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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 
 
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.

Undergraduate Courses Taught 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
 
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
01- TuTh: 12:50-2:10 — Staff
90 -TuTh: 5:20-7:10  — 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
 
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

Undergraduate Courses Taught in English

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
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

Graduate Courses

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
  • Topic to be announced
  • 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

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