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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2011–2013 Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses Italian 560 Courses in English  

Courses in English

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.
01:560:256 Introducing Italy, City by City (3) A sequence of courses, each concentrating on one Italian city. Initial semester, Naples, to be followed by other semester courses taught by different members of the department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:256.
01:560:260 From Literary Text to Film, an Introduction (3) Introduction to cinematic adaptation of literary texts within the Italian context, through analysis of pivotal narratives and their cinematic counterparts. No knowledge of Italian is required. Credit not given for both this course and 01:560:347,348, 349, 350. 
01:560:299 CESEP (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)

An exploration of the Divine Comedy through medieval philosophy, theology, art, poetry, as well as the influence of classical myths and authors.

01:560:316 Of Men and Supermen: Italian Literature and Fascism (3) Twentieth-century literary and visual responses to Italian Fascism, the Resistance, and the Holocaust. Myths of technology and empire building; the poetry of dissidents, testimony of Jewish writers, and narratives of resistance fighters, men, and women.
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 History of 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. 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 Love and Power in the Italian Renaissance (3) Interdisciplinary investigation of early modern Italian culture, seen through the perspective of power structures. Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:389.
01:560:362 Women's Lives and Literature (3) Women's writing in the Italian context, from the end of the 19th century to the present. Analysis and discussion of literary works testifying to women's struggle for social and economic freedom and access to knowledge.
01:560:391 Literature, Culture, and Gastronomy of Italy (3)

The history of Italian cuisine seen through literary texts and cultural traditions. Authors include: Dante, Boccaccio, Pulci, Sanudo, Marino, Goldoni, Manzoni, Pirandello, Calvino, and more.

01:560:399 CESEP (1) One-credit community service placement in Italian culture. Corequisite: Must be taken in conjunction with a designated CESEP (Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships) 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.
 
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