17050 |
ITAL 106
Intensive Italian |
Franco
Baldasso |
M
T W
Th 11:15am-1:15pm |
OLINLC 210 |
FL |
FLLC |
8 credits This course enables students with little or no previous
knowledge of Italian to complete three semesters of college Italian in five
months: 8 credits at Bard and 4 credits in
Class
size: 22
17051 |
ITAL 228
Advanced Review of Modern Italian: migrant nations of italy |
Sara
Marzioli |
T Th 8:40am-10:00am |
OLINLC 210 |
FL |
FLLC |
The course aims to enhance
students’ oral and written production in Italian by focusing on a key political
and social phenomenon of modern Italy: migration and its cultures. The main
question we will ask is whether it is possible to rethink Italian culture today
through its multiple migrant identities.
The controversial epic of Italian migration
to the U.S. and Latin America meets today with the sorrowful stories of recent
migration to the Italian peninsula through its Mediterranean shores. By working
with original materials on migration in Italy, such as films,
literary texts, and graphic novels by Leonardo Sciascia,
Igiaba Sciego, Amara Lakhous, and Cesare Segre among others,
the course investigates problems, pitfalls, and memories of a country
striving to become an inclusive multicultural society, while highlighting its
many setbacks. This course constitutes a first introduction to
Italian civilization for students who have completed the language sequence.
Through in-class discussions, grammar drills, and presentations, it offers an
opportunity for them to hone their skills before they enroll in an
upper-college seminar. Taught in Italian. Class size: 20