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  • Students will only be able to enrol for this course AFTER the third year lettorato presentations on Thursday 19/09/24

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  • THE STREET

    'THE STREET: LINGUISTIC ASPECTS' 

    Thursday 17-19  aula 005 VSR

    Office Hours: Friday 17-19 (by appointment)

    First lesson: Thursday 26th September Please bring a hard copy of the booklet (in pdf below) to the first lesson.

     

     We take as a point of departure the study of various aspects of contemporary urban culture such as graffiti, street art, subvertising, poetry performed or posted on the street and publications by the homeless to investigate the particular forms of language necessary to describe these phenomena.  Bibliography: Cedar Lewisohn, Street Art, (London, Tate Publishing, 2008), Gerard Benson, Judith Chernaik, Cicely Herbert, 100 Poems on the Underground, (London, Cassell Publishers Limited, 1991).

    The aim is to widen the students’ lexis and to refine their written and oral skills and critical abilities in analysing texts and describing visual images. To achieve these objectives, the students do in-class pair and group work, oral presentations, short written assignments, also of a creative nature, and a final oral presentation. The assignments and final presentation are assessed for the final mark.

     

  • LANGUAGE IN POETRY FROM S.W.ASIA AND AFRICA

    'LANGUAGE IN POETRY FROM S.W. ASIA AND AFRICA'

    Friday 15-17 aula 217 VSG

    Office Hours: Friday 17-19 (by appointment)

     First lesson: Friday 27th September. Please bring a hard copy of the booklet (available in pdf below) to the first lesson.

    Working with a selection of poems from India, Pakistan, East and West Africa, this module investigates ways in which different linguistic contexts have stimulated poetic innovation. The course includes study of the varieties of English used in these geographical areas and the political and cultural implications of use of the English language in poetry. Reference texts include Jennifer Jenkins, World Englishes: A Resource Book for Students, (London,Routledge, 2003) and Stephan Gramley, Kurt-Michael Pátzold, A Survey of Modern English, (London, Routledge, 2004). The course aims to help students make their own linguistic and critical analysis of texts and research the social and political background to the writers’ choices. In order to improve these skills they are asked to discuss texts in groups during class, make brief oral presentations, complete regular homework assignments and make a final presentation and discussion. Course work and final presentation are all assessed for their final grade. 

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