Lingua e traduzione anglo-americana I/M - MOD. A

• CFU 6
• Prerequisiti

  ottima conoscenza della lingua inglese, scritta e parlata.

• Obiettivi formativi

  Scopo del corso è fondare le basi conscitive delle specificità dell'inglese americano e le competenze per la produzione di un saggio accademico.

• Programma del corso

  Course title: The English Language in America
  Course description:
  This course will focus on:
  -a historical overview of the transformations of the English language in America with a particular focus on Noah Webster’s Dictionary and nineteenth century lexicon.
  -Walt Whitman’s contribution to contemporary English.
  -Essay writing.
  Reading list
  -ALGEO, JOHN, “External History”, in The Cambridge History of the English Language, Vol VI, English in North America, John Algeo, ed. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 1-37.
  - EDWARD FINEGAN, “American English and its Distinctiveness”, in E. FINEGAN and
  J.R. RICKFORD, Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century, Cambridge (GB), Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 18-38.
  -WHITMAN, WALT, Tre saggi sulla lingua inglese d’America. In MARINA CAMBONI, Walt Whitman e la lingua del mondo nuovo, con tre testi di Walt Whitman, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2004.
  
  Other Material
  -Selected literary and linguistic texts.
  -Films and other relevant material.
  

• Testi (A)dottati, (C)onsigliati
  • 1.  (A) John Algeo -ALGEO, JOHN, “External History”, in The Cambridge History of the English Language, Vol VI, English in North America Cambridge university press 2001 » Pagine/Capitoli: 1-37
  • 2.  (A) EDWARD FINEGAN, “American English and its Distinctiveness” Cambridge university press 2004 » Pagine/Capitoli: 18-38
  • 3.  (A) MARINA CAMBONI Walt Whitman e la lingua del mondo nuovo, con tre testi di Walt Whitman Edizioni di storia e letteratura 2004
• Altre informazioni / materiali aggiuntivi

  -Selected literary and linguistic texts.
  -Films and other relevant material.
  -material on essay writing

• Metodi didattici
  • lezione frontale
  • esercitazioni
• Modalità di valutazione
  • scritto
  • orale
• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che possono essere utilizzate per l'attività didattica

  Inglese

• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che si intende utilizzare per la valutazione

  Inglese

MATERIALI DIDATTICI

• Evaluation.doc 21.0 kB

  Aa 2011-2012: Lingua e traduzione anglo-americana I/M (Mod. a) e II/M Prof. Camboni’s course: Evaluation -participation in class work, including oral and written reports; -personal essay -oral presentation of selected material of your choice. To complete their work for the exam, students are required to: - write a final personal essay of: 1.500 words (I year) 2.000 words (II year and Erasmus students), that discusses Whitman’s essays on language in relation to Webster’s view of American English as expressed in his 1928 Dictionary and the views of dictionary and dictionary making examined in class; Whitman’s use of non-English words in “Starting from Paumanok” by examining their presence in the poem and in the corpus of his work with the help of the Walt Whitman’s Archive. - Find, introduce and comment video-audio-textual material of your choice that illustrates distinctive aspects of American English. In order to do this, read carefully “American English and its Distinctiveness” and study the specificities of American English at the different language levels (EDWARD FINEGAN, in E. FINEGAN and J.R. RICKFORD, Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century, Cambridge (GB), Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 18-38). The exam will be considered completed and a mark assigned after the written exam for the lettorato has been passed.

• Steven Pinker.did 130.5 kB
• class schedule and work to be done by the students 24.0 kB

  Work to be done by the students. Students are expected to: - Listen to/read regularly the talks/texts as indicated in the class schedule; - write a summary of Ryan’s and Davis’s Talks according to the lines given; - write a short essay of 1500 words. For this essay you are asked to discuss how Ryan, Davis, Pinker define language and its relation to culture; their observations about the English language, its structure and present-day role; reflect on their use of lexicon and definitions. Follow the guidelines for descriptive essay writing. Deadline: December 6. - write a short argumentative essay of 1500 words on “The need for an American vernacular language in Webster and Whitman”. Follow the guidelines for the writing of an argumentative essay. Deadline: December 15.

• guided reading of Wade Davis's talk "On Endangered Cultures" 160.5 kB
• updated file with links and indications of reading/listening material 34.5 kB
• Marina Camboni, "Walt's New World Language" 94.0 kB

  Interpretive essay of Whitman's language essays and notes

• Walt Whitman: "Slang in America" 33.5 kB

  The last published text on American English

• Walt Whitman "An American Primer" 64.0 kB

  Lecture notes postumously assembled and published as a complete text.

• Walt Whitman: "America's Mightiest Inheritance" 47.5 kB

  The first of the essays Walt Whitman devoted to American English. It was published in 1856

• How to write an Essay 59.5 kB

  file illustrativo

• Ryan. English as a global language 88.5 kB

  Testo con indicazioni di lavoro