| Course ID: | ITAL 2500. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Italian Culture |
Course
Description: | Italian culture through literature, sociopolitical history, and the arts. Italian history in a specific period or periods as seen through a study of these three areas. Development of an integrated approach to culture, literature, and language. Given in English. |
| Oasis Title: | Italian Culture |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ITAL 2500E |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to present an overview of Italian culture in a given historical period or periods. The reading of select relevant literary texts of the period(s) will be complemented by the study of representative works of art and sociopolitical readings. By the end of the course, the student will have developed effective methods of analysis and an awareness of critical tools available for further study of Italian culture. Students will read extensively in the fore mentioned areas, participate in classroom discussions, and write essays on topics related to those areas. |
| Topical Outline: | This course in Italian Culture will serve as an introduction to the life and mores of Italy: its social, cultural, and artistic history. The topical outline will vary according to the specific historical period(s) and thematic emphasis of the instructor.
The following materials are examples of what content could be included in this course:
1. Christopher Duggan, A Concise History of Italy
2. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
3. Italo Calvino, The Path to the Spiders’ Nest
4. Vittorio De Sica (dir.), Bicycle Thieves |