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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
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60135
Subject Code:
ITAL
Course Number:
3251
Section Identifier:
B

Course

ITAL 3251

All Sections in Summer 2010, LS 7 Week Session

Summer 2010, LS 7 Week Session

ITAL3251A-L10 Lecture (Ionta)
ITAL3251B-L10 Lecture (Spani)