ITAL3251B-L10
Intro to Contemporary Italy
An Introduction to Contemporary Italy
Intended for students at the intermediate level, this course will afford the opportunity to expand conversation, writing, and reading skills while consolidating knowledge of the more difficult points of grammar. The contextual focus of the course is modern Italian culture including history, politics, and literature among other things. Italian films, short stories and essays, will enhance and complete the learning experience.
Required Texts: Daniela Bartalesi Graf, L’Italia dal fascismo ad oggi, Guerra, 2005 ISBN 88-7715-769-0
Rossella Bozzone Costa, Viaggio nell’italiano, Torino, Loescher, 2004 ISBN 8820127504
Lia Levi, Una bambina e basta, Roma, E/O, 1994 ISBN: 8876411941 9788876411946
Italo Calvino, Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno, Milano, Mondadori, 1993 ISBN: 8804375914 9788804375913
Marco Paolini, Il racconto del Vajont. 9 ottobre 1963. Milano, Garzanti, 1997 ISBN: 8811620309 9788811620303
Mario Rigoni Stern, Racconti di guerra, Torino, Einaudi, 2006 ISBN: 8806181157 9788806181154
Intended for students at the intermediate level, this course will afford the opportunity to expand conversation, writing, and reading skills while consolidating knowledge of the more difficult points of grammar. The contextual focus of the course is modern Italian culture including history, politics, and literature among other things. Italian films, short stories and essays, will enhance and complete the learning experience.
Required Texts: Daniela Bartalesi Graf, L’Italia dal fascismo ad oggi, Guerra, 2005 ISBN 88-7715-769-0
Rossella Bozzone Costa, Viaggio nell’italiano, Torino, Loescher, 2004 ISBN 8820127504
Lia Levi, Una bambina e basta, Roma, E/O, 1994 ISBN: 8876411941 9788876411946
Italo Calvino, Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno, Milano, Mondadori, 1993 ISBN: 8804375914 9788804375913
Marco Paolini, Il racconto del Vajont. 9 ottobre 1963. Milano, Garzanti, 1997 ISBN: 8811620309 9788811620303
Mario Rigoni Stern, Racconti di guerra, Torino, Einaudi, 2006 ISBN: 8806181157 9788806181154
- Term:
- Summer 2010, LS 7 Week Session
- Location:
- Wright Memorial Theater SEM(WTH SEM)
- Schedule:
- 9:00am-10:50am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jun 28, 2010 to Aug 13, 2010)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Giovanni Spani
- Subject:
- Italian
- Department:
- Italian
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60135
- Subject Code:
- ITAL
- Course Number:
- 3251
- Section Identifier:
- B