Italian Courses Fall 2023

Fall 2023

If you have completed ITA 1102 or ITA 1103, you should continue with ITA 2203.

If you have completed ITA 2203, to continue with classes taught in Italian you should enroll in ITA 2614 (Conversation).

Students at any level who are interested in pursuing a Minor in Italian Studies, or in learning more about Italian culture, can enroll in ITA 3641, Contemporary Italian Cinema, offered in English (no language prerequisite):

All Fall upper-level courses count towards the Minor in Italian Studies and/or the Major in Italian and European Studies. Please check what AXLE requirement these courses fulfill.

• Italian 1101: Elementary Italian

MWF @ 10.10a-11.00a, Elena Sergio

MWF @ 11.15a-12.05p, Elena Sergio

MWF @ 12.20p-1.10p, Elena Sergio

MWF @ 1.25p-2.15p, Andrea Mirabile

Italian 1101 is the Italian from beginners, and we start from scratch.  This course introduces students to vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language and culture.
NO Prerequisite: [3]
No Axle credit

TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

• Italian 2203: Intermediate Italian
• MWF @ 10.10a-11.00a, Elsa Filosa
• MWF @ 11.15a-12.05p, Elsa Filosa

Life and art in the regions of Italy through an integrated four-skills approach of reading, writing, listening and speaking. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian language course.
Prerequisite: 1102 or 1103. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN 

• Italian 2614: Conversation

TTh @ 11.00a – 12:15p, Letizia Modena

Development of oral proficiency through analysis and discussion of films, magazine articles, and contemporary art and literature.
Prerequisite: 2203. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

• Italian 3000: Introduction to Italian Literature

TTh @ 9.30a-10.45a, Anna Marra 

Critical reading of major works of Italian literature from the beginning to the present.

Prerequisite: ITA 2501W or instructor approval [3]
AXLE: Foreign Language Proficiency
Eligible for European Studies

TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

• Italian 3240: Dante’s Divine Comedy

TTh @ 11.00a-12:15p, William Franke 

Dante’s language and philosophical tenets through the study of style, characters, and themes. Taught in English. [3] (HCA)

AXLE: Humanities and the Creative Arts

Eligible for European Studies

Eligible for Religious Studies

Italian 3641: Contemporary Italian Cinema

MWF @ 2.30p – 3:20p, Andrea Mirabile 

Contemporary Italian films and their relationship with other art-forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature. Intersections between Italian cinema and Italian society, history, and culture. Italian and Italian-American film-makers’ influence on American cinema.

No prerequisite. [3]

AXLE: Humanities and the Creative Arts

Eligible for European Studies

Taught in English

Spring 2023

If you have completed or are currently completing ITA 1101, you should continue with ITA 1102.

If you are currently completing ITA 2203, to continue with classes taught in Italian you should enroll in ITA2501W.

All Spring 2023 upper-level courses count towards the Minor in Italian Studies and/or the Major in Italian and European Studies. Please check what AXLE requirement these courses fulfill.

• Italian 1102: Elementary Italian

MWF @ 10.10a-11.00a, Elena Sergio

MWF @ 11.15a-12.05p, Elena Sergio

MWF @ 12.20p-01.10p, Elena Sergio

MWF @ 1.25p -02.15p, Anna Marra

Italian 1102 is the continuation of Italian 1101.  This course introduces students to additional vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language.

Prerequisite: 1101. [3]

TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

AXLE: Foreign language proficiency

AXLE: International Culture

• Italian 1103: Intensive Elementary Italian

MWF @ 01.25p-02.15p, Andrea Mirabile

Italian 1103 is an accelerated Italian course that combines the material of Italian 1101 and 1102 into one semester.  This course may appeal to students who have studied another language (particularly a romance language), but is open to all students and assumes no previous language knowledge.  This course introduces students to vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language.

No credit for students who have earned credit for 1101, 1102, or a more advanced Italian language.

Prerequisite: NONE. [3]

TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

AXLE: Foreign language proficiency

AXLE: International Culture

• Italian 2501W: Grammar and Composition

MWF @ 11:15a-12:05a, Anna Marra

ITA 2501W Grammar and Composition. Language practice through an exploration of Italian culture, focusing in particular on some of the most suspenseful Italian thrillers, as well as on contemporary music and film now popular among Italian youth.

TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

Prerequisite: ITA 2203. [3]

AXLE: 2000-level and above W course

AXLE: Foreign language proficiency / International Culture

Eligible for Italian minor and European Studies major

• Italian 3100: Literature from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

Special topics: Che cos’è l’amor?

TTh @ 11.00a-12.15p, Elsa Filosa

The aim of the course is to give a brief survey on the texts of Italian Medieval and Renaissance literature in context, focusing in particular on Love in different genres: poetry, novellas, theatrical representations. WHAT IS LOVE? Does the notion of ‘love’ change as time passes? Why is the stereotype of the “Italian lover” popular worldwide? We will try to answer these and other questions by focusing on Italian texts from Saint Francis to Machiavelli. The aim of the course is to illustrate how central this topic was to Italian poetry, and how immensely influential it proved to be in the diffusion of Italian culture abroad. TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

Pre-requisites: ITA 2501W. [3]

AXLE: Foreign language proficiency / Humanities and the Creative Arts

Eligible for Italian minor and European Studies major

• Italian 3340: Famous Women from Antiquity to Renaissance

TTh @ 1.15-2.30, Elsa Filosa

After an analysis of a selection of Classical and Early Medieval texts on famous women, Ovid, Livy, Valerius Maximus, and the Lives of Saints, we will focus our attention on Boccaccio’s Famous Women the first collection of famous women in western literature and its influence in French, English, and Italian literature throughout the Renaissance. We will find out who the goddesses, the whores, the queens, the Sybils, the Women Warriors of the past were before Christianity. We will look at the evolution of the literary representation of women from classical times to the Renaissance, applying contemporary criticism and theory. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Prerequisite: NONE. [3]

AXLE: Humanities and the Creative Arts

Eligible for: Italian minor and European Studies major /Classics and Mediterranean Studies

• Italian 3640: Classic Italian Cinema

MWF @ 2.30p-3.20p, Andrea Mirabile

Italian 3640, Classic Italian Cinema, is an exploration of Italian cinema from the 1940s to 2000. The course will focus on the relationship between film and society, history, and culture. Particular emphasis will be given to the inter-animation between the verbal and the visual arts (cinematic adaptations, connections between cinema and painting, writers inspiring film-makers and vice versa) and to the exchanges between Italian and other European and American directors.

Prerequisite: NONE [3]

TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

AXLE: International Cultures

Eligible for: Cinema and Media Arts / Film Studies / Italian minor /European Studies major

• Italian 3740: Imaginaries of Italian migration in USA

MWF @ 10.10-11.00, Anna Marra

The history of Italian immigration in the United States. American representations of Italians and Italian-Americans from 1900 to the present. Cinematographic and literary images of Italians and Italian Americans. Historical and anthropological scholarship. Films, fiction, ethnic marketing, and travel writing. Knowledge of Italian is not required.

Prerequisite: NONE [3]

TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

AXLE: US History

Eligible for Italian minor and European Studies major

Fall 2021

PROGRAMMA DI ITALIANO: CORSI PER FALL 2021

If you have completed (or are currently completing) ITA 1102 or ITA 1103, you should continue with ITA 2203. If you have completed ITA 2203, to continue with classes taught in Italian you should enroll in ITA 2614 (Conversation) or ITA 3702 (Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization)

Students at any level who are interested in pursuing a Minor in Italian Studies, or in learning more about Italian culture, can enroll in ITA 3641, Contemporary Italian Cinema, offered in English (no language prerequisite): All Fall upper-level courses count towards the Minor in Italian Studies and/or the Major in Italian and European Studies. Please check what AXLE requirement these courses fulfill.

Italian 1101: Elementary Italian

MWF @ 9.10-10.00, Elena Sergio
MWF @ 10.20-11.10, Elena Sergio
MWF @ 11.30-12.20.00, Elsa Filosa
MWF @ 12.40-1.30, Elsa Filosa

Italian 1101 is the Italian from beginners, and we start from scratch.  This course introduces students to vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language and culture.
NO Prerequisite: [3]
No Axle credit
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

Italian 2203: Intermediate Italian

MWF @ 1:50p – 2:40p, Andrea Mirabile 

Life and art in the regions of Italy through an integrated four-skills approach of reading, writing, listening and speaking. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian language course.
Prerequisite: 1102 or 1103. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN 

Italian 2614: Conversation

TTh @ 12:45p – 12:00p, William Franke

Development of oral proficiency through analysis and discussion of films, magazine articles, and contemporary art and literature.
Prerequisite: 2203. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

Italian 3641: Contemporary Italian Cinema

MWF @ 3:00p – 3:50a, Andrea Mirabile 

 Contemporary Italian films and their relationship with other art-forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature. Intersections between Italian cinema and Italian society, history, and culture. Italian and Italian-American film-makers’ influence on American cinema.
No prerequisite. [3]
AXLE: Humanities and the Creative Arts
Eligible for European Studies
Taught in English

 Italian 3702: Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization

MWF @ 10:20p-11:10p, Elsa Filosa 

20^th– and 21^st-century Italian history and culture as reflected in pop, folk, and rock music. Close reading of the lyrics of several songs will improve both listening skills and general understanding of the social varieties of the Italian language, local dialects, and the peculiarities of the regions and cities of the Peninsula.
Prerequisite: ITA 2501W or instructor approval [3]
AXLE: Foreign Language Proficiency
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

Spring 2022 – TBD

PROGRAMMA DI ITALIANO: CORSI PER SPRING 2022

If you have completed (or are currently completing) ITA 1102 or ITA 1103, you should continue with ITA 2203. If you have completed ITA 2203, to continue with classes taught in Italian you should enroll in ITA 2614 (Conversation) or ITA 3702 (Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization)

Students at any level who are interested in pursuing a Minor in Italian Studies, or in learning more about Italian culture, can enroll in ITA 3641, Contemporary Italian Cinema, offered in English (no language prerequisite): All Fall upper-level courses count towards the Minor in Italian Studies and/or the Major in Italian and European Studies. Please check what AXLE requirement these courses fulfill.

Italian 1102: Elementary Italian (This online classes are offered synchronous)

MWF @ 10.20a-11.10a, Elsa Filosa
MWF @ 11.30a-12.20p, Elena Sergio
MWF @ 12.40p-01.30p, Elena Sergio
Italian 1102 is the continuation of Italian 1101.  This course introduces students to additional vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language.
Prerequisite: 1101. [3]
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Culture

 Italian 1103: Intensive Elementary Italian (taught in presence)

MWF @ 01.50p-02.40p, Elsa Filosa
Italian 1103 is an accelerated Italian course that combines the material of Italian 1101 and 1102 into one semester.  This course may appeal to students who have studied another language (particularly a romance language), but is open to all students and assumes no previous language knowledge.  This course introduces students to vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language.

No credit for students who have earned credit for 1101, 1102, or a more advanced Italian language.
Prerequisite: NONE. [3]
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Culture

Italian 2501W: Grammar and Composition (taught in presence)

TTh @ 9:35a-10:50a, Letizia Modena
ITA 2501W Grammar and Composition. Language practice through an exploration of Italian culture, focusing in particular on some of the most suspenseful Italian thrillers, as well as on contemporary music and film now popular among Italian youth.
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
Prerequisite: ITA 2203 [3]
AXLE: 2000-level and above W course
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Culture
Eligible for European Studies
 

Italian 3041: Italian Civilization (This online class is offered synchronous)

MWF @ 11:30a-12:20p, Elsa Filosa
The politics, intellectual, social, artistic, and economic history of Italy with emphasis on major political and philosophical authors. In the Spring 2021, Italian Civilization will focus on the representations of the plague and human reactions to it in history books, chronicles, literature, paintings, and medical treaties from ancient Rome to the Renaissance.
Taught in English. [3] (INT)
Prerequisite: no pre-requisite
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies

Italian 3640: Classic Italian Cinema

MWF @ 3.00p-3.50p, Andrea Mirabile
Italian 3640, Classic Italian Cinema, is an exploration of Italian cinema from the 1940s to 2000. The course will focus on the relationship between film and society, history, and culture. Particular emphasis will be given to the inter-animation between the verbal and the visual arts (cinematic adaptations, connections between cinema and painting, writers inspiring film-makers and vice versa) and to the exchanges between Italian and other European and American directors.
Prerequisite: NONE [3]
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for Cinema and Media Arts / European Studies / Film Studies
 

Italian 3890: Special Topics in Italian Literature – Pandemics and Apocalypse

TTh @ 11.10a-12.25p, William Franke

Extreme situations and crises provoke symbolic reconfigurations of the human sense of identity and destiny. This course examines a selection of classic texts ranging from early Renaissance (Dante, Boccaccio) to modern Italian literature (Manzoni, Levi, Calvino, Morante) as they evoke apocalyptic motifs in coming to grips with catastrophic loss and threats to human life and society such as plague and pandemics.
Prerequisite: 2501W [3].
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN 

If you need to waive the prerequisite, please, contact Elsa Filosa, DUS in Italian (elsa.filosa@vanderbilt.edu)

Fall 2020

PROGRAMMA DI ITALIANO: CORSI PER FALL 2020

• • • • Italian 1101: Elementary Italian

MWF @ 10.20-11.10, Elsa Filosa
MWF @ 11.30-12.20, Elena Sergio
MWF @ 12.40-1.30, Elsa Filosa

Italian 1101 is the Italian from beginners, and we start from scratch.  This course introduces students to vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language and culture.
NO Prerequisite: [3]
No Axle credit
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

• • • • Italian 2203: Intermediate Italian

MWF @ 11:30a – 12:20p, Elsa Filosa 
Life and art in the regions of Italy through an integrated four-skills approach of reading, writing, listening and speaking. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian language course.
Prerequisite: 1102 or 1103. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN  

• • • • Italian 2614: Conversation

TR @ 9:35a – 10:50p, Letizia Modena
Development of oral proficiency through analysis and discussion of films, magazine articles, and contemporary art and literature.
Prerequisite: 2203. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

Spring 2020

PROGRAMMA DI ITALIANO: CORSI PER FALL 2020

• • • • Italian 1001: Commons iSeminar – Id, Cult & Global ITL Fashion

W           03:00p – 05:00p, Daniela D’Eugenio
01/08/2020 – 01/08/2020
W           03:00p – 05:00p
01/22/2020 – 01/22/2020
W           03:00p – 05:00p
02/05/2020 – 02/05/2020
W           03:00p – 05:00p
02/19/2020 – 02/19/2020
W           03:00p – 05:00p
03/11/2020 – 03/11/2020
W           03:00p – 05:00p
03/25/2020 – 03/25/2020
W           03:00p – 05:00p
04/01/2020 – 04/01/2020

• • • • ITA 1102: Elementary Italian

MWF @ 10.10-11.00, Daniela D’Eugenio 
MWF @ 11.10-12.00, Daniela D’Eugenio 
MWF @ 12.10-1.00, Andrea Mirabile
Italian 1102 is the continuation of Italian 1101.  This course introduces students to additional vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language.
Prerequisite: 1101. [3]
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

• • • • ITA 1103: Intensive Elementary Italian

MWF @ 10:10a – 11:00a, Elsa Filosa 

Italian 102 is an accelerated Italian course that combines the material of Italian 1101 and 1102 into one semester.  This course may appeal to students who have studied another language (particularly a romance language), but is open to all students and assumes no previous language knowledge.  This course introduces students to vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language.

Students who have earned credit for 1101 will earn only three hours of credit for this course. Students who have earned credit for 1102 will earn only three hours of credit for this course. No credit for students who have earned credit for both 1101 and 1102. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian language course.
Prerequisite: NONE. [3]
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

• • • • Italian 2501W: Grammar and Composition 

TR 11:00 – 12:15, Letizia Modena

ITA 2501W Grammar and Composition. Language practice through an exploration of Italian culture, focusing in particular on some of the most suspenseful Italian thrillers, as well as on contemporary music and film now popular among Italian youth.
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
Prerequisite: ITA 2203 [3]
AXLE: 2000-level and above W course
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Culture
Eligible for European Studies

• • • • ITA 3240: Dante’s Divine Comedy

MWF @ 11:10-12:00, Elsa Filosa
An introduction to Dante’s 3-part poetic odyssey, the cultural world it embodies, and the literary, philosophical and theological questions it raises.  Topics will include the existential descent into the self in Inferno, the transition from profane to sacred love in Purgatory, and the problematic of language and transcendence in Paradise.
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH
Prerequisite: NONE [3]

• • • • Italian 3640: Classic Italian Cinema

MWF @ 2:10-3:00, Andrea Mirabile
Italian 3240, Classic Italian Cinema, is an exploration of Italian cinema from the 1940s to 2000. The course will focus on the relationship between film and society, history, and culture. Particular emphasis will be given to the inter-animation between the verbal and the visual arts (cinematic adaptations, connections between cinema and painting, writers inspiring film-makers and vice versa) and to the exchanges between Italian and other European and American directors.
Prerequisite: NONE [3]
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for Cinema and Media Arts / European Studies / Film Studies

• • • •  ITA 3701: City Fictions

TR 1:10p – 2:25p, Letizia Modena
Interdisciplinary exploration of how Italian authors, directors, and artists aspire to change the way readers and viewers understand and experience urban realities. Social, cultural, geographical, and architectural aspects of Italian cities as depicted in fiction, travel literature, cinematic images, the visual arts, and music.
Prerequisite: 2203

Fall 2019

PROGRAMMA DI ITALIANO: CORSI PER FALL 2019

• • • • Italian 1101: Elementary Italian

MWF @ 10.10-11.00, Daniela D’Eugenio 
MWF @ 11.10-12.00, Daniela D’Eugenio 
MWF @ 12.10-1.00, Daniela D’Eugenio
MWF @ 1.10-2.00, Andrea Mirabile
Italian 1101 is the Italian from beginners, and we start from scratch.  This course introduces students to vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language and culture.
NO Prerequisite: [3]
No Axle credit

TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

• • • • Italian 2203: Intermediate Italian

MWF @ 10:10a – 11:00a, Elsa Filosa 
MWF @ 11:10a – 12:00p, Elsa Filosa 
Life and art in the regions of Italy through an integrated four-skills approach of reading, writing, listening and speaking. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian language course.
Prerequisite: 1102 or 1103. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN 

• • • • Italian 3641: Contemporary Italian Cinema

MWF @ 2:10p – 3:00a, Andrea Mirabile 

Contemporary Italian films and their relationship with other art-forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature. Intersections between Italian cinema and Italian society, history, and culture. Italian and Italian-American film-makers’ influence on American cinema.

No prerequisite. [3]
AXLE: Humanities and the Creative Arts
Eligible for European Studies
Taught in English   

• • • • Italian 3802: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture

 TR @ 9.35a-10.50a, Letizia Modena 

This course retraces Italian history and social and cultural change and in Italy, covering a period that spans from fascism to globalization. The goal of this course is to acquire a deeper understanding of the country and of the issues it faces today. Topics: fascism, modernization and capitalism; immigration, multiculturalism; youth culture; gender, sexuality, feminism and changing definitions of family; regionalisms; cinema and music; sports and society.  Required materials: historical documents, visual material such as photographs of Italy during fascism, newspaper’s articles from the beginning of the century to today, excerpts from historians Ginsborg and Stubikowski, excerpts from literature (Buzzati, Bianciardi, Calvino), essays, critical articles from cultural studies readers, film and music tackling social issues, radio archives, and digital sources.  We will critically read both visual and written material. The instructor will provide a packet of readings.

Prerequisite: Ita 2203 or waived by professor. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: Perspectives
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN 

• • • • HONOR COURSE: Travel, Space, and Identity

 TR @ 11.00a-12.15p, Letizia Modena 

This course centers on global literary and cinematographic representations of travel and identity, specifically, on how travel writing and film (e.g., the road trip) portray the complex questions of self-knowledge and self-borders, being in-space or in-transit, and belonging and dislocation. Travel heightens our senses, drops us into the unpredictable, and shapes who we are. Journey can be self-discovery, redemption, healing, a challenge—for example, travelling and dwelling in a foreign space—or ecstatic freedom, as in the Great American Road Trip. Travel may be seen as a process that turns space into place, that gives meaning to undifferentiated vastness. A sense of place may be conceived as here and there or in-between, even as interconnecting flows, of routes rather than roots.  Does the journey require an Other—a person or culture different from who we consider ourselves to be? We will engage with the elation, the fear and even the complexities of crossing space, and discuss how class, gender, ethnicity, race, and sexuality shape our experiences of travel.  We will explore walking as an urban investigation, as a tool to rethink the city and the values of urban living.  How do we chart affective geographies in an unfamiliar built environment and how does physical movement operate in tandem with our imagination as we walk past streets, buildings, other people in-transit? An international bevy of celebrated written and visual narratives will make us think about travel in conjunction with rootedness, attachment, place-making, and what Yi-Fu Tuan has called “the production of a certain kind of homeliness.”

SPRING 2019

Fall 2018

For a list of courses offered this fall click here.

ITA 1101. Elementary Italian
MWF @ 10:10a – 11:00a, Calhoun Hall 103, Letizia Modena
MWF @ 11:10a – 12:00p, Calhoun Hall 103, Letizia Modena
MWF @ 12:10p – 1:00p, Buttrick Hall 201, Daniela D’Eugenio
MWF @ 1:10p – 2:00p, Buttrick Hall 201, Daniela D’Eugenio

Introduction to reading, writing, and speaking through an exploration of Italian culture. For students who have studied little or no Italian. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian language course.
No prerequisite. [3]
No AXLE credit
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

ITA 2203. Intermediate Italian 
MWF @ 10:10a – 11:00a, Wilson Hall 122, Elsa Filosa
MWF @ 11:10a – 12:00p, Wilson Hall 122, Elsa Filosa
Life and art in the regions of Italy through an integrated four-skills approach of reading, writing, listening and speaking. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian language course.
Prerequisite: 1102 or 1103. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

ITA 2614. Conversation.
MWF @ 11:10a – 12:00p, TBA, Andrea Mirabile
Development of oral proficiency through analysis and discussion of films, magazine articles, and contemporary art and literature.
Prerequisite: 2203. [3]
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

ITA 3641. Contemporary Italian Cinema.
MWF @ 01:10p – 02:00p, Calhoun Hall 117, Andrea Mirabile
From the 1990s to the present. Postmodern forays into metafiction, parody, and social critique. The return to Regionalism and Romanticism in the twenty-first century.
Knowledge of Italian is not required. [3]
AXLE: Humanities and the Creative Arts
Eligible for European Studies
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

ITA 3890. Special Topics in Italian Literature. Italy: A World of Cultures.
MW @ 02:10p – 03:25p, Buttrick Hall 201 , Daniela D’Eugenio
Different facets of Italian culture, society, language, and arts. Oral and written sources in standard and regional Italian, with a focus on films, songs, and social networks.
Prerequisite: 2501W. [3]
No AXLE credit
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN

Other related courses
MUSO 1400. Diction for Singers: English and Italian.
MW @ 09:10a – 10:00a, Blair School of Music 1167, Cheri A. Montgomery
An introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet as applied to lyric English and Italian diction.

Spring 2018

For a list of courses offered this spring click here.

-If you have completed (or are currently completing) 1101, you should continue with ITA 1102.
-If you have completed ITA 1103 in the past, or are currently completing ITA 2203, to continue with classes taught in Italian you should enroll in ITA2501W, or ITA 3702, Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization (previous instructor’s approval).
-Students at any level who are interested in pursuing a Minor, or in learning more about Italian culture, can enroll in one or both courses offered in English (no language prerequisite):

• • • • ITA 3240, Dante’s Divine Comedy
      • ITA 3640, Classical Italian Cinema
      • ITA 3890: Special Topics in Italian Literature – Dante & Theology

All Spring 2018 upper-level courses count towards the Minor in Italian and Italian Studies and/or the Major in Italian and European Studies. Please check what AXLE requirement these courses fulfill.
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PROGRAMMA DI ITALIANO  CORSI PER SPRING 2018

• • • • Italian 1102: Elementary Italian

MWF @ 10.10-11.00, Daniela D’Eugenio
MWF @ 12.10-1.00, Daniela D’Eugenio
MWF @ 1.10-2.00, Daniela D’Eugenio
Italian 101B is the continuation of Italian 101A.  This course introduces students to additional vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language.
Prerequisite: 101a. [3]
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Culture
 

• • • • Italian 1103: Intensive Elementary Italian

MWF @ 10.10-11.00, Elsa Filosa
Italian 102 is an accelerated Italian course that combines the material of Italian 101A and 101B into one semester.  This course may appeal to students who have studied another language (particularly a romance language), but is open to all students and assumes no previous language knowledge.  This course introduces students to vocabulary and grammatical structures while strengthening students’ skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  The incorporation of cultural elements, realia, and exposure to the film, art, and literature of Italy will help students gain a well-rounded appreciation of the Italian language.

Students who have earned credit for 101a will earn only three hours of credit for this course. Students who have earned credit for 101b will earn only three hours of credit for this course. No credit for students who have earned credit for both 101a and 101b. No credit for students who have earned credit for a more advanced Italian language course.
Prerequisite: NONE. [3]
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Culture

• • • • Italian 1111: First-Year Writing Seminar – Italian History & Culture Through Cinema

MWF @ 1:10 – 2:00, Andrea Mirabile
This course will introduce students to Italian culture, history, and society through Italian cinema. We will explore classic and modern films by some of the best-known Italian directors to provide a vivid glimpse into modern and contemporary Italy and its connections with the past. Our focus will be on Italian cities, regions, and traditions. Other topics will include Italy and the European Union, Italian food, the fashion industry, and the Italian-American experience. Films will have English subtitles. Knowledge of Italian is not required.

Independent learning and inquiry in an environment in which students can express knowledge and defend opinions through intensive class discussion, oral presentations, and written expression. May be repeated for credit once if there is no duplication of topic, but students may earn only up to 3 credits in any 1111 course per semester of enrollment. [3; maximum of 6 credits total for all semesters of 1111]
Prerequisite: NONE. [3]
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH
AXLE: First-Year Writing Seminar
 

• • • • Italian 2501W: Grammar and Composition

TTh @ 9:35-10:50, Letizia Modena
ITA 2501W Grammar and Composition. Language practice through an exploration of Italian culture, focusing in particular on some of the most suspenseful Italian thrillers, as well as on contemporary music and film now popular among Italian youth.
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
Prerequisite: ITA 2203 [3]
AXLE: 2000-level and above W course
AXLE: Foreign language proficiency
AXLE: International Culture
Eligible for European Studies
 

• • • • Italian 3240: Dante’s Divine Comedy

MW @ 2:10-3:25, William Franke
An introduction to Dante’s 3-part poetic odyssey, the cultural world it embodies, and the literary, philosophical and theological questions it raises.  Topics will include the existential descent into the self in Inferno, the transition from profane to sacred love in Purgatory, and the problematic of language and transcendence in Paradise.
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH
Prerequisite: NONE [3]
AXLE: Humanities and the Creative Arts
Eligible for European Studies & Religious Studies

• • • • Italian 3640: Classic Italian Cinema

MWF @ 12:10-1:00, Andrea Mirabile
Italian 240, Classic Italian Cinema, is an exploration of Italian cinema from the 1940s to 2000. The course will focus on the relationship between film and society, history, and culture. Particular emphasis will be given to the inter-animation between the verbal and the visual arts (cinematic adaptations, connections between cinema and painting, writers inspiring film-makers and vice versa) and to the exchanges between Italian and other European and American directors.
Prerequisite: NONE [3]
AUGHT IN ENGLISH
AXLE: International Cultures
Eligible for Cinema and Media Arts / European Studies / Film Studies
 

• • • • Italian 3702: Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization

MWF @ 11:10-12:00, Elsa Filosa
20^th– and 21^st-century Italian history and culture as reflected in pop, folk, and rock music. Close reading of the lyrics of several songs will improve both listening skills and general understanding of the social varieties of the Italian language, local dialects, and the peculiarities of the regions and cities of the Peninsula.
Prerequisite: ITA 2501W or instructor approval [3]
TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
AXLE: Foreign Language Proficiency
Eligible for European Studies

• • • • Italian 3890: Special Topics in Italian Literature – Dante & Theology

M @ 3:30-6:00, William Franke
Dante’s pioneering of a modern approach to theology in the context of an incipient secular world; also, the implications of his expressly imperialist political theology for our global age and the tension between claims of universal truth and of negative theology.  We will scrutinize, for example, issues of Transgression and Transcendence – Is there an inner bond? – and the question, What Makes Religion Radical?  The objective is to bring Dante into dialogue with current issues in theology that his vision, as one of Western culture’s greatest resources, illuminates.
Prerequisite: NONE [3]
TAUGHT IN ENGLISH