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 hell, through Purgatory to Paradise, we travel together with Dante in a universal tale of the journal of the human …

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 goal is to develop further oral and written proficiency in Italian. The skills acquired from this course are needed for …

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 advance spoken and written language skills developed in previous courses.  Pair and group work will provide you with numerous opportunities …

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 is an accelerated course that combines Italian 101 and 102 in 1 semester. The goal of this course is to …

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 you to talk about past events, formulate plans for the future, express desires and opinions. Several workshops throughout the semester …

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  activities such as:  role-plays, and pair and group work.  Listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills are integrated in all activities.  …

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 and European history from the period of fascism and Resistance through the Economic Boom and rise of new social …

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 methodologies and philological instruments necessary to the critical reading of a variety of narrative and poetic texts in the perspective …

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 readings from The Commedia will be contextualized especially from the point of view of Dante’s earlier, “minor” works (Via Nova, Convivio, …

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 of film theory and of the Italian and European socio-political situation in the context of film production. Prerequisites: Italian 204 …