ITA 1111 - Introductory Italian I

Groundwork in Italian, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills. 4.00 credit(s)

ITA 1112 - Introductory Italian II

Groundwork in Italian, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills.  4.00 credit(s)

ITA 1121 - Intermediate Italian I

Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed ITA 1111 and 1112 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 1122 - Intermediate Italian II

Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed ITA 1121 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 1131 - Conversation & Composition I

Intensive practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advance language skills in Italian. Course conducted in Italian. Students should have completed ITA 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 1132 - Conversation & Composition II

Further practice in conversation and composition with focus on advanced proficiency in Italian. Students should have completed ITA 1131 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 1138 - Advanced Grammar

Intensive grammar review with special focus on literary styles. Open to students who have completed ITA 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 1140 - Writing & Stylistics in Ita.

Intensive practice in written expression and textual analysis. Compositions are modeled on selected Italian texts.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 2142 - Italian Culture I

Study of Italian culture in its manifold aspects: geography, history, literature to 1300's. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 2143 - Italian Culture II

Italian culture in its manifold aspects: literature from Renaissance to 20th century, art, music. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Satisfies requirements towards major or minor in Italian. Satisfies the core requirement for advanced literature level 2100 or above.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 2211 - Survey of Italian Literature I

Introduction to Italian Literature from Dante to Machiavelli.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 2212 - Survey of Italian Lit. II

Introduction to Italian Literature from Galileo to the Moderns.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 2214 - Readings in Italian Literature

Readings in fiction, verse and drama representing various literary currents and personalities from the Renaissance to modern times.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3310 - The Short Story

Survey of representative short stories from the Novellino to modern times, including the "novelle" of Machiavelli, Verga, Pirandello, D'Annunzio, Moravia and contemporaries. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3410 - Studies in Early Italian Lit

An intensive study of the major representatives of the Sicilian and Tuscan Schools, with particular attention to the "Dolce Stil Novo" and the minor works of Dante. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3411 - Petrarca and Boccaccio

The major works of Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3412 - Special Topics

Advanced study of topics of special interest in Italian literary and/or cultural studies. Topics to be arranged. May be repeated for credit if topic changes.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3421 - Dante's Divine Comedy

Dante's masterpiece with special emphasis on the "Inferno".  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3512 - The Renaissance

Selected authors who played a major role in the development of humanistic viewpoint and in the creative achievements of the Renaissance. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent.
3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3815 - Nineteenth-Twentieth Cen Poet

The neoclassical revival and the romantic movement including Foscolo, Leopardi and Manzoni. Selections from Carducci, Pascoli and D'Annumzio. The "Crepuscolari" poets, Futurism and the "Ronda." The major figures of Ungaretti, Montale and Quasimodo. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132.
3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3816 - 20th Cen. Italy: Word & Image

Surveys twentieth-century Italy by focusing on literary texts and artistic works that represent the relationship between world and self. Materials include literary works by Pirandello, Montale and Morante, and painting from the futurist, metaphysical, and postmodern schools.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3920 - The Italian Theatre

From the Renaissance to modern times, including Machiavelli, DeFilippo, Verga, D'Annunzio, Goldoni, Pirandello, Giacosa, Bracco, Fo.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3950 - Research Seminar

ITA 3960 - Italians in Amer. Imaginary

A reflection on the ideological motives & the different media used in American representations of Italians & Italian-Americans since 1800. Explores cinematographic & literary images of Italians & Italian-Americans. Materials include historical & anthropological scholarship, films, fiction, ethnic marketing & programs, & travel writing.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3970 - Research Seminar

Concentrated study on one aspect of Italian literature chosen by the instructor. Immersion in primary and secondary materials and introduction to principles and techniques of literary research and bibliography ultimately leading to the writing of the research paper.   3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3980 - Images of Italy

Italian culture from Fascism to globalization. World War II and its impact on the lives of Italians: capitalism and modernization; immigration; multiculturalism; racism; youth culture; gender; changing definitions of family.   3.00 credit(s)

ITA 3990 - Place and Identity in Italy

Expressions of Italian identity as portrayed, imagined or remembered by a wide selection of Italian authors, painters, film directors and singers. Social, cultural, geographical and political aspects of Italy.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 4115 - Italy through Film

A culturally-oriented course using the film medium to explore various aspects of Italian society from the aftermath of World War II to the present.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 4120 - The Women of Italian Opera

Representation of women in Italian opera from Monteverdi to Verdi and Puccini; from Baroque to Verisamo with emphasis on the Romantic period. Female character reflective of culture past and present. 
3.00 credit(s)

ITA 4130 - Italian Culture

The land and people of Italy; their social and cultural evolution; their achievements in the arts and their influence on art , literature and music; their contribution to the history of ideas.  3.00 credit(s)

ITA 4140 - The Image of Woman in Ita Lit

Literary works form the Medieval period to modern times. The role of the woman in Italian culture through the eyes of such literary geniuses as Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. Satisfies requirements towards major and minor in Italian. Satisfies the core requirement for advanced literature level 2100 or above. 
3.00 credit(s)

ITA 4150 - Italian Art and Literature

Description: Italian literature as reflected in painting, sculpture and architecture from Saint Francis of Assisi and Giotto, Petrarch and Botticelli, Castiglione and Raffaello, Michelangelo (the poet) and Michelangelo (the sculptor), and other writers and artists of Renaissance Italy.    3.00 credit(s)

ITA 5900 - Independent Study