01:560:231,232 Italian Culture (3,3) First semester: Italian contributions to Western art, literature, music, and thought from the late Middle Ages to the High Renaissance. Second semester: Milestones in Italian history and culture from the High Renaissance to the present.

01:560:241,242 Masterpieces of Italian Literature (3,3) Readings and discussion of representative works from Dante to Machiavelli in the first semester and from Galileo to contemporary writers in the second.

01:560:253 Major Works of the Italian Renaissance (3) Historical overview of Italian Renaissance civilization in Florence and other major centers; significant works of representative writers, composers, and artists.

01:560:254 Modern Italian Literary Masterpieces (3) Comparative study of selected narrative, lyrical, and dramatic works of modern Italy.

01:560:255 The Italian Short Story (3) Exemplary masterpieces of Italian short-story writing from the early collections to the classics of the Renaissance and the modern and contemporary masters of the art.

01:560:299 Service Learning Internship (1) One-credit community-service placement in Italian/American-related field setting. Corequisite: 01:560:232.

01:560:304 Introduction to Italian Linguistics (3) History of the Italian language and its position within the Romance languages; problems of the description of modern Italian; and linguistic materials.

01:560:315 Dante and Medieval Culture (3) Dante's work in historical perspective: the theological antecedents, the memory of the classical writers, and the new profane literary experience. Counts toward the major.

01:560:331,332 Dante in Translation (3,3) Critical study of Dante in translation: the Divine Comedy�and other works in their medieval context.

01:560:335,336 Italian Opera (3,3) Italian opera and its cultural milieu from its origin to the present. Libretti and related literature, recordings, and possible attendance at performances.

01:560:339,340 The Italian-American Experience (3,3) Literature of the struggle for survival, adaptation, and success of Italians in the United States; their search for identity; and their impact on the development of American life and culture. Counts toward the major.

01:560:345,346 The Italian Cinema (3,3) Development of cinema in Italy; its rebirth after World War II including major directors such as Visconti, Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini, Antonioni; as well as more recent cinema.

01:560:349,350 Italian Cinema and Literature (3,3) Development of Italian cinema from neorealism to today (Visconti, Fellini, Wertmuller, and others) and the literature that inspired it and was influenced by it. May not be used in satisfaction of major requirements. Credit not given for both these courses and 01:560:347,348.

01:560:356 Women in Italian Literature and Society (3) Women in the cultural and social milieu of both historical and present-day Italy as portrayed in works of literature and art as well as by today's mass media.

01:560:358 Authority, Literature, and Power in the Italian Renaissance (3) Interdisciplinary investigation of early modern Italian culture, seen through the perspective of power structures.

01:560:399 Service Learning Internship (1) One-credit community service placement in Italian culture. Corequisite: Must be taken in conjunction with a designated CASE (Citizenship and Service Education) course offered in the Italian department.

01:560:443 Contemporary Man's Search for Identity, Dignity, and Justice: The Drama of Pirandello and Betti (3) Discussion of several of the authors' most mature and brilliant plays illustrating contemporary man's feeling of confusion, alienation, and outrage, and his eternally unsatisfied search for identity and dignity.

01:560:446 Contemporary Italian Literature in Translation (3) Study of selected writers illustrating the main currents of 20th-century Italian literature: Pirandello, Montale, Moravia, Pavese, Betti, and others.