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A beginning Italian course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy (reading and writing) and culture.
ITAL 102: Italian Level II
Prerequisite: ITAL 101
Continuation of ITAL 101
ITAL 111: Italian Conversation I
Basic development of
oral skills. Guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative
competence. Small group discussions in Italian on practical topics. May be taken
concurrently with Italian Level I.
ITAL 112: Italian Conversation II
Prerequisite: ITAL 101.
May be taken concurrently with ITAL 102.
Development of oral skills for
self-expression. Guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative
competence. Small group (enrollment limited to 10 per section) discussions in
Italian on practical topics.
ITAL 201: Italian Level III
Prerequisite: ITAL 102
Continuation of ITAL 102.
ITAL 202: Italian Level IV
Prerequisite: ITAL 201
An
intermediate Italian course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and
speaking), literacy skills (reading and writing) and culture.
ITAL 211: Italian Conversation III
Prerequisite: ITAL
102. May be taken concurrently with ITAL 201.
Continuation of ITAL 112.
ITAL 212: Italian Conversation IV
Prerequisite: ITAL
201. May be taken concurrently with ITAL 202.
Continuation of ITAL 211.
ITAL 231: Dante's Divine Comedy
Reading and discussion of
Dante's Divine Comedy. The major critical approaches to Dante's masterpiece
will be reviewed. All readings, papers, and examinations will be in English.
ITAL 301: Italian Level V
Prerequisite: ITAL
202
Continued development of Italian speaking, listening, reading, and
writing abilities, using materials dealing primarily with everyday life and
civilization in Italy form a variety of sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines,
TV, recent literature, etc.). Conducted primarily in Italian.
ITAL 302: Italian Level VI
Prerequisite: ITAL
301
Further work to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills
in Italian,
on the basis of materials dealing with the ideas and events that
have shaped present-day Italy. Conducted primarily in Italian.
ITAL 330: The Italian Cinema
The development and
evolution of Italian cinema after World War II.
The class will center on the
viewing and discussion of films and will survey a broad spectrum of directors
and styles. Knowledge of Italian not required.
This course explores various types of Italian comedy, focusing on theater and cinema. Particular emphasis will be given to Renaissance theater, commedia dell'arte, Goldoni, Pirandello, Dario Fo and to the new generation of Italian comedians. Conducted in English.
ITAL 335: Italian-American Cinema
This course offers an
overview of the major filmmakers associated
with the representation of
Italian Americans in the United States film world.
Students will view and
discuss major filmmakers and their films,
and will write critical essays on
film topics. Conducted in English.
ITAL 341: Italian Literature I: From the Middle Ages to the
Enlightenment
Prerequisite: ITAL 241 or ITAL 302
This is the
first course of a two-semester sequence presenting an overview of Italian
literature. Students will read and discuss major authors and texts and will
write critical essays on literary topics. Readings, discussions, and papers in
Italian.
ITAL 342: Italian Literature II: From Romanticism to the
Present
Prerequisite: ITAL 241 or ITAL 302
This is the second
course of a two-semester sequence presenting an overview of Italian literature.
Students will read and discuss major authors and texts and will write critical
essays on literary topics. Readings, discussions, and papers in Italian.
ITAL 380: Italian Culture and Civilization
Course focuses
on salient aspects of Italian culture and civilization from the Middle Ages to
the present. Conducted in English.
ITAL 393: Special Topics in Italian Literature or
Cinema
This course will focus on particular aspects of Italian
literature, cinema or culture. No knowledge of Italian required. Course may be
repeated up to 9 credits.
ITAL 493: Advanced Topics in Italian Literature or
Cinema
This course will analyze in depth particular aspects of
Italian literature, cinema or culture. No knowledge of Italian necessary. This
course may be repeated up to 9 credits.
ITAL 590: Directed Reading in Italian
Prerequisite:
consent of the chairperson for Italian courses. May be repeated for credit.
ITAL 594: Special Topics in Italian Literature
May be
repeated for credit. Instructor approval is required.
Other courses that may be taken to satisfy the Italian Studies Major:
A&D 227: History of Art Since 1400
Review of
painting, sculpture, and architecture from 1400 to present.
A&D 359: Medieval European Art
A comprehensive study
of the varied art forms in Western Europe from the decline of the Roman Empire
until the beginnings of the Italian Renaissance: 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D.
A&D 451: Italian Renaissance Art
A study of the
development of the major and minor themes and forms in Italy from 1300 A.D.
until 1525 A.D., emphasizing the achievements of masters and analyzing the
theories of contemporaries.
CLCS 331: Survey of Latin Literature
Introduction to
Classical Latin literature, Golden and Silver, based on the ancient canons. Some
sense of the Greek literary legacy will be sought. Typically Roman literary
genres will be highlighted. Readings in English translation. Contour of the
syllabus will be broadly historical.
CLCS 335: Introduction to Classical Mythology
This course
will survey the cosmogony and theogony of ancient Greece and Rome as viewed
through ancient sources. Emphasis will be on the Olympians and minor deities,
the role of the hero, and major and minor myths.
FLL 230: Introduction to Comparative
Literature
Foundations for comparison of works in different
languages, thematic (philosophical, sociological, psychological) and structural
(genre, composition, use of linguistic devices); parallel interrelation of theme
and structure in works of different literatures. The importance of literary
norms and systems of genres. Examination of crosscurrents in different
literatures during successive periods of development.
FLL 261: Introduction to the Linguistic Study of Foreign
Languages
Overview of linguistics and the role of language in
society; fundamental concepts of linguistic analysis. The course focuses on
linguistic phenomena found in French, German, Russian, and Spanish, with
material, examples, and assignments drawn primarily from those languages
whenever appropriate. May also take SLHS/ENGL 227. Credit will not be awarded
for both FLL 261 and SLHS/ENGL 227.
FLL 331: Comparative Literature in Translation
A course
in the study of a special topic related to works in several foreign literatures,
directed by an instructor whose particular field of specialization will be
highlighted. This course may be repeated for credit.
FLL 570: Introduction to Semiotics
(ANTH 519, AUSL 589,
COM 507, ENGL 570) The study of languages, literatures, and other systems of
human communication. Includes a wide range of phenomena that can be brought
together by means of a general theory of signs. The course deals with three
fundamental areas: 1) verbal communication, 2) nonverbal communication (iconic
systems, gestures, body language, etc. ), and 3) communication through art
forms.
HIST 402: Europe in the Renaissance: From Dante to
Machiavelli
Prerequisite: First Semester Sophomore Standing or
higher. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in
satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.
Primarily a survey of Renaissance
Italy, 1300 to 1530. Attention is focused on Italian humanism as an intellectual
and social movement, on the struggle of republicanism against despotism in
Italian city life, and finally on the impact of humanism north of the Alps in
the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
HIST 406: Rebels and Romantics: Europe
1815-1870
Prerequisite: First Semester Sophomore Standing or higher.
Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying
course pre- and co-requisites.
Examines the dramatic social, cultural, and
political developments in Europe following the defeat of Napolean through
various rebellious and romantic personalities, as well as figures who supported
conservative or reformist solutions to the upheavals of industrialization,
revolution, and nationalism.
HIST 407: Road to World War I: Europe 1870-1919
First
Semester Sophomore Standing or higher. Authorized equivalent courses or consent
of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and
co-requisites.
Studies the increase in Europe's wealth and power through
conquest, industrialization, and nation-state rivalries, along with the social
stress and cultural anxiety that culminated in World War I; examines the war
from the perspectives of both combatants and civilians.
HIST 408: Dictatorship and Democracy: Europe
1919-1945
Prerequisite: First Semester Sophomore Standing or higher.
Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying
course pre- and co-requisites.
This course examines the fleeting triumph of
democracy across Europe. Followed by the rise of fascism, communism, and Nazism.
Emphasis will be placed on broad economic, social, and cultural transformations
as well as individual choices to resist or conform.
IDIS 220: Introduction to Medieval Studies
An
introduction to interdisciplinary medieval studies, emphasizing the nature and
methodology of medieval studies, source materials for medieval studies, and the
disciplines that comprise medieval studies. May be repeated for credit.
IDIS 420: Medieval Studies Seminar
Prerequisite: IDIS
220
An interdisciplinary seminar in some aspect of medieval studies.
Instructor approval is required. May be repeated for up to 6 credits.