Prerequisites: ITAL W1112, W1111 or the equivalent, or sufficient fluency to satisfy the instructor. Limited enrollment. Recommended parallel: ITAL V/W1101-V/W1102.

Intensive practice in pronunciation, vocabulary, comprehension of the spoken language, and conversation. Conversation courses may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill major or concentration requirements.

An interdisciplinary investigation into Italian culture and society in the years between Unification in 1860 and the outbreak of World War I. Drawing on novels, historical analyses, and other sources including film and political cartoons, the course examines some of the key problems and trends in the cultural and political history of the period. Lectures, discussion and required readings will be in English. Students with a knowledge of Italian are encouraged to read the primary literature in Italian.

Explores the cultural history of Naples and the Neapolitans over the past two centuries in diverse areas including literature, film, theatre, and music. Works will include texts by Serao, Croce, Benjamin, Gramsci, De Filippo, and Ortese; films by Rossellini, Rosi, and Pasolini.

Prerequisites: Limited enrollment.

No previous knowledge of Italian required. May be used toward the fulfillment of the language requirement. An integrated course with oral-aural practice, reading and conversation, this course covers two semesters of elementary Italian in one.

Prerequisites: V1201-V1202 or equivalent.

Written and oral self-expression in Italian; brief papers and oral reports on a variety of topics, including films and literature; grammar review.

Prerequisites: Open to undergraduates with permission of the instructor.

Examines Italy's Southern Question from the nineteenth century to the present, investigating the interrelations among cultural representation, geography, and power. Focuses on three writer/artists who produced major representations and theorizations of the Southern Question in three different cultural forms: the fiction Giovanni Verga, the theoretical writings of Antonio Gramsci, and the films of Luchino Visconti.

Prerequisites: ITAL W1112, W1111 or the equivalent, or sufficient fluency to satisfy the instructor. Limited enrollment. Recommended parallel: ITAL V/W1101-V/W1102.

Intensive practice in pronunciation, vocabulary, comprehension of the spoken language, and conversation. Conversation courses may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill major or concentration requirements.

An interdisciplinary investigation into Italian culture and society in the years between World War I and the present. Drawing on historical analyses, literary texts, letters, film, cartoons, popular music, etc., the course examines some of the key problems and trends in the cultural and political history of the period. Lectures, discussion and required readings will be in English. Students with a knowledge of Italian are encouraged to read the primary literature in Italian.

Explores the cultural history of Naples and the Neapolitans over the past two centuries in diverse areas including literature, film, theatre, and music. Works will include texts by Serao, Croce, Benjamin, Gramsci, De Filippo, and Ortese; films by Rossellini, Rosi, and Pasolini.

Prerequisites: Limited enrollment.

No previous knowledge of Italian required. May be used toward the fulfillment of the language requirement. An integrated course with oral-aural practice, reading and conversation, this course covers two semesters of elementary Italian in one.

Prerequisites: V1201-V1202 or equivalent.

Written and oral self-expression in Italian; brief papers and oral reports on a variety of topics, including films and literature; grammar review.

Examines representations of the mafia in American and Italian film and literature. Special attention to questions of ethnic identity and immigration. Comparison of the different histories and myths of the mafia in the U.S. and Italy. Readings include novels, historical studies, and film criticism.