Study-unit LANGUAGE LABORATORY

Course name Sciences of education
Study-unit Code A001031
Curriculum Educatore professionale socio-pedagogico
Lecturer Alessandro Clericuzio
Lecturers
  • Alessandro Clericuzio
Hours
  • 36 ore - Alessandro Clericuzio
CFU 3
Course Regulation Coorte 2021
Supplied 2023/24
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities Lingua/prova finale
Area Per la conoscenza di almeno una lingua straniera
Sector L-LIN/12
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction English
Contents The theatre of Tennessee Williams in a global perspective
Reference texts Tennessee Williams, "The Glass Menagerie"; "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Educational objectives Students are supposed to gain a detailed knowledge of the works of Tennessee Williams and of their reception in the USA and in the major European cultures. They will have to acquire the skills for dramatic textual analysis and for situating Williams's theatre in the context of Western Post WWII culture.
Prerequisites Students must have previously studied 20th century American culture in depth.
Teaching methods Traditional methods of teaching with the aid of audiovisual material.
Other information Audiovisual material will be particularly useful for the course.
Learning verification modality A minimum of two, maximum of four questions will evaluate the students' acquisition and personal elaboration of the texts.
Extended program Tennessee Williams, "The Glass Menagerie"; "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Any available edition will do. Criticism: Katherine Weiss, " A Student's Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams", Bloomsbury, 2014. C. Pritner & S. E. Walters, "Introduction to Play analysis", McGraw-Hill, second edition.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile Gender equality