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Courses

Fall 2008

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101. Elementary Italian I
Anna Rein M 9:30 - 10:25, W 9:30 - 10:25, F 9:30 - 10:25
Three class hours per week, plus weekly drill sessions and language laboratory assignments. Study of the basic forms, structures, and vocabulary. Emphasis is on listening comprehension and spoken Italian.

101. Elementary Italian I
Anna Rein M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25
Three class hours per week, plus weekly drill sessions and language laboratory assignments. Study of the basic forms, structures, and vocabulary. Emphasis is on listening comprehension and spoken Italian.

101. Elementary Italian I
Giovanni Spani M 11:30 - 12:25, W 11:30 - 12:25, F 11:30 - 12:25
Three class hours per week, plus weekly drill sessions and language laboratory assignments. Study of the basic forms, structures, and vocabulary. Emphasis is on listening comprehension and spoken Italian.

203. Intermediate Italian I
None None M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25
Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with assistant. Aims to increase fluency in both spoken and written Italian. Grammar fundamentals are reviewed. Class conversation and written assignments are based on contemporary texts of literary and social interest.

203. Intermediate Italian I
None None M 11:30 - 12:25, W 11:30 - 12:25, F 11:30 - 12:25
Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with assistant. Aims to increase fluency in both spoken and written Italian. Grammar fundamentals are reviewed. Class conversation and written assignments are based on contemporary texts of literary and social interest.

205. Advanced Italian I
Giovanni Spani M 1:30 - 2:25, W 1:30 - 2:25, F 1:30 - 2:25
Designed to increase the student’s fluency in spoken and written Italian through the use of a large variety of cultural materials and media. The “texts” include literature, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, film, and television. Weekly written assignments introduce students to different writing styles, such as formal letters, restaurant reviews, love poetry, news briefs, and literary analyses. Weekly presentations, vocabulary-building exercises, and situational activities. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with an assistant. Conducted in Italian.

251. The Culture of Italian Fascism
Pamela Ballinger M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55
Examines Italian fascism through a focus on its cultural contexts. Topics explored include the relationship between politics and aesthetics (particularly avant-garde art movements), colonialism and race, and fascist interventions into work, family, and leisure. Artistic representations of fascism in post-1945 Italy, as well as contemporary contests over the fascist legacy, are also discussed.

316. Red, White, Green, and…Noir: Reading Italy through Crime Fiction
None None M 1:00 - 2:25, W 1:00 - 2:25
Examines the genre of the Italian ‘Giallo’ and its importance in contemporary Italian fiction. Considers critical approaches to the genre and addresses specific theoretical and cultural issues in the context of modern Italy, with specific focus on the cultural/geographic context that so thoroughly informs the ‘Giallo.’ Examines the style and the formal and thematic choices made by authors such as Sciascia, Scerbanenco, Macchiavelli, Camilleri, Lucarelli, and Carlotto. Conducted in Italian.