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4.00 Credits
Designed for students who have completed IT 110-IT 111 or whose placement scores are in the range for this course level.This two-semester sequence prepares students to continue the study of language on a more advanced level, and includes review of essential points of grammar, vocabulary building, and regular practice in speaking and writing.The language cultures are explored through a wide variety of materials (literary texts, press articles, films, etc.) Students attend three classes per week and do mandatory online work determined by the instructor.Four credits per semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course improves proficiency in written and oral expression in Italian.Students develop advanced writing and speaking skills while concentrating on grammar, style, and appropriateness.Weekly compositions, based primarily on the genres studied (short story, theater, memoir), allow students to identify and correct grammatical mistakes.Students present speeches in class and conduct situational dramas (job interviews, television reporting, courtroom trials) in Italian.Various films and cultural artifacts (comic strips, proverbs, music) familiarize students with idiomatic Italian.(Prerequisite: IT 121 or equivalent) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines aspects of contemporary Italian culture in the arts, film, music, media, and literature.Students analyze the debates that inform the political, social, and cultural dimensions of Italian society today.Readings include magazine and newspaper articles, print advertisements, novels, short stories, and comic books.Students view television news reports, soap operas, commercials, and movies, and listen to various types of contemporary Italian music.The course is conducted in Italian.(Prerequisite: IT 121-122 or equivalent) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
The city of Rome has been a source of wonder and amazement throughout recorded history.This course examines the foundation myths of the Eternal City in contrast with the historical accounts, discusses early accounts of the life of the city, evaluates the reasons for its decline and fall, considers the riches of Renaissance and Baroque periods, reads poetry by the Roman people, and examines Rome's centrality for the world of art.This course also focuses on the political importance of the city from its inception through the Risorgimento (Italian Unification), to Fascism and World War II, to present day.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This survey of Italian films as textual, cultural, and historical artifacts analyzes movements such as neorealism, commedia all'italiana, the spaghetti western, and new Italian cinema through the works of selected directors.The course follows a chronology from the silent period to present day, with special emphasis on the "golden ages" of Italian cinema, neo-realism of the postwar period, the 1960s' comedy of manners, and the new Italian cinema of the '80s and '90s.Students analyze the works of Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini, Visconti, Germi, Antonioni, Wertmüller, Leone, Pasolini, Moretti, Benigni, and others.The course is conducted in English.Three cre
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the works of Dante Alighieri, including the Vita nuova, in addition to the "Inferno," "Purgatorio," and "Paradiso" from the Divine Comedy.Students are introduced to the political, linguistic, theological, and poetic ideas that make Dante's works not only significant in the medieval context, but also continue to challenge and inform modern debates.This course, which is conducted in English, counts towards the core requirement in literature.(Cross-listed with EN 257) Three cre
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes the most successful genre in Italian literature, the novella (short story), as it evolved from the medieval era through the Renaissance to present day.Students read selections from Boccaccio, Basile, Bandello, Verga, Pirandello, Deledda, Morante, Moravia, Calvino, and others.The course is conducted in Italian.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
Students undertake readings and studies in a specialized area of Italian, under the direction of a staff member.Designed to fill the special needs of specific students, this course is offered at the discretion of the department chair.Hours by arrangement.Three credits per semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes the concept of nationality and national identity in literature, film, and critical essays by and about Italian-Americans.The course also discusses the concept of ethnicity together with the phenomenon of emigration and the difference in roles for men and women in this subgroup of American society.The success of Italian-Americans in various sectors of society reveals the vitality and determination of this particular ethnic group in the face of prejudice and economic hardship.Students examine the contributions of Italians who left their native land for a new beginning and discuss the perception and reality of America as the "promised land" in the Italian-American community.The course is conducted in Englis h.This course meets the U.S. diversity requiremen t.Formerly IT 293.Three credits.
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4.00 Credits
Designed for students with no prior experience with Japanese or whose placement scores are in the range for this course level.This two-semester sequence teaches the essentials of pronunciation, structure, and usage, allowing students to acquire the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.Language cultures are explored through a variety of media.Students attend three classes per week and do mandatory online work determined by the instructor.Four credits per semester.
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