printer friendly pageITALIAN 41N: Imagining Italy
Preference to freshmen. To the English and American literary imagination, Italy has long been a source of fascination. During the past hundred years, writers from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Frances Mayes have explored the broad range of contradictory resonances of the Italian setting, in fiction, travel essays, and memoirs. While some writers have celebrated the sensuality of Italian culture and landscape, others have imagined Italy as a more dangerous place -- as dangerous as the erotic love with which it is often identified. The range of literary responses to Italy by writers in English during the past hundred years will be examined, and the ways in which our culture has continued to construct myths of Italy will be explored. We will also see how these myths have been transformed into commodities in today's consumer culture, making "Italy" one of the most profitable fictions in the marketplace. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Springer, C. (PI)
ITALIAN 127: Inventing Italian Literature: Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca
The origins of Italian literature. Poetry such as 13th-century love lyrics, Dante's Vita Nuova and Petrarca's Canzoniere; prose such as stories from Boccaccio's Decameron. Taught in Italian. Prerequisites:
ITALLANG 22A or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Lummus, D. (PI)
ITALIAN 133: Desire and Deviance in Italian Cinema
Survey of Italian films from neorealism to the present day with an emphasis on sexuality, desire and transgression. Taught in English; films in Italian with English subtitles; readings in English. Mandatory evening film screenings.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Carey, S. (PI)
ITALIAN 136: Literature and Politics - Two Mediterranean Cases: Catalonia and Italy (ILAC 122)
A comparison between the different roles played by writers as members of the intellectual establishment in Catalonia, Spain and Italy. Focus on the relation between intellectuals and politics in shaping national identity. We will give especially consideration to the role played by intellectuals during the Fascist and Francoist dictatorships and during Spain's transition to democracy. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Rigobon, P. (PI)
ITALIAN 199: Individual Work
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
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Units: 1-12
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Alduy, C. (PI)
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Apostolides, J. (PI)
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Bertrand, M. (PI)
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Dupuy, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Alduy, C. (PI)
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Apostolides, J. (PI)
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Bertrand, M. (PI)
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Dupuy, J. (PI)
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Edelstein, D. (PI)
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Galvez, M. (PI)
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Gumbrecht, J. (PI)
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Harrison, R. (PI)
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Landy, J. (PI)
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Lummus, D. (PI)
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Mudimbe-Boyi, E. (PI)
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Serres, M. (PI)
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Springer, C. (PI)
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Wittmann, L. (PI)
Edelstein, D. (PI)
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Galvez, M. (PI)
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Gumbrecht, J. (PI)
;
Harrison, R. (PI)
;
Landy, J. (PI)
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Lummus, D. (PI)
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Mudimbe-Boyi, E. (PI)
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Serres, M. (PI)
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Springer, C. (PI)
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Wittmann, L. (PI)
ITALIAN 220: Early Modern Seminar (DLCL 323)
Explores some of the key texts of European early modernity and the critical paradigms according to which the idea of the "Renaissance" has been formed, analyzed, and questioned since the 19th century. Will aim to provide a broad introduction to Early Modern studies from the point of view of the Italian Renaissance and its reception in different European contexts. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Lummus, D. (PI)
ITALIAN 226: Modern Italian Poetry and Ultimate Questions
More than in any other tradition, Italian poets of the twentieth century focus on "ultimate questions," and look all the way back to Dante in doing so: why do we die? is there a God? what does it mean to love? are we responsible for our neighbors? is beauty related to truth? what do we learn from the past? what makes life meaningful? Poets include Ungaretti, Montale, Caproni, Sereni, Rosselli, Pasolini, Luzi, Merini, and Zanzotto. Taught in Italian. Prerequisites: Second-year Italian minimum
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Wittman, L. (PI)
ITALIAN 369: Introduction to Graduate Studies: Criticism as Profession (COMPLIT 369, DLCL 369, FRENCH 369, GERMAN 369)
A number of faculty will present published work and discuss their research and composition process. We will read critical, theoretical, and literary texts that address, in different ways, "What is a World?" Taught in English.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)
ITALIAN 395: Philosophical Reading Group (COMPLIT 359A, FRENCH 395)
Discussion of one contemporary or historical text from the Western philosophical tradition per quarter in a group of faculty and graduate students. For admission of new participants, a conversation with H. U. Gumbrecht is required. May be repeated for credit. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut, Win
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Units: 1
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors:
Gumbrecht, J. (PI)
ITALIAN 399: Individual Work
Repeatable for Credit
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
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Units: 1-12
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Alduy, C. (PI)
;
Apostolides, J. (PI)
;
Bertrand, M. (PI)
;
Dupuy, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Alduy, C. (PI)
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Apostolides, J. (PI)
;
Bertrand, M. (PI)
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Dupuy, J. (PI)
;
Edelstein, D. (PI)
;
Galvez, M. (PI)
;
Gumbrecht, J. (PI)
;
Harrison, R. (PI)
;
Landy, J. (PI)
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Lummus, D. (PI)
;
Mudimbe-Boyi, E. (PI)
;
Serres, M. (PI)
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Springer, C. (PI)
;
Wittmann, L. (PI)
Edelstein, D. (PI)
;
Galvez, M. (PI)
;
Gumbrecht, J. (PI)
;
Harrison, R. (PI)
;
Landy, J. (PI)
;
Lummus, D. (PI)
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Mudimbe-Boyi, E. (PI)
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Serres, M. (PI)
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Springer, C. (PI)
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Wittmann, L. (PI)
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