Year: 2014

LT 253, Dante’s Divine Comedy is a 3-credit course conducted in English. Through readings, videos and original images, we explore the most significant episodes from one of the greatest world literary classics, Dante’s Divine Comedy. From …

This course (4 credits) is designed for students who have successfully completed Italian 203. It will advance spoken and written language skills developed in previous courses through a variety of oral and written exercises. The …

This 4-credit course is designed for students who have successfully completed Italian 102 or 201.  The goal of this course is to provide an in-depth understanding of contemporary Italian language and culture.  This course will …

This 4-credit course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Italian language, but who have a strong background in another Romance language (i.e. Spanish, French, Rumanian, Portuguese, Catalan, etc.).  Italian 201 …

This 4-credit course is designed for students with some knowledge of the Italian language.  In this course, you will improve the skills gained in Italian 101 and learn new structures and expressions that will enable …

This 4-credit course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Italian language.  The goal is to provide an introduction to contemporary Italian language and culture.   You will be actively engaged in  …

This seminar will explore the career of the controversial Italian artist Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), including his work as poet, filmmaker, playwright, theorist, and political commentator. Pasolini’s work will be studied against the backdrop of …

Italian 621, Il Settecento (Part 1) offers a survey of early eighteenth-century (pre-Enlightenment) Italian literature (1690-1750) and examines the development of specific literary genres in the contexts of cultural and intellectual history. The course provides …

Italian/Medieval 659, Dante’s Divina Commedia. We will discuss the most salient episodes from the Commedia in an attempt to understand Dante’s theological, political, and historical thought. In order to establish the conception and development of Dante’s ideas, the …

Italian/Com Arts 460, Italian Cinema is a 3-credit course conducted in English. This course offers a general survey of Italian film and of the relationship between film and the other arts. There will be consideration …