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FAll 2009 -
Italian and Italian American
Course Offerings
- All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise stated
- Note: Undergraduate ITL courses are taught in Italian
-- HUI courses are taught in English
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- According to NY State regulations, HUI courses may not be used toward
completion of the 36 credit requirement for the NY State Teachers
Preparation Program in Italian.
- ITL 101-S3 Intensive Beginning Italian (6
credits)
- An introduction to spoken and written Italian, stressing
pronunciation, speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. Practice in language
laboratory supplements class work. An intensive course covering the elementary Italian
program.
- Remark: Not for credit after passing any college-level course in
ITL. This course is the equivalent of ITL 111 and ITL 112.
- 01 — Tu-Th: 9:50-12:40
— G. Balducci
- 90 —
MW: 5:20-8:10 —
G. Costa
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- ITL 111 Elementary Italian I (4
credits)
- An introduction to spoken and written Italian, stressing
pronunciation, speaking, comprehension, reading and writing. Practice in language
laboratory supplements class work.
- Students who have completed
ITL 101 with a grade of C or higher may
not take this course for credit.
- 01 -
MW: 2:20-4:20
— Staff
- 90
TuTh:
5:20-7:10 —
F. Scricco
- ITL 112-S3 Elementary Italian II (4
credits)
- A continuation of ITL 111. Selected texts are read.
Practice in language laboratory supplements class work.
- Prerequisite: ITL 111 or High School Placement.
- Students who have completed
ITL 101 with a grade of C or higher may
not take this course for credit.
- 01 - MWF: 11:45--12:40/F: 10:40-11:35 —
V. Lo Piccolo
- 90 - TuTh: 5:20-7:10 —
L. Fontanella
- ITL 211-S3 Intermediate Italian I
- An intermediate course in the reading and
discussion of selected Italian texts. An intensive grammar review offers an
opportunity to develop conversational ability.
- Prerequisite: ITL 101 or ITL 112
- Students who have completed
ITL 201 with a grade of C or higher
may not take these courses for credit.
- Mandatory Prerequisite: ITL 101 or 112
- 90 -TuTh:
5:20-6:45
— C. Talercio-Cohn
- ITL 311-S3 Conversation and Composition I
- A course in spoken and written Italian, with
emphasis on precision and fluency in the spoken form.
- Prerequisite: ITL 201 or ITL 212
- 01 - TuTh 11:10-12:40 —
G. Gazzola
- 90 -MW 5:20-6:40 —
M. Giua
new
ITL 313 Italian Vocabulary (1 credit)
A course designed to increase the vocabulary and
oral comprehension of students of Italian through media such television,
commercials, popular music, folk songs, etc.
Prerequissite, ITL 201 or ITL 212
M: 2:45-3:50 — G. Costa
ITL 395-G Readings in Italian Literature
Literary analysis and its application to
representative texts chosen from the various periods of Italian literature.
Readings, writings, and discussions are in Italian.
Prerequisite: ITL 311/312
Tu-Th 3:50-5:10
— M. Mignone
- ITL 412 Syntax and Composition
- An advanced course designed to acquaint students with the subtleties of Italian grammar
and style. Extensive practice in composition and in translation from English to Italian.
Analysis of Italian syntax.
- Mandatory Prerequisite: ITL 311/312
- Tu-Th: 2:20-3:40 — G.
Gazzola
- ITL 424 History of Italian Language
- A study of the history of Italian language
from Latin to its present form
Mandatory prerequisite: ITL 311/312
and HUL 324
- Tu-Th:
12:50-2:10
— L. Repetti
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- ITL 431
13th-century Italian Literature: Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio
- In this course students will read Dante's Divina
Commedia, Boccaccio's Decameron, and selections for Petrarch's
writings.
- Prerequisites: IITL
312, ITL
395 and ITL 396
- TuTh: 11:20-12:40
— C. Franco
HUI 231-D Sex and Politics in Italian Cinema
The cinematic representation of gender, class, and sexual politics in
post-World War II Italian films and the relationship of these themes to
Italian history, society, and culture are discussed. Films by directors
such as Bertolucci, Fellini, and Wertmuller are studied. Readings
include selected works of film history, criticism, and theory.
M: 2:20-5:10 / W:
2:20-3:40 — J. Reich
HUI 234-G Introduction to 20th-Century Drama
A study of avant-garde drama through the
analysis of texts by Marinetti, Bontempelli, Pirandello, Betti, Beckett, Ionesco,
and Tenessee Williams. Important questions such as identity and diversity are
discussed from a variety of perspectives within the social, psychological,
sexual, and multicultural context of our time.
Advisory Prerequisite: Completion of D.E.C. category B or THR 101
TuTh: 3:50-5:10 — L. Fontanella
HUI 235-G Sex, Love and Tragedy in Early Italian Literature
A study of the interaction between the sexes in contrast with man's
spiritual needs in the major works of early Italian literature. Dante's
Inferno and
Purgatorio, Boccaccio's
Decameron and
Petrarch's poetry will be analyzed.
Remark: Meets English major requirements
Advisory Prerequisite: Completion of DEC category B or
equivalent.
TuTh 2:20-3:40 — C. Franco / K.
Costigliola
HUI 236-K The
Italian American Scene
Explanation of the phenomenon of Italian
American experiences from immigration and ethnicity and beyond. Studies in
anthropology, history, sociology, literature, and culture provide historical
and theoretical backgrounds of the experience of Italians in North and South
America and their contributions to American culture.
Advisory Prerequisite: Completion of D.E.C. category B
TuTh: 11:20-12:40 — P. Carravetta
HUI 239-I Modern Italy
A survey of contemporary Italy and its political, social, and economic
structure, as well as the study of cultural life and institutions with comparisons to
American models and standards.
TuTh: 2:20-3:40 — M. Mignone
- HUI 338-K Images of Italian Americans
in Film
- Italian American Ethnicity as represented in mainstream and
independent American cinema from the silent era to the present.
Particular attention is paid to the origin and the existence of the
traditional stereotypes associated with these representations, how
they reflect the changing role of immigrants from the industrial
revolution to the present. and how Italian American filmmakers
respond to them
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Tu: 2:20-3:40/Th: 2:20-5:10 — M. Bona
HUI 336-K Italian Americans and Ethnic Relations
An historical and sociological examination of Italian-Americans from
Colonial America to the present with the major focus on the period from 1870 to
the present. Comparative experience with other ethnic and minority groups within
the U.S., including formation, migration, and conflict.
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing
TuTh: 3:5--5:10 — Staff
HUI 390-01/EGL 369/WST391 Italian American and African Women
Writers
Cross-cultural analysis of the literary contributions of women
from writers from Italian and Italian American backgrounds. Students will read
from the 19-th and 20-th centuries, examining the literary contributions of
women writers form both cultural groups.
Remark: Cross-listed with EGL 369
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing
Tu-Th: 11:20-12:40 — M. Bona
- HUI 390-02\EUR390-02/- Origins of Italian America
- Details to be announced
Remark: U3 / U4 standing
- Tu-Th: 12:50-2:10 — P. Carravetta
- ITL 502 Special Topics in Italian Cinema
- Details to be
announced
- Tu: 5:20-8:10 — G. Balducci
ITL 510 Advanced Conversation and Composition
A course designed to develop fluency and accuracy in the use of the
spoken language through intensive practice, exposition, class
discussion, and the use of the language laboratory.
Th: 5:20-8:10 — G. Costa
- ITL 522 Seminar in Humanism and Renaissance
- Topic,
Chivalric Literature, Ariosto and Tasso
M: 5:20-8:10
— G. Gazzola
- ITL 571/FRN 571/CLT602/EGL603 – Free Seminar
- Postmodernism
- Remark: This course is taught in English, not suitable for
student in Teaching Preparation Programs
- M: 6:50-9:40 — P. Carravetta
- The Italian Program also offers the following graduate courses through
the School of Professional Development:
CEF 557, CEG 531, CEJ 588, CEI 526, CEV 541, CEV 542
See the SPD web site for detail
- for further information e-mail to:
Charles Franco
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