teaching
The following is a list of programs and
descriptive material pertaining to courses for which I am currently
responsible, together with some
suggestions for those students preparing their theses under my
supervision.
English Literature
- Programma
Letteratura Inglese (Corso Trienn.) 2010-2011.
(CdL Interclasse-Curriculum L-11 II / CdL Lingue e Letterature Euromediterranee III)
Click here for an English version of the program and for further information.
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Programma
Letteratura Inglese (Corso Magistrale) 2010-2011.
(CdL Magistrale LM-37 II / LM-38 II)
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Programma
Letteratura Inglese I 2009-2010.
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Canadian Literature in English
- Programma
Letteratura Anglo-Canadese 2009-2010.
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English Language
Theses
In order to ensure the maximum degree of consistency in documenting their work, students writing their theses under my supervision are advised to adhere to the conventions specified in the Chicago Manual of Style. The CMS provides for two main documentation systems. The humanities style, employing notes and a bibliography, is most often used in literature, history, and the arts, while the author-date + reference list system is generally favoured by those working in the physical, natural, and social sciences. Providing that the salient bibliographical data is readily identifiable, however, even a thesis dealing with literature can use the author-date system, and when there is no possibility of confusion or ambiguity this is the method that I usually recommend. Under this system, the author's last name and the year of publication are cited in parenthesis in the text itself (Lucking 2007), together with a page reference if the work is being "quoted" (Lucking 2007, 57), while full bibliographical information is supplied in an alphabetically ordered list of works placed at the end of the thesis. Whatever their choice, students would be well advised to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the conventions of the system they have decided to adopt, and to be absolutely consistent in applying them. Special attention should be paid in documenting sources found on the Internet, since these can present particular problems. For a sample of a correctly formatted reference list, in which various traditional source types are represented, click here (you will need the login information that has been assigned to you to access this file). For more detailed information, see Citing Sources Using the Chicago/Turabian Style: Notes System, and Citing Sources Using the Chicago Style Manual: In-Text Parenthetical System (Author-Date).