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department Italian Studies (X) |
Basic grammar for beginners: Part one.
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Basic grammar, reading comprehension, and translation.
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Basic grammar for beginners: Part two.
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Grammar review, reading, and written composition.
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Selected readings in modern Italian prose; a review of the essentials of grammar; written and oral compositions.
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Reading and composition course based on works by Italians and foreigners about Italy and its culture and by Italians about their distinctive experiences of other cultures as tourists and emigrants. Works studied will be primarily chosen from among fiction and non fiction narratives, both originally in English and translated into it. R5A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition Requirement and R5B satisfies the second half.
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Reading and composition course based on works by Italians and foreigners about Italy and its culture and by Italians about their distinctive experiences of other cultures as tourists and emigrants. Works studied will be primarily chosen from among fiction and non fiction narratives, both originally in English and translated into it. R5A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition Requirement and R5B satisfies the second half.
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The course is designed to develop and enhance oral communication skills at an advanced level, by means of conversational practice, discussion of readings, student presentation or original material, and use of audio-visual materials and realia.
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An introduction to Dante's works in the cultural and historical context of the European Middle Ages.
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Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
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Introduction to Italian studies through selected topics and themes integral to the history, literature, and arts of Italy from Dante to Fellini.
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Interdisciplinary introduction to the Italian Renaissance through selected topics integral to the history, literature, and arts of Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
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This course is a brief introduction to the history of Italian cinema. No prior knowledge of Italian cinema or film theory is necessary. We will study major auteurs and genres of Italian cinema in the context of Italian culture and history from 1895 to the present. The course is structured chronologically: we will begin with silent cinema, work our way through the 20th century, and end with contemporary cinema. All students must attend weekly screenings. Films and film clips will also be shown during lectures.
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Reading and grammatical analysis of representative texts; advanced written composition.
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Reading and grammatical analysis of representative texts; advanced written composition.
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Introduction to the historical development of culture and literature in Italian from the Middle Ages to the present day. Lectures, critical analysis of texts, frequent writing exercises. In Italian.
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Introduction to basic works of Italian literature (fiction, poetry, drama) with an emphasis on techniques of reading.
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Studies in the literature and culture of the High Renaissance and the Late Renaissance.
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Studies in the literature and culture of nineteenth-century Italy.
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The main trends in the fiction, poetry, prose and theatre of the twentieth century.
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Three hours of lectures, readings, and discussion per week on major authors, themes, and movements in Italian literature.
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The course will study Italian culture from the perspective of social and historical forces, as articulated by a broad variety of cultural, ideological, and institutional discourses.
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The course will study Italian culture from the perspective of literary discourse in its responses to a broad spectrum of cultural, ideological, and institutional forces. Taught in English or Italian.
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An analysis of Italian cinema as seen in the development of specific film genres such as neorealism, comedy, self-reflexive cinema. Occasionally the course will concentrate on a specific director and study his individuality through style, theme, and personal development. This course fulfills film major requirement in one of history, genre, auteur.
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The interaction of film style with literary and poetic structure studied through film theories, film novels, and the work of outstanding Italian film directors. Literature shaped by film experience and films dealing with the essence of cinematic form will be analyzed. This course may fulfill the film major requirement in theory.
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