Courses in Italian
A Ita 100L Elementary Italian I (4)
General Education: CHP & HA
Beginner's course with audio-lingual approach. Fundamentals of language structure and sounds; emphasis on correct pronunciation and oral expression, graded readings. Classes meet four times per week, plus two required homework periods in the language laboratory. May not be taken for credit by students who have taken three years of high school Italian or passed the Regents examination within the past five years. Prerequisite(s): for beginners, none; for students with high school Italian, placement.A Ita 101L Elementary Italian II (4)
General Education: CHP & HA
Continuation of audio-lingual approach, fundamentals of language structure and sounds, emphasis on correct pronunciation and oral expression, and graded readings. Classes meet four times per week, plus two required homework periods in the language laboratory. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 100L or placement.A Ita 103L Intermediate Italian I (4)
General Education: CHP & HA
Modern Italian readings. Review of Italian grammar, composition and conversation. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 101L or placement.A Ita 104L Intermediate Italian II (3)
General Education: CHP & HA
Continuation of modern Italian readings, review of Italian grammar, composition and conversation. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 103L or placement.A Ita 206 Intermediate Conversation and Oral Grammar (3)
Primary emphasis on speaking skills. May be taken simultaneously with A Ita 207. Course may be waived upon demonstration of sufficient oral skill. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 104L.A Ita 207 Intermediate Composition and Written Grammar (3)
Primary emphasis on writing skills. May be taken simultaneously with A Ita 206. Course may be waived upon demonstration of sufficient writing skill. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 104L or placement.A Ita 213 The Italian-American Experience (3)
An exploration of the Italian-American heritage in art, culture and the novel, and a study of the psychological and social dimension of the ethnic experience. Conducted in English.A Ita 223L Introduction to Literary Methods (3)
General Education: HA
Textual exposition of readings selected according to genre, with an introduction to literary terminology and writing. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 104L.A Ita 301Z (formerly A Ita 301) Advanced Conversation and Composition (3)
General Education: WI
Intensive practice in speaking and writing Italian. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 207. Note: The former A Ita 301 does not meet the writing intensive requirement.A Ita 311 General View of Literature I (3)
Survey of Italian literature from its origins to the end of the Renaissance: The Medieval tradition from the Scuola Siciliana and the Stil Novo to the Trecento; from the Quattrocento and the Florentine Humanists to the early and late Renaissance and the transformation of the epic genre. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 223L or permission of instructor.A Ita 312 General View of Literature II (3)
Survey of Italian literature from the end of the Renaissance to the present, The course will cover the Seicento, the Settecento, with its reformation of the theatre, the revival of the tragic genre and the civil poetry; it will also cover the Romantic Age, as well as the Novecento and its literary movements. Students who have already taken the A Ita 311 prior to Fall 1992 may not take A Ita 312 for credit. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 223L or permission of instructor. May note be offered in 1999-2000.A Ita 315 Italian Civilization: From the Etruscans to Galileo (3)
An introduction to Italian culture from the Etruscans to ancient Rome and Pompeii; from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, with emphasis on the contributions of Dante, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Galileo, and the struggle between church and state. Offered in English with readings in Italian for majors. Prerequisite(s): for majors, A Ita 104L; for nonmajors, none. May note be offered in 1999- 2000.A Ita 316 Contemporary Italy: From the Unification to the Present (3)
A study of the cultural manifestations of the sociopolitical changes in modern Italy: from the Risorgimento to the formation of one nation; the rise and fall of Fascism; social developments in contemporary Italy-political parties, trade unions, media, religion and education. Offered in English with readings in Italian for majors. Prerequisite(s): for majors, A Ita 104L; for nonmajors, none.A Ita 318 Italian Cinema and Literature (3)
This course deals with a study of the work of Rossellini, Visconti, De Sica, Fellini, Antonioni, Pasolini, Bertolucci and others. It examines the way fiction and themes taken from Italian life have been rendered in cinematic form during the past 35+ years. Offered in English with readings in Italian for majors. Prerequisite(s): for majors, A Ita 104L; for nonmajors, none.A Ita 325 The Italian Short Story (3)
Representative Italian short stories with emphasis on specific characteristics of the genre. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 301. May note be offered in 1999-2000.A Ita 397 Independent Study in Italian (2-4)
Study by a student in an area of special interest not treated in currently offered courses. Work performed under direction of a professor chosen by the student on a topic approved by the program. May be repeated once with special departmental approval. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 311.A Ita 421 Dante (3)
Introduction to the Divina Commedia. A study of Dante's Inferno, including consideration of Dante's importance in world literature. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 311 or permission of instructor. May note be offered in 1999-2000.A Ita 441 The Italian Renaissance (3)
Study of the Italian Renaissance, with emphasis on the individual authors as well as on their influence on other Western cultures and subsequent centuries. From the new critical spirit and search to the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici, Machiavelli, Ariosto, and Tasso. Conducted in English. Italian majors must read materials in the original and meet in special sessions with the instructor during the course of the semester. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 311 or permission of instructor.A Ita 444 Topics in Italian Language and Literature (2-3)
Selected works of Italian language or literature not covered by other undergraduate courses offered by the program. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Consult current schedule of classes for topic and prerequisite.A Ita 471 From Baroque to Romanticism (3)
Study of literature, trends and ideas of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries focusing on the works of Foscolo, Leopardi, Manzoni, Carducci, Pascoli and D'Annunzio. Not open to students with credit for A Ita 461. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 311 or permission of instructor. May note be offered in 1999-2000.A Ita 481 The Italian Novel and Poetry of the 20th Century (3)
Study of contemporary literary trends. Emphasizes the works of Verga and Pirandello, Moravia and Pavese, Ungaretti, Montale, Quasimodo. Prerequisite(s): A Ita 311 or permission of instructor. May note be offered in 1999-2000.A Ita 499 Honors Thesis (4)
An independent honors thesis written under the supervision of an appropriate faculty member and evaluated by the Honors Committee. Prerequisite(s): Completion of all other requirements for the Honors Program.
