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2014-2015:
Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Revenge Drama in the late 1580s and early 1590s
click here for link to study guide (Vademecum)
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2014-2015:
Nineteenth-Century Culture and Society
click here for link to study guide (Vademecum)
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2013-2014:
Romantic and Victorian Poetry; Islands as Testing Grounds for Empire
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2012-2013:
1) Nineteenth-Century Literature
2) Heroes and Anti-Heroes in English Fiction from Godwin to Le Carré
Letteratura inglese II – CFU 10 – Durata: 60 ore – Periodo: I semestre
Sede: Palazzo Petrangolini, Piazza Rinascimento 7
Orario ricevimento: si veda il sito della FacoltàProgramma:
Il programma si articola in (1) uno studio tematico del tema dell’eroe nel romanzo inglese dalla fine del ‘700 ad oggi, e (2) una serie di letture di autori importanti (“general reading list”) della storia della letteratura inglese.
Lo studio tematico verterà sulle opere Caleb Williams (1794) di William Godwin, The Sign of Four (1890) di Arthur Conan Doyle, The Power and the Glory (1940) di Graham Greene, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1964) di John Le Carré e Landslide (1967) di Desmond Bagley.
Per la parte generale, invece, ci si concentra sulla lettura e analisi di un’opera di Shakespeare, un romanzo del settecento e una serie di poesie del periodo romantico e vittoriano.
Modalità didattiche, obblighi, testi di studio e modalità di accertamento per studenti frequentanti
Modalità didattiche: lezioni frontali in lingua con uso di audiovisivi
Testi di studio
Godwin W., Caleb Williams (1794)
Conan Doyle A., The Sign of Four (1890)
Greene G., The Power and the Glory (1940)
Le Carré J., The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1964)
Bagley, D., Landslide (1967)
Bate J., English Literature. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Shakespeare W., Romeo and Juliet*
Goldsmith O., The Vicar of Wakefield*
Goldsmith O., da The Deserted Village*
Newton J.H. “Amazing Grace”*
Cowper W., “The Castaway”*, “To the Nightingale”*
Blake W., “Introduction” (Inn.)*, “London”*, “The Lamb”*, “The Tyger”*, “The Chimney Sweeper” (Inn.)*, “The Chimney Sweeper” (Exp.)*
Wordsworth W., “Simon Lee”*, “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”*
Coleridge S.T., “The Nightingale”*
Shelley P.B., “Ode to the West Wind”*
Keats J., “Ode to a Nightingale”*
Tennyson A., “Ulysses”, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”*
Browning R., “My Last Duchess”*
Kingsley C., “The Bad Squire”*
Arnold M., “Dover Beach”*
Rossetti D. G., “The Blessed Damozel”*
Hardy T., “Hap”, “The Darkling Thrush”*
Per i testi contrassegnati con l’asterisco (*) sono a disposizione degli studenti dei testi elettronici alla pagina internet: http://www.uniurb.it/lingue/matdid/klaver/ Inoltre sono disponibili strumenti di studio (approfondimenti, discussioni, link internet, informazioni sul programma, traduzioni ecc.) sul mio blog all’indirizzo https://jmiklaver.wordpress.com/ Si consiglia vivamente di consultare le sezioni pertinenti al corso.
Modalità di accertamento: esame orale in lingua
Modalità didattiche, obblighi, testi di studio e modalità di accertamento per studenti NON frequentanti
Testi di studio: come sopra.
Agli studenti non frequentanti si consiglia, oltre i testi citati qui sopra: Ruston S., Romanticism, Introductions to British Literature and Culture, (Continuum, London/New York, 2007) e Moran M., Victorian Literature and Culture, Introductions to British Literature and Culture, (Continuum, London/New York, 2006).Modalità di accertamento: esame orale in lingua
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2011-2012:
Heroes and Anti-Heroes in English Fiction from Godwin to Le Carré
Settore scientifico disciplinare: L-LIN/10
Attività didattica: Letteratura inglese II
Titolo del corso: Heroes and Anti-Heroes in English Fiction from Godwin to Le Carré
A.A. 2011/2012
CFU 10
Durata: 60 ore
Periodo: I semestre
Sede: Palazzo Petrangolini, Piazza Rinascimento 7
Docente: 100355 KLAVER JAN MARTEN IVO
Email: jmi.klaver@uniurb.it
Orario ricevimento: si veda il sito della Facoltà
Obiettivi formativi: Il corso si propone di condurre gli studenti ad una conoscenza diretta di una serie di principali autori della letteratura inglese, nonché a saper affrontare la letteratura inglese attraverso uno studio tematico.
Programma:
Il programma si articola in (1) uno studio tematico del tema dell’eroe nel romanzo inglese dalla fine del ‘700 ad oggi, e (2) una serie di letture di autori importanti (“general reading list”) della storia della letteratura inglese.
Lo studio tematico verterà sulle opere Caleb Williams (1794) di William Godwin, The Sign of Four (1890) di Arthur Conan Doyle, The Power and the Glory (1940) di Graham Greene, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1964) di John Le Carré e Landslide (1967) di Desmond Bagley.
Per la parte generale, invece, ci si concentra sulla lettura e analisi di un’opera di Shakespeare, un romanzo del settecento e una serie di poesie del periodo romantico e vittoriano.
Modalità didattiche, obblighi, testi di studio e modalità di accertamento per studenti frequentanti
Modalità didattiche: lezioni frontali in lingua con uso di audiovisivi
Testi di studio
Godwin W., Caleb Williams (1794)
Conan Doyle A., The Sign of Four (1890)
Greene G., The Power and the Glory (1940)
Le Carré J., The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1964)
Bagley, D., Landslide (1967)
Bate J., English Literature. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Shakespeare W., Hamlet*
Goldsmith O., The Vicar of Wakefield*
Goldsmith O., da The Deserted Village*
Newton J.H. “Amazing Grace”*
Cowper W., “The Castaway”*, “To the Nightingale”*
Blake W., “Introduction” (Inn.)*, “London”*, “The Lamb”*, “The Tyger”*, “The Chimney Sweeper” (Inn.)*, “The Chimney Sweeper” (Exp.)*
Wordsworth W., “Simon Lee”*, “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”*
Coleridge S.T., “The Nightingale”*
Shelley P.B., “Ode to the West Wind”*
Keats J., “Ode to a Nightingale”*
Tennyson A., “Ulysses”, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”*
Browning R., “My Last Duchess”*
Kingsley C., “The Bad Squire”*
Arnold M., “Dover Beach”*
Rossetti D. G., “The Blessed Damozel”*
Hardy T., “Hap”, “The Darkling Thrush”*
Per i testi contrassegnati con l’asterisco (*) sono a disposizione degli studenti dei testi elettronici alla pagina internet: http://www.uniurb.it/lingue/matdid/klaver/ Inoltre sono disponibili strumenti di studio (approfondimenti, discussioni, link internet, informazioni sul programma, traduzioni ecc.) sul mio blog all’indirizzo https://jmiklaver.wordpress.com/ Si consiglia vivamente di consultare le sezioni pertinenti al corso.
Modalità di accertamento: esame orale in lingua
Modalità didattiche, obblighi, testi di studio e modalità di accertamento per studenti NON frequentanti
Testi di studio
Godwin W., Caleb Williams (1794)
Conan Doyle A., The Sign of Four (1890)
Greene G., The Power and the Glory (1940)
Le Carré J., The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1964)
Bagley, D., Landslide (1967)
Bate J., English Literature. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Shakespeare W., Hamlet*
Goldsmith O., The Vicar of Wakefield*
Goldsmith O., da The Deserted Village*
Newton J.H. “Amazing Grace”*
Cowper W., “The Castaway”*, “To the Nightingale”*
Blake W., “Introduction” (Inn.)*, “London”*, “The Lamb”*, “The Tyger”*, “The Chimney Sweeper” (Inn.)*, “The Chimney Sweeper” (Exp.)*
Wordsworth W., “Simon Lee”*, “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”*
Coleridge S.T., “The Nightingale”*
Shelley P.B., “Ode to the West Wind”*
Keats J., “Ode to a Nightingale”*
Tennyson A., “Ulysses”, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”*
Browning R., “My Last Duchess”*
Kingsley C., “The Bad Squire”*
Arnold M., “Dover Beach”*
Rossetti D. G., “The Blessed Damozel”*
Hardy T., “Hap”, “The Darkling Thrush”*
Per i testi contrassegnati con l’asterisco (*) sono a disposizione degli studenti dei testi elettronici alla pagina internet: http://www.uniurb.it/lingue/matdid/klaver/ Inoltre sono disponibili strumenti di studio (approfondimenti, discussioni, link internet, informazioni sul programma, traduzioni ecc.) sul mio blog all’indirizzo https://jmiklaver.wordpress.com/ Si consiglia vivamente di consultare le sezioni pertinenti al corso.
Agli studenti non frequentanti si consiglia inoltre: Ruston S., Romanticism, Introductions to British Literature and Culture, (Continuum, London/New York, 2007) e Moran M., Victorian Literature and Culture, Introductions to British Literature and Culture, (Continuum, London/New York, 2006).
Modalità di accertamento: esame orale in lingua
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2010-2011:
Nineteenth-Century English Literature
Settore scientifico disciplinare: L-LIN/10
Attività didattica: Letteratura inglese II
Titolo del corso: Nineteenth-Century English Literature
A.A. 2010/2011
CFU 10
Durata: 60 ore
Periodo: I semestre
Sede: Palazzo Petrangolini, Piazza Rinascimento 7
Docente: 100355 KLAVER JAN MARTEN IVO
Email: jmi.klaver@uniurb.it
Orario ricevimento: si veda il sito della Facoltà
Obiettivi formativi: Il corso si propone di condurre gli studenti a saper affrontare direttamente lo studio dei principali autori del Novecento inglese, nonché uno studio tematico attraverso l’analisi di alcune delle opere in programma.
Programma:
Austen J., Mansfield Park
Gaskell E., Mary Barton
Dickens C., Hard Times
Gissing G., The Nether World
Goldsmith O., da The Deserted Village
Newton J.H. “Amazing Grace”
Cowper W., “The Castaway”, “To the Nightingale”, “There is a Fountain”
Blake W., “Introduction” (Inn.), “London”, “The Lamb”, “The Tyger”, “Nurse’s Song” (Inn.), “Nurse’s Song” (Exp.), “The Clod & the Pebble”, “The Sick Rose”, “The Chimney Sweeper” (Inn.), “The Chimney Sweeper” (Exp.)
Wordsworth W., “We Are Seven”, “Simon Lee”, “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”; “The Thorn”
Coleridge S.T., “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, “The Nightingale”
Byron G., da Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage IV.1-4, Don Juan I.90-94, Manfred II.ii.50-79
Shelley P.B., “Ode to the West Wind”, “A Song: Men of England”
Keats J., “Ode to a Nightingale”
Tennyson A., “Ulysses”, “The Lotos-Eaters”, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, “Maud”
Browning R., “My Last Duchess”
Kingsley C., “The Bad Squire”
Arnold M., “Dover Beach”
Rossetti D. G., “The Blessed Damozel”
Wilde O., The Importance of Being Earnest
Hardy T., “Hap”, “The Darkling Thrush”
Modalità didattiche, obblighi, testi di studio e modalità di accertamento per studenti frequentanti
Modalità didattiche: lezioni frontali in lingua con uso di audiovisivi
Testi di studio
Austen J., Mansfield Park (qualsiasi edizione in inglese)
Gaskell E., Mary Barton (qualsiasi edizione in inglese)
Dickens C., Hard Times (qualsiasi edizione in inglese)
Gissing G., The Nether World (qualsiasi edizione in inglese)
Gli altri testi in programma sono a disposizione degli studenti dei testi elettronici alla pagina internet: http://www.uniurb.it/lingue/matdid/klaver/ Inoltre sono disponibili strumenti di studio (approfondimenti, discussioni, link internet, informazioni sul programma, traduzioni ecc.) sul mio blog all’indirizzo https://jmiklaver.wordpress.com/ Si consiglia vivamente di consultare le sezioni pertinenti al corso.
Modalità di accertamento: esame orale in lingua
Modalità didattiche, obblighi, testi di studio e modalità di accertamento per studenti NON frequentanti
Testi di studio
Austen J., Mansfield Park (qualsiasi edizione in inglese)
Gaskell E., Mary Barton (qualsiasi edizione in inglese)
Dickens C., Hard Times (qualsiasi edizione in inglese)
Gissing G., The Nether World (qualsiasi edizione in inglese)
Gli altri testi in programma sono a disposizione degli studenti dei testi elettronici alla pagina internet: http://www.uniurb.it/lingue/matdid/klaver/ Inoltre sono disponibili strumenti di studio (approfondimenti, discussioni, link internet, informazioni sul programma, traduzioni ecc.) sul mio blog all’indirizzo https://jmiklaver.wordpress.com/ Si consiglia vivamente di consultare le sezioni pertinenti al corso.
Per gli studenti non frequentanti è inoltre richiesto: Ruston S., Romanticism, Introductions to British Literature and Culture, (Continuum, London/New York, 2007) e Moran M., Victorian Literature and Culture, Introductions to British Literature and Culture, (Continuum, London/New York, 2006).
Modalità di accertamento: esame orale in lingua
Note: Agli studenti della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia che intendono sostenere questo esame si richiede una conoscenza passiva dell’Inglese (lettura/ascolto); l’esame può essere sostenuto in italiano oppure in inglese a scelta del candidato.
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2009-2010:
The Romantic Period
Per studenti della Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere: http://www.uniurb.it/it/portale/index.php?mist_id=160&lang=IT&tipo=STD&page=181&aa=&id_ins=22424
Per studenti della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia: http://www.uniurb.it/it/portale/index.php?mist_id=160&lang=IT&tipo=STD&page=181&aa=&id_ins=24537
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2008-2009:
Recusant Sakespeare? LS1/LM1
Recusant Sakespeare?
a.a.: 2008-2009
CFU: Letteratura inglese LS1: 6 cfu / LM1: 10 cfu; Rapporti interculturali della Gran Bretagna LM2: 5 cfu
Durata: 30 ore
Periodo: II semestre (30 mar. – 6 mag.)
Programma: This course aims at revisiting the barbarous practices of Elizabethan religious oppression in order to assess to what extent Shakespeare reacted to the persecution of the Roman Catholic recusants. In order to do so we will have a look at popular modern representations of the Elizabethan period in films such as Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love and assess both the persistence of the myth of a Protestant Shakespeare and weigh the evidence for a Catholic Shakespeare.
We will concentrate in particular on the following plays: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale
Modalità didattiche: The course consists of a series of lectures and seminars and will be held in English.
Obblighi: Students are asked to participate actively during the seminars and prepare oral presentations on limited subjects. Students are also asked to read the plays before the beginning of the course, and will have to submit a short essay in English on an aspect of Catholicism in one of Shakespeare’s plays (or participate actively on the blog with at least 6 responses).
Modalità di accertamento: The final exam is oral. Marks for language proficiency and for the essay (or blog participation) will be taken into account. Students of LS1 will prepare three out of the four plays, while LM1 students are required to study all four plays. Students of LM2 (Rapporti interculturali) will prepare one out of the four plays.
Testi di studio:
The Oxford Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Oxford World’s Classics) Edited by Jill L. Levenson (2008) ISBN: 978-0-19-953589-7
The Oxford Shakespeare: Hamlet (Oxford World’s Classics) Edited by G. R. Hibbard (2008) ISBN: 978-0-19-953581-1
The Oxford Shakespeare: Measure for Measure (Oxford World’s Classics) Edited by N. W. Bawcutt (2008) ISBN: 978-0-19-953584-2
The Oxford Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale (Oxford World’s Classics) Edited by Stephen Orgel (2008) ISBN: 978-0-19-953591-0
Non-attendants are moreover asked to study:
Theatre and Religion: Lancastrian Shakespeare. Ed. by Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay and Richard Wilson. Manchester, Manchester University Press Press (2003) ISBN: 0-7190-6363-9
J.M. Ivo Klaver's Blog 
March 10, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Good Morning Prof. Klaver,
I am a student of the LM1, curriculum “linguistica e didattica delle lingue”, and I have chosen your course as the optional one for the first year.
Sadly, due to work commitments, I am a non attendant and I would like to ask you if there are any other further requirements for non attendants in addition to the fifth book indicated in this blog. Also what do you mean by “10 responses” given on the blog? And, finally, concerning the short essay in english about an aspect of Catholicism in one of Shakespeare’s plays, when is that due?
Thank you very much in advance for your availability,
Kind regards.
Martina Regni
March 10, 2009 at 9:14 pm
There are no further set texts apart from the 4 plays (with introduction and other editorial matter) and the Theatre and Religion volume. The “10 responses” are intended as 10 critical posts/comments on the subjects I will be publishing regularly once the course starts (for now there is only an introductory post). These can be well-formulated opinions, comparisons, further examples or anything that can further the discussion of our topic. The essay will have to be handed in at least 2 weeks before sitting the exam.
March 12, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Good morning Prof. Klaver
I am student of ls1, second year. Unfortunately I can’t attend this course because i will be in England until the end of May. Therefore I would like to ask an information about the program for the non attendant students. How many pages should we write for the essay?
best regards
Laura Pieretti
March 12, 2009 at 6:30 pm
The essay should be between 1,800-2,000 words.
March 12, 2009 at 6:35 pm
To all students,
please note that the course requirements (“obblighi”) have been slightly modified, as follows:
Students are asked to participate actively during the seminars and prepare oral presentations on limited subjects. Students are also asked to read the plays before the beginning of the course, and will have to submit a short essay in English on an aspect of Catholicism in one of Shakespeare’s plays(or participate actively on the blog with at least 6 responses).
March 16, 2009 at 10:29 am
Students of LM2 Rapporti Interculturali della Gran Bretagna (5 cfu) will have to attend the first 10 hours of the “Recusant Shakespeare?”course and choose 1 of the 4 plays for their final exam. An additional seminar (10 hours) on inter-cultural relationships will be held by Prof. Guerra. Students are asked to contact Prof. Guerra for the programme.
March 18, 2009 at 6:07 pm
The timetable for our course has just come out:
Monday 17.00-19.00 (Room C)
Tuesday 9.00-10.00 (Room C)
Wednesday 9.00-11.00 (Room C)
March 20, 2009 at 10:49 am
Good morning Prof. Klaver,
unfortunately most of the students of LS1 have also Filosofia del Linguaggio class on Wednesday 9.00-11.00.
Prof. Alai has only 3 hours at week and he cannot change his timetable.
Is it possible to move your lesson?
best regards
Sandra Abderhalden
March 20, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I am not sure anything can be done about this – it was pretty hard getting these hours together – but I will look into this on Monday. Keep an eye on this space.
March 19, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Valentina pointed out to me this morning that what I mean by “blog participation” is perhaps not clear to all and that some further information on this would be welcome.
First, blog participation makes it unnecessary to write an essay. So either you post 6 critical comments on the various topics that are brought up on the blog, or you write a final essay.
Second, by response/comments to posted topics I mean something like the following. Let’s take the ‘Dead Son’ topic. Now, having read Hamlet, you might, for example, write thus:
“I am afraid I cannot agree with this statement. To me it seems that the play is just as much about dead daughters. If we accept that Shakespeare was inspired by the drowning of Katherine Hamlett in 1579, Ophelia as a character moves centre stage. The problem with this play has long been that critics have concentrated too much on Hamlet’s pitiful little ego, as Hamlet indeed does himself, while they forget to acknowledge that it is he who is responsible with his cruel behaviour for Ophelia’s death. What is more, he is not only brutal to her while she is still alive. He cannot even let her soul rest in peace once she has died! In the last act of the play when the poor girl is about to be interred, Hamlet comes blundering in again and rudely interrupts her funeral. To say that Hamlet is a play about dead sons only is to see Hamlet as a blameless victim and forget that he is at the same time the agent of Ophelia’s tragedy.”
This example, of course, is pure nonsense (a discussion of Shakespeare’s wordplay on son/sun would have been more fruitful here), but I hope it gives you some idea of what I mean by responses/comments to posts on the blog. A number of topics have already been posted, and you can start contributing even before the course starts. Of course, you can also comment on comments. Moreover, if you want to start a topic yourself, just send it as a comment to another post, and I will sort it out and publish it as a new post. Others can then react to or comment on your post.
May 21, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Good afternoon professor Klaver,
with reference to the non attendant student program, I would like to inform you that the text “Theatre and religion: Lancastrian Shakespeare” has not arrived yet in La Goliardica. (i’ve just returned from Urbino)The order was done on the month of April but La Goliardica was informed these days about some problems about retrieving the book. I also tried the Lingue Library but the book was not indicated as a compulsory text for any course therefore it has been given to another student and will be returning only at the end of June.
Could you kindly give me another text to be used in this case?
thank you in advance for your kind assistance,
kindest regards
Giulia Morabito
May 25, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Yes, “Lancastrian Shakespeare” seems to be out of print (at least the cheap paperback edition is – the more expensive hardback still sells for about £45). It is not easy to find substitutes as the topic is still rather new. “Lancastrian Shakespeare”, which is the fruit of an international conference on the subject is simply one of the best books around on Catholic Shakespeare. Other books which deal exclusively with the Catholic Shakespeare thesis are Peter Milward’s “Shakespeare’s Religious Background” (which, I suppose, is also out of print by now), or his more recent “Shakespeare the Papist”. Then there are a series of other publications on the market, but, as they are far more expensive than “Lancastrian Shakespeare” in hardback, I will not recommend them.
To find “Lancastrian Shakespeare” cheap, why not buy it on the internet used (try http://www.bookfinder.com or http://www.amazon.co.uk – I spotted one under £3)? But make sure you order in Europe, as books from America will take ages to get here.
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