FRENCH AND ITALIAN IN TRANSLATION 35 - Modern Italian Culture and Society

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Dartmouth College

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09S: 2A 09X: 12 According to the interests of the instructor, a major topic, art form, literary genre, or historical theme that concerns modern Italy will be approached in relation to Italian culture and society as a whole. The focus of the course will thus be interdisciplinary, emphasizing the interplay of the fine arts, literature, film, music, history, and philosophy. Possible themes include Literature and Politics in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, The History of Italian Opera, The Culture of Italian Fascism, Italian Film (specific directors such as Fellini, De Sica, Bertolucci and Antonioni). Open to all students. Lectures and discussion in English. Major credit will be granted to students who read required selections in Italian and attend a weekly x-hour conducted in Italian. In 09S, From Dagoes to Sopranos: Italian American Culture ( Identical to Comparative Literature 63). Yo! (from the Sicilian "Guagliò.") What does it mean to be an Italian American This course looks at the history of Italian migration to the United States, and at novels written by Italian Americans (di Donato, Fante, Barolini, De Salvo). A number of films by Coppola, Scorsese, Savoca, and Spike Lee will be shown. The last week of the course is devoted to music by Italian Americans such as Sinatra and Madonn a. Dist: LIT; WCult: C I. ParatiIn 09X, Italian Novels of the Twentieth Century: "Resistance. The course examines interconnections and disconnections between fiction and history: the resistance to fascist misogyny in Alba De Cespedes, the power of memory in Primo Levi's Holocaust writings, conflicting allegiances to private love and public duty in Beppe Fenoglio, "escapist" fiction by Tommaso Landolfi, Pier Paolo Pasolini's outlook on the devastations of modernity in Rome, and Vittorio Tondelli's stand against homophobia in the nineteen eig hties. Dist: LIT; WCu lt: W. Je

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3.00

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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