99076 |
ITAL 110 Accelerated Italian |
Anna Cafaro Tutoring session |
M T W Th . . .
. . F |
1:25 -2:25 pm 1:25 -2:25 pm |
OLINLC 118 OLINLC 118 |
FLLC |
This beginning course is designed for the student
with little or no prior exposure to Italian. The course will cover the major
topics of grammar and give intensive practice in the four skills (speaking,
comprehension, reading and writing). The grammar textbook will be supplemented
by traditional homework exercises and a variety of multimedia work in the Bard
Foreign Language Resource Center.
Student must also enroll in a required weekly tutorial to practice oral
skills. The course is designed as an
indivisible, one-year sequence and includes a semester of language study in the
fall (4 credits); the Intersession Intensive Italian Program in Italy (4
credits); and a final spring semester of language study (4 credits).
99073 |
ITAL 201 Intermediate Italian I |
Joseph Luzzi Tutoring session: |
. T W Th . . . . . F |
10:30 - 11:50 am 10:30 - 11:30 am |
RKC 200 RKC 200 |
FLLC |
For
students who have completed Italian 106 (Intensive) Italian 110
(Accelerated) or the equivalent of
Italian 101 and 102. Comprehensive review through practice in writing and
conversation. Discussion, compositions and oral reports based on Italian
literary texts and cultural material. Interested students should contact Prof.
Luzzi to determine eligibility. ([email protected])
99538 |
ITAL 230 History of Italian Theater (Literature in
Translation) |
Anna Cafaro |
. T . Th . |
4:30 – 5:50 pm |
OLINLC 208 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed:
Theater This
course introduces students to the world of Italian theater from the Renaissance
to today. Students are led to a comprehensive historical overview of Italian
theater, its protagonists, and its fundamental role in the evolution of Italian
society, through audiovisual expositions, and discussions that include
interdisciplinary themes. Plays of Commedia dell’Arte, Goldoni, Pirandello, De
Filippo, Fo, Maraini will be studied within their historical, social and
aesthetic contexts. Readings/course
work in English; students have option of doing work in Italian with
instructor's approval.
99054 |
ITAL 301 Advanced Italian: Origins of Italian Literature |
Amelia Moser |
. . W . F |
3:00 -4:20 pm |
OLINLC 118 |
FLLC |
The
debt of gratitude authors like Chaucer, Shakespeare, Sydney, Pope and
numerous others owed to Italian literature is well known. But what was it
about Italian poetry that gave it such outstanding authority? Much of the
answer lies in early Italian poets’ obsession with redefining “love” and
distinguishing the array of nuances within it. The growing discourse over
love’s scientific essence superceded the view of its predominantly
religious make-up, and generated new ideas about its role in obtaining
knowledge of the self, nature and god, in addition to its influence in
creating an ideal society on earth. Such ideas challenged the social
parameters (and over time, many legal parameters) put into place by
Christianity. This course will examine the various permutations of the
concept of love from the medieval to the early-modern age, also exploring
how literary genres (lyric/epic poetry, novelle, dialogues, medical /
magical treatises, letters, memoirs, theatre) reflected beliefs about how
and when one was to learn the lessons of love or become a victim to
it. Authors include Lentini, Cavalcanti, Guinizelli, Dante,
Boccaccio, Petrarch, Ficino, Ariosto, Bembo, Machiavelli, Aretino,
Franco, Michelangelo, Stampa, Patrizi, Bruno, Marino, Pallavicino, and
Casanova. The course is taught in Italian with critical readings in
Italian and English. Advanced grammar review will be incorporated into
the written work.
99074 |
LIT 323 Economies of Modern European Literature |
Joseph Luzzi |
. T . . . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
RKC 200 |
ELIT |
See
Literature section for description.