ITA
101
BASIC
ITALIAN I
Listening to, speaking, reading and writing
Italian in a cultural context for the beginning student.
ITA
102
BASIC
ITALIAN II
Continued emphasis on the four skills in
culturally-authentic situations. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 101 or equivalent.
ITA
103
BASIC
ITALIAN III
Completion of the basic elements of the
Italian language, spoken as well as written, with due regard to the cultural
context of Italian expression. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 102 or equivalent.
ITA
104
INTERMEDIATE
ITALIAN I
Intensive practice in the use of Italian
through listening, speaking, reading and writing, and continued enhancement of
the cultural awareness intrinsic to those skills. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 103 or
equivalent.
ITA
105
INTERMEDIATE
ITALIAN II
Continuing practice in spoken and written
Italian and further development of reading and listening abilities in an
authentic cultural context. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 104 or equivalent.
ITA
106
INTERMEDIATE
ITALIAN III
Developing more fluency in speaking,
understanding, reading and writing Italian with a concomitant heightened
awareness of the cultural dimensions of the Italian language. PREREQUISTE(S):
ITA 105 or equivalent.
ITA
197
SPECIAL
TOPICS IN ITALIAN
See schedule for current offerings.
ITA
198
STUDY
ABROAD
Variable credit. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission
required.
ITA
199
INDEPENDENT
STUDY
Variable credit. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission
of chair & instructor required.
ITA
201
ADVANCED
COMMUNICATION I
Developing culturally appropriate speech and
writing through the study of speech acts and written documents within the
context of a systematic study and review of grammar. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106
or equivalent.
ITA
202
ADVANCED
COMMUNICATION II
Focus on the differences between speech and
writing with an emphasis on the latter as expressed in compositions, editing
and other writing activities. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent.
ITA
203
ADVANCED
COMMUNICATION III
Developing a sophisticated spoken fluency
using authentic oral texts as models for elaborated discourse. Written texts
and writing exercises reinforce oral expression. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or
equivalent.
ITA
297
SPECIAL
TOPICS IN ITALIAN
See schedule for current offerings.
ITA
298
STUDY
ABROAD
Variable credit. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission
required.
ITA
299
INDEPENDENT
STUDY
Variable credit. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission
of chair & instructor required.
ITA
301
ORIGINS
OF ITALIAN LITERATURE
Topics will include the development of
vernacular literature from the earliest texts to Dante. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA
106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
302
WRITING
THE SELF IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Topics will include the evolving conception
of self in texts of the Humanists, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Michelangelo,
Ariosto and Tasso. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203
generally recommended.
ITA
303
LITERATURE
OF THE SEICENTO & SETTECENTO
Topics will include Baroque and Enlightenment
texts of Marino, Galileo, Vico, Goldoni and Alfieri. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106
or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
304
ITALIAN
CIVILIZATION I
The development of Italian culture from the
rise of the city-state after the year 1000 to the grand achievements of poets,
painters and politicians in the Renaissance court. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or
equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
305
TOWARDS
UNIFICATION: ROMANTICS, REVOLUTIONARIES, AND REALISTS
Authors will include Foscolo, Leopardi,
Manzoni, Verga, Carducci and Pascoli. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent;
ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
306
FUTURISM
AND BEYOND: LITERATURE OF THE NOVECENTO
Topics will include issues of modernity in
the works of Svevo, Marinetti, D'Annunzio, Pirandello and others.
PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
307
DANTE'S
INFERNO: THE WORLD OF THE CONDEMNED
A close reading of the first part of Dante's
masterpiece.
ITA
308
DANTE'S
PURGATORY AND PARADISE: THE REALM OF SALVATION
A close reading of selections from Purgatory
and Paradise. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally
recommended.
ITA
309
THE
ITALIAN NOVEL
Selected topics from all periods. PREREQUISITE(S):
ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
310
PETRARCA
AND BOCCACCIO
A close reading of selections from the
Canzoniere and Decamerone. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203
generally recommended.
ITA
311
ITALIAN
POETRY
Selected topics from all periods.
PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
312
ITALIAN
DRAMA
Selected topics from all periods.
PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
319
CILS
EXAMINATION PREPARATION COURSE
Intensive workshop course designed to
prepare students for taking the Italian national CILS examination. Advanced
review of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. PREREQUISITE(S):
ITA 106 or equivalent.
ITA
320
ITALIAN
FOR BUSINESS
Advanced preparation for the use of Italian
in the business world. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203
generally recommended.
ITA
321
TRANSLATION
Fundamental principles of translation and
acquisition of practical skills involved in translating original documents from
Italian to English and from English into Italian in the areas of literature and
other topics. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally
recommended.
ITA
329
ITALIAN
FILM
The development of Italian cinema from its
origins to the present. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203
generally recommended.
ITA
332
ITALIAN
CIVILIZATION II
Overview of artistic, social and political
developments from the Baroque to the Risorgimento. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or
equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally recommended.
ITA
340
ITALIAN
CIVILIZATION III
The artistic, social and political
development of modern Italy from industrialization through the Fascist era to
contemporary society. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203
generally recommended.
ITA
353
ITALIAN
PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS
An in-depth study of the language's sound
system and intensive pronunciation practice. Advanced knowledge of Italian is a
prerequisite. PREREQUISITE(S): ITA 106 or equivalent; ITA 201-203 generally
recommended.
ITA
397
SPECIAL
TOPICS IN ITALIAN
See schedule for current offerings.
ITA
398
STUDY
ABROAD
Variable credit. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission
required.
ITA
399
INDEPENDENT
STUDY
Variable credit. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission
of chair and instructor required.
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