College of Letters & Science
section 1, Menechella (FIGS section) “Food Cultures of Italy” section 2, Livorni (meets with Comparative Literature 466, section 2) “Italian Futurism” Course does NOT count toward the Italian Major. Section 1: Food Cultures of Italy in the Mediterranean Contextis a 3-credit course conducted in English. It focuses on the history of Italian food cultures …
Rome: The City and the Mythis a 3-credit course conducted in English. This course considers the continuing presence of Rome, the “Eternal City” as both a metaphoric and actual focal point of Italian artistic and cultural sensibilities. Some of the themes include: transformation (Rome in the flux of time); pilgrimage (Rome’s sacred centrality, Rome as …
3-credit course conducted in Italian. The course is intended to provide a chronological survey of Italian literature from its beginnings through the Renaissance. Readings, lectures, and class discussion will focus on the various texts within a cultural and historical context. Prerequisites: Italian 204 or consent of instructor, Professor Stefania Buccini, (sbuccini@wisc.edu)
Development of accurate and nuanced capacity for expression in Italian and for understanding the spoken and written language. The course will also address Italian phonetics and phonology to develop accurate pronunciation. Prerequisite: Italian 204 or 205 or consent of instructor, Professor Ernesto Livorni (elivorni@wisc.edu).
This course, based on Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, investigates art, pop culture, music, politics, religion, interpersonal and transcultural relations, warfare, fashion, gender roles, and everyday life of our medieval and early modern ancestors through a variety of sources (from medieval written accounts to the twentieth-century feminist response to the representation of women, from medieval frescoes to film …
3-credit course conducted in Italian. It is a survey of Italian history, literature, cinema, art, politics, and general culture from the Risorgimento to the present. Prerequisites: Italian 204 or consent of instructor, Professor Grazia Menechella (gemeneche@wisc.edu)
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 through authentic materials. This course will advance spoken and written language skills develped in previous courses. Pair and group work will provide you …
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 little or no knowledge of the Italian language. In most cases, the honors section has the same syllabus and the same program as Italian 101 (for your reference, see description of 101). Students in Honors Italian benefit from a smaller class size and will be able to …