PL31061: Identity and culture in postcolonial Italy
[Page last updated: 04 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 33%, ES 67% |
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must ( take PL11018 AND take PL21024 ) OR ( take PL10954 AND take PL20959 )
Visiting students taking this module must have a good knowledge of Italian culture and history. Students taking this module must be fluent in Italian |
| Learning Outcomes: |
Students who complete the Unit should be able to demonstrate:
* In-depth knowledge and critical understanding of Italy's postcolonial trajectories; * In-depth knowledge and critical understanding of key trends and debates around Italian postcolonial literature; * Ability to evaluate the challenges that cultural hybridity poses to homogeneous notions of Italianness through the critical analysis of Italian postcolonial literary texts * Ability to evaluate the relationship between the legacy of colonialism and Italy's governance of migration through the analysis of literary and cinematic narratives of migration. |
| Aims: | * The course will further the knowledge of Italian colonialism and its legacy in the present days as developed in Year 1 and Year 2; * It will provide students with an insight into academic debates around Italy's postcolonial condition; * It will enable student to approach Italian postcolonial literary texts and to understand how these illuminate identity, race and citizenship issues in contemporary society; * It will enable students to critically assess the impact of migration on Italian culture and society by focusing on literary and cinematic narratives of the migration experience. |
| Skills: | Students will:
* Develop critical analysis and conceptual thinking skills; * Acquire the ability to formulate independent judgement and reasoned argument; * Improve precision in the use of written and spoken language; * Acquire the ability to analyse texts in the target language; * Develop further effective communication skills in the target language; * Develop further their non-quantitative research skills. |
| Content: | Topics will include:
* Paradigms of postcoloniality in Italy; * Italian colonialism and collective memory; * Debates on Italian postcolonial literature and analysis of four postcolonial literary texts; * Citizenship and identity in postcolonial Italy; * Race, racism and anti-racist activism in Black Italy; * Narratives of migration in the Mediterranean. |
| Course availability: |
PL31061 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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