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14605 LETTERATURA INGLESE in Modern Philology LM-14 VIVIANI Valerio
(syllabus)
The theme of “ugliness” is a leitmotif of English dramas and novels. The aim of the course will be to explore English texts in which this theme recurs in different configurations, and to contextualise the view that different authors have built around this theme in different periods. The lessons will be devoted, according to a thematic and historical and cultural arrangement, to each text in the following order: ‘Richard III’, ‘The Tempest’, ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, Heart of Darkness’.
(reference books)
William Shakespeare, Richard III ===============, The Tempest Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
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