Linguistic, Literary and Translation Studies

SLLT, 6 cfu Texts: O. Schreiner, "The Story of an African Farm". R. L. Stevenson, "The Ebb-Tide". H. G. Wells, "The War of the Worlds". J. Conrad, “An Outpost of Progress”. J. Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”. J. Conrad, “Lord Jim” or "Nostromo". R. Kipling, "Kim". T. E. Lawrence, “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom” (chap. 1) Excerpts from “Empire Writing” (ed. E. Boehmer): A. Trollope, “Aboriginals”, 20-31 H. Morton Stanley, “The Meeting with Livingstone”, 42-49. Lord Tennyson, “The Defence of Lucknow”, “Opening of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition by the Queen”, 59-63 J. Seeley, from The Expansion of England, 72-79 J. A. Froude, from The English in the West Indies, 112-119. J. Chamberlain, The True Conceptions of Empire, 212-215 R. Kipling, “Recessional”; “The White Man’s Burden”, 272-274. All the texts included in the section “The South African War”, 275-297, J. E. Casely Hayford, “As in a Glass Darkly” and “African Nationality”, from Ethiopia Unbound, 361-368. Theory and Criticism: M. Bal, “Narratology”, University of Toronto Press. E. Boehmer, "Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant Metaphors”, Oxford + “Empire Writing”, Oxford.

SLLT, 6 cfu Texts: O. Schreiner, "The Story of an African Farm". R. L. Stevenson, "The Ebb-Tide". H. G. Wells, "The War of the Worlds". J. Conrad, “An Outpost of Progress”. J. Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”. J. Conrad, “Lord Jim” or "Nostromo". R. Kipling, "Kim". T. E. Lawrence, “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom” (chap. 1) Excerpts from “Empire Writing” (ed. E. Boehmer): A. Trollope, “Aboriginals”, 20-31 H. Morton Stanley, “The Meeting with Livingstone”, 42-49. Lord Tennyson, “The Defence of Lucknow”, “Opening of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition by the Queen”, 59-63 J. Seeley, from The Expansion of England, 72-79 J. A. Froude, from The English in the West Indies, 112-119. J. Chamberlain, The True Conceptions of Empire, 212-215 R. Kipling, “Recessional”; “The White Man’s Burden”, 272-274. All the texts included in the section “The South African War”, 275-297, J. E. Casely Hayford, “As in a Glass Darkly” and “African Nationality”, from Ethiopia Unbound, 361-368. Theory and Criticism: M. Bal, “Narratology”, University of Toronto Press. E. Boehmer, "Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant Metaphors”, Oxford + “Empire Writing”, Oxford.