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ITALIAN 1: Elementary Italian 1
Introduction to the basic elements of Italian language and culture. Equal attention to aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Conducted in Italian. Not open to students with prior knowledge of Italian. Four class meetings a week. Instructor: Fellin and staff
ITALIAN 2: Elementary Italian 2
Italian 2 develops and expands elements acquired in Italian 1: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Conducted in Italian. Four class meetings a week. Instructor: Fellin and staff
ITALIAN 14: Intensive Elementary Italian
Covers the basic elementary curriculum (Italian 1 and 2) in one semester. Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural exploration activities receive equal attention. Meets five times a week, eight contact hours. Instructor: Fellin or staff
ITALIAN 21: Accelerated Elementary Italian
Covers the elementary Italian Language curriculum (Italian 1-2) in one semester. Development of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Introduction to aspects of Italian life and culture. Four class meetings a week. Instructors: Fellin and staff
ITALIAN 22: Accelerated Intermed. Italian
Covers the intermediate Italian Language curriculum (Italian 63-76)in one semester. Attention to vocabulary development and grammatical accuracy. Writing practice and development of reading skills with emphasis on analysis of cultural and literary texts. Prepares students to enroll in courses at the 100 level. Four class meetings a week. Instructor: Fellin and staff
ITALIAN 63: Intermediate Italian
Content-based approach focusing on aspects of Italian culture and contemporary society. Focus on the development of second language reading skills; review of grammar; practice in understanding, speaking and writing. Literary and cultural texts taken from a variety of media. Instructors: Fellin and staff
ITALIAN 76: Adv Intermediate Italian
Further development of the elements practiced in Italian 1-63. Increased attention to grammatical accuracy and vocabulary development; guided writing practice and development of second language reading skills with emphasis on analysis of cultural and literary texts. Prepares students for 100 level Italian courses. Instructors: Fellin and staff
ITALIAN 101: Writing Workshop
Development of composition tasks related to expository and other forms of writing. Focus on grammatical skills, conventions, and rhetorical techniques for organizing information. Substantial work on the development of writing strategies (vocabulary, editing, revising, and rewriting) through several short papers and a final long paper. Instructor: Fellin and staff
ITALIAN 103: Topics Italian Culture
Practice in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Italian with special attention to cultural topics and issues. Instructor: Staff
ITALIAN 108: Italian Sociolinguistics
ITALIAN 108S: Italian Sociolinguistics
Linguistic diversity in modern Italy. Social and geographic language variation, multilingualism, and the relationship between language and dialect. Special codes, including youth slang, language and politics, language and bureaucracy. Discussion of language and gender, language and racism, linguistic etiquette within Italian society. Instructor: Fellin
ITALIAN 110S: Intro Ital Civilization
The institutions and culture of Italy throughout the centuries. Instructor: Dainotto, Fellin, Finucci, or Hardt
ITALIAN 111: Intro To Italian Lit I
Major writers of the Italian premodern literary tradition of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. Poetry, fiction, theater, and essay. Instructor: Eisner
ITALIAN 112: Intro To Italian Lit Ii
ITALIAN 113: Intro To Italian Lit Iii
Major writers of the Italian modern literary tradition (nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries). Poetry, fiction, theater, and essay. Instructor: Dainotto or Hardt
ITALIAN 122: Topics Ital Lit In Trans
Topics on single authors, genres, movements, or themes across centuries. Instructor: Eisner and Finucci
ITALIAN 126: Topics Lit/Cul/Civ/Cin
Topics on literature, culture, civilization, and/or cinema. May concentrate on one or many periods. Instructor: Staff
ITALIAN 129A: Dante In Translation I
The Vita Nuova
ITALIAN 132: Italian Cinema
Introduction course to Italian cinema including silent films, Neorealism, fascist productions, Commedia all'italiana and experimentalism. Reading and discussions in English. Instructor: Dainotto and staff
ITALIAN 134: Aspects Renaiss Culture
A study of historical, literary, philosophical, and art historical materials introducing Renaissance culture and the methods developed for its study. Instructor: Staff
ITALIAN 134P: Aspect Renaissance Cul-Precpt
A preceptorial in Italian, requiring concurrent enrollment in Italian 134, Medieval Renaissance 115, History 148A, English 123E, or Art History 149. Further information available from instructor. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Finucci and staff
ITALIAN 137: Modernism, Avant-Gardism, Art
Major artistic movements and theoretical aims of early modernism: fauvism, cubism, expressionism, futurism, constructivism, suprematism, dada, surrealism, deStijl, Bauhaus, and Neue Sachlichkeit in France, Italy, Germany, America. Instructor: Antliff, Leighten, or Stiles
ITALIAN 142S: Italian Literature (Top)
Topics to be announced. Taught in English. Open to juniors and seniors. Instructor: Staff
ITALIAN 143: Dante'S Divine Comedy
A voyage through the three otherworldly places of Dante's philosophical poem (Hell, Purgatory, Paradise) whose transformation of human actions into an ordered ethical system continues to captivate readers. Instructor: Eisner
ITALIAN 143P: Dante'S Divine Comedy: Precept
A preceptorial requiring concurrent enrollment in Italian 143. Additional information available from instructor. Instructor: Eisner
ITALIAN 145S: Topics: Medieval/Early Mod Lit
Topics may include: the Italian Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the baroque, humanism. Taught in English. Instructor: Finucci
ITALIAN 151S: The Italian Theater(Top)
Introduction to the Italian theatrical tradition. Content varies; the course may be taught by topic, it may concentrate on a specific period, or it may focus on a major author. Instructor: Finucci
ITALIAN 155S: Mod Literature/Culture
Topics may include: the Enlightenment, romanticism, modernism, avant-garde. Instructor: Dainotto or Hardt
ITALIAN 160S: Italian Iden Eur/Mediter
The question of Italian identity from the perspective of the cultural divide between north and south. Northern Italy's attraction towards a technologically progressive Europe, and Southern Italy's yearning for the traditionally slower pace of Mediterranean civilization. Study of a nation which does not possess a univocal vision of itself. Instructor: Dainotto
ITALIAN 164S: Italian Poetry
An introduction to major poets, movements, and techniques of the Italian lyrical tradition. May include different historical periods. Not open to students who have taken this course as Italian 114. Instructor: Dainotto, Eisner, or Hardt
ITALIAN 165S: Major Italian Authors
ITALIAN 170S: Cinema/Literature Italy
ITALIAN 191: Research Independent Study
ITALIAN 193: Research Independent Study