Italian

 

Associate Professor:  Sica; Visiting Instructor:  Riccardi; Lecturer:  Morelli; Professor Proctor, chair

 

The Major in Italian Studies

 

The major in Italian Studies consists of nine courses beyond Courses 101 and 102.  These must include 201, 202, and 302; either 250 or 260; one 300- or 400- level course in Renaissance Italian literature and culture; one 300- and one 400- level course in modern or contemporary Italian literature and culture, both conducted in Italian.  Under exceptional circumstances, equivalent courses may be substituted with permission of the department.

Students majoring in Italian Studies are required to spend at least one semester during the junior year in Italy.  Under exceptional circumstances, the department may approve a summer program in Italy or the United States.

 

Advisers:  R. Proctor, P. Sica

 

The Minor in Italian Studies

 

The minor in Italian Studies consists of five courses beyond Courses 101 and 102.  These must include 201, 202, and 302; either 250 or 260; and at least one course at the 300- or 400- level conducted in Italian.  Under exceptional circumstances, equivalent courses may be substituted with permission of the department.

 

Students majoring or minoring in Italian Studies are encouraged to complement the program offered by the Italian Department with appropriate courses from other disciplines.

 

Courses

 

Italian Language and Literature

 

ITALIAN  101, 102  ELEMENTARY ITALIAN  Promotes basic understanding, speaking, reading, and writing while presenting Italian culture through video documents, literature, songs, and films.  Three meetings a week, and three hours a week of language laboratory.

                Open only to students with less than two years of Italian at entrance.  Enrollment limited to 20 students per section.  F. Morelli, E. Riccardi, R. Proctor, P. Sica

 

ITALIAN  201  INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I:  SGUARDO SULL'ITALIA  Develops basic language skills through grammar review and vocabulary building while introducing topics in Italian culture such as the educational system, the role of Catholicism, the conflict between North and South, and the new pressures of immigration.  Resources for class activities include films, video documents, songs, and literature. 

                Prerequisite:  Recommended to students with three years of Italian at entrance, or Courses 101 and 102.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Offered every year, first semester.  P. Sica

 

ITALIAN  202  INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II:  PASSIONI ITALIANE  Heightens language usage and comprehension through the exploration of Italian passions:  opera, art, fashion, sport, literature, cinema, politics, and regional traditions.  Emphasis on discussions, presentations, compositions, translations, computer-based comprehension exercises, and revisions of complex grammatical patterns.  Materials considered include sociological and literary writings, the Italian press, video documents, selections from opera, and films.  Italian 202 provides preparation for every 300-level course.

                Prerequisite:  Course 201 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  Offered every year, second semester.  P. Sica

 

ITALIAN  250  ADESSO SCRIVIAMO!  WRITING IN ITALIAN  Develops writing skills through guided activities and assignments ranging from journals, summaries, essays, and reviews.  Samples of different writing styles will be provided by original material from newspapers, magazines, the internet, literature, and film.  Opportunities for morpho-syntactic analysis and some grammar review.

                Prerequisite:  Course 202 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  F. Morelli

 

ITALIAN  260  ATTUALITÀ IN ITALIA:  CONVERSAZIONE  Aims at refining oral expression in Italian through discussions of current events, social issues and Italian politics.  Extensive exposure to Italian media provides students with an understanding of the Italian perspective on current topics.  Essays and oral presentations will promote practice for advanced speaking and writing skills.

Prerequisite:  Course 202 or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  F. Morelli

 

ITALIAN  301  THE CITIES OF ITALY:  ROME, FLORENCE, AND VENICE  Study and discussion of the history and culture of Rome, Florence, and Venice.

                Prerequisite:  Course 202 or permission of the instructor.  Either Course 250 or 260 is recommended for students who have not completed their junior year/semester in Italy.  Enrollment limited to 20 students.  R. Proctor

 

ITALIAN  302f  DANTE  This optional section of Course 302 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental texts in Italian.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 302f must concurrently register for Course 302.  Formerly Italian 401f; cannot receive credit for both courses.  R. Proctor

 

ITALIAN  315  THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE:  HISTORY, USAGE, AND STRUCTURE  A study of the linguistic structure and usage of Modern Standard Italian and other dialects spoken in Italy.  The course considers the development of the Italian language from its Latin origins to the present day, through important historical events and literary works.

                Prerequisite:  Course 202 or permission of the instructor.  Either Course 250 or 260 is recommended for students who have not completed their junior year/semester in Italy.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  F. Morelli

 

ITALIAN  316  Identity and Place in Italian CULTURE  A study of identity formation within cultural geography through modern and contemporary literature, film, folk tales, and songs.  Discussion topics include ethnicity, nationalism, gender, class, and migration.  Works by Grazia Deledda, Dacia Maraini, Primo Levi, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Marco Bellocchio, and Roberta Torre may be studied. 

                Prerequisite:  Course 202 or permission of the instructor.  Either Course 250 or 260 is recommended for students who have not completed their junior year/semester in Italy.  Offered alternating years.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  P. Sica

 

ITALIAN  317  CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE AND FILM  Survey of dominant trends in Italian literature and film since the 1950s in their cultural and historical context, with an emphasis on questions of identity, gender, and aesthetics.  Writers and film directors may include Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Amelia Rosselli, Salah Methnani, Gabriele Muccino, and Ferzan Ozpetek.

                Prerequisite:  Course 202 or permission of the instructor.  Either Course 250 or 260 is recommended for students who have not completed their junior year/semester in Italy.  Offered alternating years.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  P. Sica

 

Prerequisite for all 400-level courses in Italian (except 493, 494):  one 300-level course or permission of the instructor

 

ITALIAN  406  CULTURE OF MODERNITY  Introduction to recent critical debates on Modernism and modernity, and an analysis of works by Modernist Italian authors, their precursors, and their followers.  Emphasis on the relation between literature and the visual arts, literature and sexual politics, and literature and history.  Some reference to Modernist movements developed elsewhere.  Works by Sibilla Aleramo, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Benedetta, Italo Svevo, Antonia Pozzi, Eugenio Montale, and others.

Enrollment limited to 16 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  P. Sica

 

ITALIAN  408f  THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY  This optional section of Course 408 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental texts in Italian.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 408f must concurrently register for Course 408.  R. Proctor

 

ITALIAN  409f  THE LATE RENAISSANCE:  ART, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION  This optional section of Course 409 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental texts in Italian.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 409f must concurrently register for Course 409.

                Open to students with three years of Italian or permission of the instructor.  R. Proctor

 

ITALIAN  416f  ITALIAN FILM AND LITERATURE  This optional section of Course 416 will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental texts in Italian.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Students electing Course 416f must concurrently register for Course 416.  P. Sica

 

ITALIAN  417  ITALIAN FILM AND LITERATURE:  FROM NEOREALISM TO THE PRESENT  This course covers topics similar to those considered in Course 416,  but is conducted in Italian.  Students may not receive credit for both Courses 416 and 417.

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  P. Sica

 

ITALIAN  418  WORDS OF WAR:  CONFLICT IN 20TH-CENTURY ITALIAN LITERATURE AND FILM  An examination of literature and film relating to Italy′s involvement in the bloody conflicts of the 20th century.  Emphasis on writers who participated in these conflicts, as well as on the plurality and transformation of Italian attitudes toward war over the course of the century and on the artistic representation of conflict.

                Prerequisite:  One 300-level course or permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  D. Leisawitz

 

ITALIAN  493, 494  ADVANCED STUDY SEMINAR

                Open to juniors and seniors, and to others with permission of the instructor.  Staff

 

In English

 

For courses taught in English, Italian majors and minors and Italian Studies majors and minors will be required to do the reading in Italian.  Moreover, if these courses include an extra hour taught in Italian, Italian majors and minors will be required to attend it.

 

ITALIAN  216  IN SEARCH OF BEAUTY  A discussion of the Renaissance's understanding of beauty and its relationship to beauty and to truth.  Readings of Italian Renaissance authors combined with on site study of architecture, painting, and sculpture in Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance.  This course is taught in the SATA Florence program only.

                Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  R. Proctor

 

ITALIAN  302  DANTE  A study of The Divine Comedy.  Course 302 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Italian.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.  Formerly Italian 401; cannot receive credit for both courses.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 30 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  R. Proctor

 

ITALIAN  408  THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY  The course explores one of the most creative periods in human history through the study of the lives and works of famous Renaissance artists, writers, and thinkers.  It investigates the material and spiritual environment that fostered their creativity, including the tension between the Judeo-Christian and classical inheritances.  Course 408 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Italian.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  R. Proctor

 

ITALIAN  409  THE LATE RENAISSANCE:  ART, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION  A study of Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Galileo (1564-1642), including readings of Michelangelo's poetry and Galileo's prose.  Course 409 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, passed/not passed marking.  Students may not receive credit for both Freshman Seminar 148C and Italian 409.

                Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 8 students.  This course satisfies General Education Area 4.  R. Proctor

 

ITALIAN  416  ITALIAN FILM AND LITERATURE:  FROM NEOREALISM TO THE PRESENT  Topics in Italian culture explored through cinema and literature.  Films will be discussed in relation to the literary works that inspired them, or in tandem with pertinent literary, cultural, and theoretical materials.  Films by Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani, Pierpaolo Pasolini, Michalangelo Antonioni, Francesca Archibugi, and others.  This selection may be supplemented with films by Italo-American directors such as Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.  Italian majors and minors are required to read the literature in Italian.  Students may not receive credit for both Courses 416 and 417.  Course 416 may include an optional section that will meet for an additional hour each week to discuss supplemental readings in Italian.  Students participating in the foreign language section will receive one additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and to freshmen with permission of the instructor.  Enrollment limited to 16 students.  P. Sica

 

ITALIAN  291, 292  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

ITALIAN  391, 392  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

ITALIAN  491, 492  INDIVIDUAL STUDY

 

ITALIAN  497-498  HONORS STUDY