ITAL 211 - French and Italian Women Writers

Institution:

Catholic University of America

Subject:

Italian

Description:

This women¿s studies course focuses on the genre of the novel as seen through the work of key French and Italian women writers. At the core of the novels studied are the themes of relationships and a sense of history, real and imaginary. Works by Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras, Julia Kristeva, Anna Banti, Annamaria Ortese, Elsa Morante, and Dacia Maraini will be studied chronologically according to the use of narrative techniques and the construction of Self. A comparative analysis will reveal how gender and class cut across women¿s definition of themselves and their personal and public lives, influencing their literary texts. Taught in English. Enrollment in an additional one-credit discussion section, ITAL 311D: French & Italian Women Writers Discussion, is mandatory for those with a French major or minor or an Italian Studies minor.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cua.edu

Phone Number:

(202) 319-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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