| 145-146. Elementary
Italian I and II
(Formerly offered as ITAL 145-146) Both semesters. Four credits each
semester. Four class periods and one 1-hour laboratory practice. Not open
for credit to students who have had three or more years of Italian in high
school, except with Departmental consent.
Elementary Italian grammar. Drill in pronunciation. Reading of simple
texts. Practice in easy conversation. |
| 147-148. Intermediate
Italian I and II
(Formerly offered as ITAL 147-148.) Both semesters. Four credits each
semester. Four class periods and one 1-hour laboratory practice. Prerequisite:
ILCS
146 or equivalent.
Review of elementary Italian grammar. Graded composition and translation.
Intensive and extensive reading. Oral practice in the language. |
| 175-178. Intensive Italian
I - IV
First and second semesters. Eight credits per semester. Two hours a
day, four days a week, plus a two-hour laboratory practice. Open only with
consent of the instructor. Not open for credit to students who have passed
ILCS 145 through ILCS 148.
Intensive coverage of two years of Italian in two semesters. Intensive
Italian 175-176 (Fall) covers the same material as ILCS 145-146; Intensive
Italian 177- 178 (Spring) covers the same material as
ILCS 147-148. |
| 193. Foreign Study
See description at the end of the Italian section. |
| 213. Year Abroad
in Italy: Preparation
(Formerly offered as ITAL 213.) Second semester. Three credits. Open
only to students selected for the Year Abroad in Florence Program.
A comprehensive review of Italian language and civilization. |
| 237. Italy Today
(Formerly offered as ITAL 237.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
148.
A survey of contemporary Italian political, social, economic and cultural
life. |
| 238.
Italian Civilization in the Renaissance
(Formerly offered as ITAL 238.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
148 or equivalent.
A survey of social, cultural and artistic trends in Italy during the
Renaissance. |
| 239. Italian
Composition and Conversation I
(Formerly offered as ITAL 239.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
148 or equivalent.
Practice in written and oral composition. Syntax study. |
| 240.
Italian Composition and Conversation II
(Formerly offered as ITAL 240.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
239 or equivalent.
Further practice in written and oral composition. Treatment of the finer
points in syntax. |
| 243.
Main Currents of Italian Literature Through the Renaissance
(Formerly offered as ITAL 243.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
148 or equivalent.
The history of Italian literature through the Renaissance is traced
through its main developments. The aim of the course is to acquaint the
student with the principal authors, literary schools and trends. |
| 244.
Main Currents of Italian Literature After the Renaissance
(Formerly offered as ITAL 244.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
148 or equivalent.
The history of Italian literature after the Renaissance is traced through
its main developments. The aim of the course is to acquaint the student
with the principal authors, literary schools and trends. |
| 250.
Italian Theatre of the Eighteenth Century
(Formerly offered as ITAL 250.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
237 or 239 or 243 or equivalent.
Readings from Metastasio, Goldoni, and Alfieri. |
| 251-252.
Machiavelli, Michelangelo and Renaissance Literature
(Formerly offered as ITAL 251-252.) Both semesters. Three credits each
semester. Prerequisite: ILCS 237 or 239 or 243 or equivalent.
Selected readings from the works of Poliziano, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo
de'Medici, Michelangelo, Ariosto, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Tasso, and
others. |
| 253. Dante and His Time
(Formerly offered as ITAL 253.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
237 or 239 or 243 or equivalent.
Selected readings from Dante, Petrarch, Compagni, Villani. |
| 254. Boccaccio and His
Time
(Formerly offered as ITAL 254.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
ILCS
237 or 239 or 243 or equivalent.
Readings from Boccaccio and others with special attention to the problems
of social and sexual ethics. |
| 261. Twentieth-Century
Italian Literature
(Formerly offered as ITAL 261.) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended
preparation: ILCS 237 or 239 or 240 or consent of the instructor. Bouchard
Major trends in twentieth-century Italian Literature from the early
modern period to contemporary times. |
| 262. Nineteenth-Century
Italian Literature
(Formerly offered as ITAL 262.) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended
preparation: ILCS 237 or 239 or 240 or 243 or consent of the instructor.
Bouchard
Nineteenth-century Italian drama, poetry, and narrative from the Napoleonic
period to the years immediately following the conquest of Rome in 1870. |
| 293. Foreign Study
See description at the end of the Italian section. |
| 295. Variable Topics
See description at the end of the Italian section. |
| 298. Special Topics
See description at the end of the Italian section. |
| 299. Independent Study
(Formerly offered as ITAL 299.) Either or both semesters. Credits and
hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. With a change
in content, may be repeated for credit. |
| Florence Program
The Florence Program is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Courses
include intensive Italian, Italian literature, and, with the consent of
the director of the Program, any course offered by the University of Florence.
Offered at the Florence campus. |
Italian Studies
(in English) |
| 101. The Italian Renaissance
(Formerly offered as ITAL 101.) First semester. Three credits. A knowledge
of Italian is not required. Taught in English.
A survey of Italian Renaissance civilization, with emphasis on literature
and intellectual life. |
| 149.
Cinema and Society in Contemporary Italy
(Formerly offered as ITAL 149.) Second semester. Three credits. Three
class periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. Lectures in English. Films
in Italian with English subtitles.
A critical analysis of contemporary Italian society seen through the
media of film and literature. |
| 193. Foreign Study
See description at the end of the Italian section. |
| 255W.
Dante's Divine Comedy in English Translation
First semester. Three credits. This course may not be counted in the
Italian Literary and Cultural Studies major or minor group. Masciandaro
Dante's poem as a unique synthesis of Medieval culture. Emphasizes
its integration of ethics, political thought, and theology with poetic
imagination. |
| 256W.
The Literature of the Italian Renaissance
(Formerly offered as ITAL 256W.) Second semester. Three credits. Not
open to students who have passed ILCS 251-252. This course may not be counted
in the Italian Literary and Cultural Studies major group.
A survey, in English, of the major literary and philosophical currents
of the Italian Renaissance. Selections from Boccaccio, Petrarch, Pico della
Mirandola, Machiavelli, Castiglione, and others. |
| 260W. Italian Cinema
(Formerly offered as ITAL 260W.) Either semester. Three credits. Two
class periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. Lectures in English. Films
in Italian with English subtitles. Bouchard
Italian cinema from the silent era to the present. Its genres, such
as epic film, melodrama, comedy "Italian-style," "Spaghetti-Westerns,"
and political cinema. Cinema as a reflection on and comment upon the social
and political contexts of Italian history from pre-fascist Italy to modernization
and beyond. |
| 295. Variable Topics
See description at the end of the Italian section. |
| 298. Special Topics
See description at the end of the Italian section. |
| 193. Foreign Study
(Formerly offered as ITAL 193.) Either or both semesters. Credits and
hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department
Head required, normally before the student's departure.
Special topics taken in a foreign study program. |
| 293. Foreign Study
(Formerly offered as ITAL 293.) Either or both semesters. Credits and
hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department
Head required, normally granted prior to the student's departure. May count
toward the major with consent of the advisor.
Special topics taken in a foreign study program. |
| 295. Variable Topics
(Formerly offered as ITAL 295.) Either semester. Three credits. With
a change in topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended
preparation vary. |
| 298. Special Topics
(Formerly offered as ITAL 298.) Either semester. Credits and hours by
arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites
and recommended preparation vary. |