Intensive Italian

 

Professor:

Karen Raizen

 

Course Number:

ITAL 106

CRN Number:

10147

Class cap:

22

Credits:

8

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon Tue Wed Thurs    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Olin Languages Center 115

 

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit  

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 Italy in June, where the students will continue daily intensive study of the Italian language and culture while living with Italian families. At Bard, students attend eight hours of class per week, plus two hours with the Italian tutor. The course methodology is based on a communicative approach, which includes grammar drills, guided compositions, oral practice, role-plays, readings and analysis of authentic material.

 

Intermediate Italian II: Italy in Dialogue

 

Professor:

Franco Baldasso

 

Course Number:

ITAL 202

CRN Number:

10149

Class cap:

22

Credits:

4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     5:10 PM - 6:30 PM Reem Kayden Center 200

 

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit  

This course intends to reinforce students' skills in grammar, composition, and spoken proficiency, through advanced grammar review, conversation practice, reading/analysis of short texts, writing simple compositions, as well as the use of magazine articles, videos, and songs. The focus of the semester will be on conversation and cultural communication, and will explore the richness and variety of Italy's many cultures in its literal and figurative possibilities. Prerequisites: Italian 201 (or the equivalent).

 

Cross-Cultural Encounters in Early Modern Italian Culture

 

Professor:

Luisanna Sardu

 

Course Number:

ITAL 223

CRN Number:

10148

Class cap:

22

Credits:

4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM - 11:30 AM Hegeman 300

 

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit  D+J Difference and Justice

“Man of great valor and wisdom”—with these words Giovanni Boccaccio describes one of the most recurrent characters in his Decameron, the admired Sultan, Saladino. Alongside this figure, Boccaccio narrates the journeys of various characters coming to Italy and from Alexandria, Cyprus, Rhodes, and the Byzantine Empire, reflecting a fascination with diverse cultures. While the modern concept of “race” did not exist at the time, Italian authors such as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marco Polo, Ludovico Ariosto, Leon Battista Alberti, and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, engaged with the ideas of different populations, cultures, and religions. In this course, we will explore how race and racial thought are represented in early modern Italian literature, addressing key questions: what factors shaped the meaning of race, or diversity, in early modern Italy?  What did “being Italian” mean during this period, and how was it portrayed in literature? Through selected texts, students will analyze these questions, alongside an exploration of how otherness is portrayed in early modern art and cinema. We will, in fact, examine films such as Wondrous Boccaccio by the Taviani brothers, Tale of Tales by Matteo Garrone, Il Moro by Daphne di Cinto, and others. This interdisciplinary approach will offer a deeper understanding of identity and cultural representation in early modern Italy. Conducted in Italian.

 

Cross-listed Courses:

 

Romantic Europe and the Ghost of Italy

 

Professor:

Joseph Luzzi

 

Course Number:

LIT 238

CRN Number:

10338

Class cap:

22

Credits:

4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     10:10 AM - 11:30 AM Albee 106

 

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit  

 

Crosslists: Italian Studies

 

Documents/Monuments/Memory

 

Professor:

Franco Baldasso

 

Course Number:

LIT 277

CRN Number:

10334

Class cap:

22

Credits:

4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon  Wed     3:30 PM - 4:50 PM Olin 205

 

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English D+J Difference and Justice

 

Crosslists: Art History and Visual Culture; Human Rights; Italian Studies

 

Love and Death in Dante

 

Professor:

Joseph Luzzi

 

Course Number:

LIT 3205

CRN Number:

10348

Class cap:

15

Credits:

4

 

Schedule/Location:

Mon       12:30 PM - 2:50 PM Olin 107

 

Distributional Area:

LA Literary Analysis in English  

 

Crosslists: Italian Studies