Oral practice and conversation, reading, grammar review, vocabulary expansion, creative writing in French. Lab programs stress comprehension of non-textbook material on life in France today. Prerequisite: French 102 or approp score on placement exam.
Courses
French 201: French for Speakers of Other Romance Languages
Accelerated development of oral, reading and writing skills up to a level equivalent to that of the end of second semester French (102). Instruction draws on features shared by Romance languages, with focus on distincitions …
French 102: Second Semester French
French 102 is the continuation of French 101 and is intended for students with limited study of French (e.g., 1-2 years of high school level study). Course goals focus on developing interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational …
French 101: First Semester French
French 101 is intended for students with no previous study of French. Course goals focus on developing interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative skills and cultural awareness of the French-speaking world. Topics explored in the course …
Italian Lit Trans 260 : Italy and the Invention of America
This 3-credit course will explore the central role played by Italy in the Western European vision of the Americas from Columbus’ voyages to World War II. Students will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding …
Italian Lit Trans 255: Boccaccio's Decameron – "Black Death and Medieval Life"
This is a COMM-B course. Have you ever wondered how it was to live during the Black Death? What was society like in the Middle Ages? How did these people lay foundation of today’s society we …
Italian Lit Trans 254: Literature of Modern Italy
This 3-credit course will offer a general introduction to the modern Italian novel (in translation) in philosophical, artistic, and historical context. Students will be introduced to several of the most significant literary authors and movements …
Italian 951: Seminar in Italian Literature
Tasso and the Late Renaissance. Within the context of the late-16th-century ‘age of criticism’ Tasso’s epic poem celebrates the First Crusade, the rise of the new imperial vision of the West, and its discontents. This …
Italian 741: Il Seicento: Ribelli, libertini e ortodossi
This course offers a survey of seventeenth-century Italian literature and examines the development of specific literary genres in the contexts of cultural and intellectual history. It provides methodologies and philological instruments necessary to the critical …
Italian 631: Lineamenti Di Letteratura Italiana
The course will focus on the discussion of major literary texts of Verismo, the Italian literary trend loosely corresponding to what in French is called Naturalism in a period (the second half of the nineteenth century) that may …