|
12043 |
ITAL 106
Intensive
Italian |
Karen Raizen |
M T W Th 9:00 am-11:00 am |
OLINLC 120 |
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 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.
Class
size: 22
|
12044 |
ITAL 235
Advance
Review: Imagining Italian Cities |
Franco Baldasso |
T Th 11:50 am-1:10
pm |
OLINLC 206 |
FL |
FLLC |
Cross-listed:
Environmental
& Urban Studies
Italy has not one, but many
capitals. Unlike other European countries, there is no central stage in the
construction of national culture that can boast hegemonic influence throughout
Italian history. Although the myth of Rome and its imperial past fostered
literati’s dreams of political grandeur, Italy grounds its multifold identity
on the difference and peculiarities of cities such as Florence, Venice, Naples,
Trieste and Milan. Living, walking, and imagining the city is a key experience
for Italian culture, from the Middle Ages to the
Renaissance, to the Postmodern. With a multidisciplinary approach from poetry
to visual arts, fiction and documentaries, the course draws from the works of
authors as diverse as Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Marinetti, Calvino and
Elena Ferrante, and filmmakers such as De Sica,
Fellini, Pasolini and Benigni. This course
constitutes a first introduction to Italian civilization and culture for
students who have completed Intermediate Italian. Through in-class discussions,
grammar drills, written work, presentations, and performances, it offers an
opportunity for students to hone their linguistic skills and actively engage
with the complexities of Italian identity, past and present.
Class
size: 22
|
12480 |
LIT 291 Birth of the Avant-Garde |
Franco Baldasso
|
M W 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
OLINLC
210 |
LA |
Cross-listed:
Art History;
Italian Studies Class size: 18