Course |
ITAL 110 Accelerated Italian |
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Professor |
Nina Cannizzaro |
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CRN |
15363 |
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Schedule |
T W Th F 11:30
- 12:30 pm Olin L.C. 118 + 1 hour
tutorial on Mondays, to be arranged. |
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Distribution |
OLD: D
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NEW: Foreign
Language, Literature, & Culture
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This beginning course is designed for the student
with some prior exposure to Italian, or excellent command of another Romance
language. 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 weekly tutorial (required) to practice oral skills. The course will concludes with one month of
study in Venice, Italy, in June 2005.
Course |
ITAL 225 Dante's Divine Comedy |
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Professor |
Nina Cannizzaro |
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CRN |
15274 |
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Schedule |
Wed Fr 3:00
-4:20 pm OLIN 303 |
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Distribution |
OLD: B/D
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NEW: Foreign
Language, Literature, & Culture
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A close reading of the Divine Comedy in its
historical, philosophical, and literary contexts. The course will incorporate a
variety of critical perspectives (from the Middle Ages to the present),
relevant passages from other texts by Dante (Vita Nova, Rime, Convivio, De
Vulgari Eloquentia)or other Provençal or early-Italian poets, and brief
exploration of the figurative tradition born of this poetic masterpiece.
Discussion will focus on the medieval underpinnings and connotations of
concepts used by Dante such as intelligence (human and divine), time and
history, faith, virtue vs. sin, revelation, providence, allegory and the
responsibilities of authorship. Conducted in English; students of Italian
welcome, but might prefer to take Ital 233 next fall (see f 2003 course
description).
Course |
ITAL 280 Advanced Conversation and Composition |
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Professor |
Amelia Moser |
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CRN |
15166 |
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Schedule |
Tu Th 11:30 - 12:50 pm OLIN 309 |
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Distribution |
OLD: D
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NEW: Foreign
Language, Literature, & Culture
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The aim of
this course is to help students obtain a sense of fluency in Course
will continue a comprehensive review of grammar, offer a basic introduction to
Italian prose stylistics (through examination of excerpts from various genres:
fiction, current political commentary,
humor, literary essays, philosophical texts, newspaper/magazine
articles, children’s literature, etc.), and finally, introduce students to the birth of Italian cinema and its
cultural impact. Students are required to
enroll in a weekly laboratory session for multimedia work.
Prerequisite: Intensive Italian or permission of
department.
Course |
ITAL 317 The Fantastic Tale |
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Professor |
Amelia Moser |
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CRN |
15167 |
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Schedule |
Tu Th 3:00 -4:20 pm Olin L.C.
118 |
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Distribution |
OLD: D
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NEW: Foreign
Language, Literature, & Culture
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Italo Calvino once
stated that fantastic fiction “meditates on the nightmares and hidden places of
contemporary man”. This course aims to
discuss this seminal idea through a reading of classic short stories by important
modern Italian authors including, among others, Luigi Pirandello, Calvino,
Umberto Eco, Anna Maria Ortese and Antonio Tabucchi. Students will investigate the unique contribution of Italian
writers to the fantastic tale, which was – and continues to be – intensely
present in the literary production of the peninsula. Special attention will be devoted to contextualizing Italian
fantastic fiction within the international trend of this body of writings. Topics include the inherently subversive
nature of the fantastic, the link between fantastic texts and politics, the
relation between Magical Realism in Italy and in South America, and the
theoretical debate about the fantastic in critics such as Freud and
Todorov. A final project could include
the writing of an original fantastic tale.
Film screenings will also be included.
Scheduled to be taught in Italian. Students will meet for weekly grammar
review with tutor.