CRN

 15076

Distribution

 D

Course No.

 ITAL 201

Title

Intermediate Italian I

Professor

 TBA

Schedule

 TBA
For students who have completed Italian 101-102 or Intensive. Formal language study at the second-year level. Strong emphasis on oral practice and writing skills. Discussion of contemporary works by Soldati, Sciascia, Calvino, Tabucchi and others as well as a murder mystery, I Giovedi' della Signora Giulia by Piero Chiara. We will also study a recent movie (TBA) An additional hour of conversation is required every week. Prerequisite:Italian 101-102 or equivalent.

CRN

 15351

Distribution

 D

Course No.

 ITAL 304

Title

Contemporary Italian Cinema

Professor

 Carlo Zei

Schedule

 Mon 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm LC 120
What happened to Italian Cinema after Fellini, Visconti, and DeSica? Do young moviemakers follow the example of these great masters or do they try to deal with their legacy in new and different ways? In this course we will view a number of recent Italian movies, some of which were never distributed in the United States. We will examine what techniques these movies employ, what social issues they confront, and to what new genres, if any, they belong. Among other things, we will attempt to locate a "new Italian cinema" within the heterogeneous production of the nineties. The course is designed for students of Italian language at the advanced level. All movies are in the original language, often without subtitles. Texts: Peter Bondanella. Italian Cinema, Philip Rosen, Ed. Narrative, Apparatus, Ideology, Manuela Gieri, "The New Italian Cinema: Restoration or Subvertion?" in: Contemporay Italian Filmmaking. Millicent Marcus, excerpts from: Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism, Millicent Marcus, "Pasolini's Decameron" in: Filmmaking by the Book, P. Adams Sitney, Vital Crises in Italian Cinema, Bruno Fornara, "Tante cose mi piacciono più di tutte" in: Nanni Moretti, Casetti, excerpts from: Teorie del cinema, Andrew S. Horton, Comedy/Cinema/Theory, Andrè Bazin, "The mytth of Total Cinema" in: Film Theory and Criticism G. Mast & M Cohen edts, Giaime Alonge, Vittorio de Sica:"Ladri di biciclette", Roberto Ellero, Ettore Scola, Marco Lodoli, Fuori dal cinema, Michelangelo Antonioni, The Architecture of Vision, Francesco Casetti, Federico di Chio, Analisi del film, Sandro Bernardi, Introduzione alla retorica del cinema,

CRN

 15352

Distribution

 D

Course No.

 ITAL 321

Title

Survey of Italian Literature II: From Goldoni to Calvino

Professor

 Carlo Zei

Schedule

 Wed 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm OLIN 307
A general introduction to Italian literature. The course is divided in two parts, the second to be offered in the spring. In this course students will read both excerpts and complete texts selected from a number of Italian classic writers such as Goldoni, Foscolo, Leopardi, Manzoni, D'Annunzio, Pirandello, Montale and many others. All text will be in the original language. The course is designed for students of Italian language at the advanced-intermediate (intermediate II) level.Texts: Dentro il Tempo-Antologia minima della letteratura italiana; The Cambridge History of Italian Literature; Pirandello Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore.