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Fall 2002
This information effective
for Fall 2002.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
An introduction to the major authors, periods, and themes of Italian literature, from the Middle Ages to the present; close reading of texts, intensive practice in spoken and written Italian. We will examine examples of the short story, plays, and a short novel. Among authors to be read: Calvino, Pavese, Morante, Pirandello, Boccaccio, Carlo Goldoni, Natalia Ginzburg, Erri De Luca. The class will focus on several recurring themes central to Italian identity: the North vs. the South, gender roles and the family structure, and WW II and the Resistance movement. The class will be held as a seminar; students will be encouraged to speak in class, to put on a play, and to prepare brief oral presentations. There will be a series of short (2 pages) papers and a final paper (6-8 pages). Several video productions will be shown.
Course conducted in Italian.
Prerequisite: Italian 6 or equivalent.
Course required for Italian
Language Studies majors; strongly recommended for Italian Studies and Italian
Literature majors.
Venite!! Venite!! è
un corso molto interessante, informale, dove si impara molto e ci si diverte
molto.