Théorie et pratique: la description de Nogent

Éric LE CALVEZ, Professor of French at Georgia State University General topic title: “Nous étions à l’étude quand le proviseur entra”: L’analyse génétique de Madame Bovary Professor Le Calvez’s particular specialty in genetic criticism: 2017 will be the year celebrating 160 years since the initial volume-publication of Madame Bovary.  He is currently preparing a monograph dedicated to …

Departmental Research Seminar 2016-2017

Departmental Research Seminar 4pm – 5:15pm, Room TBD Jennifer Morgan, Music of Mortality: The Use of Percussion Instruments in Danse Macabre Texts  This short presentation, taken from one of the chapters of my dissertation, will discuss the relationship between musical instruments – specifically from the percussion family – and death in the genre of the …

Italian 204: Fourth Semester Italian

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 …

Italian 201: Italian for Speakers of Romance Languages

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 …

Italian 203: Third Semester Italian

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 …

Italian 102: Second Semester Italian

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 …

Italian 101: First Semester Italian

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.  …

Cloister of Santa Maria la Nova, Naples. Photo credit: Professor Stefania Buccini

Ascending the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees Mountains

Summer travels in Florence – photo credit: Professor Stefania Buccini