be between a poem and a fragment of prose. To take this exam you have to read the main textbook for this course
Teaching tools
PPT
SketchEngine
Office hours
See the website of Monica Turci
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.