ITAL Course Descriptions

Italian (2009-2010)

An intensive study of the fundamentals of grammar and conversation. The language laboratory will be used.

A continuation of ITAL 101, with more emphasis on conversation and everyday uses of language.

Advanced study of grammar. Conversation sessions based on intermediate-level readings reflecting contemporary Italian life. Intensive practice in the spoken and written language.

A continuation of ITAL 201.

Through lectures, class discussions, and compositions in Italian, this course studies diverse aspects of contemporary Italian society including politics, history, the arts, and popular culture.

This course strengthens writing skills in Italian with emphasis on technological vocabulary, composition, business terminology, and correspondence.

An introduction to the Italian literature of the Middle Ages, with special reference to selections from the major works by Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio.

An introduction to the Italian literary production of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, focusing on selections from the major works of the period, including some by Machiavelli, Ariosto and Tasso.

A survey of some of the principal novels of the twentieth century in Italy in association with their cinematic versions by eminent Italian film directors.

This course studies the works of major Italian poets and playwrights, modern and contemporary, paying special attention to works by women authors.

Italian literature, art, culture and history studied abroad in Italy.

This course gives the student an opportunity to study authors and works of special interest which are not covered in other courses.

Winter term of ITAL/ITALST 396.