Course EN2025

Literature and Theory

7.5 Credits
First Cycle

Main field of study: English

The course has no instances planned right now

Learning outcomes for the course

On completion of the course the student will be able to:
  • demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of a selection of contemporary literary works from the English-speaking world through a theoretical as well as cultural and historical perspective
  • show a basic knowledge of modern and postmodern literary and cultural theory by describing the main trends of literary criticism from liberal humanism to ecocriticism.
  • analyze and interpret the literary texts in light of these theories
  • orally and in writing communicate and argue for his or her own interpretations of the literary as well as critical and theoretical texts, in a clear and appropriate academic English.