Study-unit American Literature III
| Course name | Foreign languages and cultures |
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| Study-unit Code | A002633 |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Alessandro Clericuzio |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2022 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | L-LIN/11 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire" from the stage to the screen. The part of the course taught by prof. Vallone (2 cfu) will analyze the negotiation of cultural, social, linguistic and gender borders in twenty-century American literature, focusing on Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street. |
| Reference texts | Tennessee Williams, "A Streetcar Named Desire", any available edition. The Library of America edition is highly suggested. Elia Kazan's 1951 film is considered a text for analysis. Volker Schlondorff's "Death of a Salesman". Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street. |
| Educational objectives | Students are supposed to gain knowledge of themes, structure, and context for Williams's play, as well as of its passage from the stage to the big screen. |
| Prerequisites | No prerequisites are required. |
| Teaching methods | Traditional classes will be offered, together with audiovisual materials. |
| Other information | Si consiglia un approfondimento della storia del teatro americano da studiare sul volume di Alessandro Clericuzio, "Il teatro americano del Novecento", Carocci, 2017. |
| Learning verification modality | Final oral exam. |
| Extended program | Tennessee Williams, "A Streetcar Named Desire", 1947, Elia Kazan, "A Streetcar Named Desire", 1951. F. Ribkoff & P. Tyndall, "On the Dialectics of Trauma in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire", in Journal of American Humanities, 2011. Further critical material will be provided by the teacher and uploaded on Unistudium. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | Gender equality |