Fall 2010

FALL 2010 COURSES

 

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LOWER DIVISION COURSES
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ITALIAN 1: Elementary Italian (5 Units)

Gustavo Foscarini, Lecturer
(sec. 1, M-F 9:00-9:50, 1116 Hart) CRN 67990

Gustavo Foscarini, Lecturer 
(sec. 2, M-F 10:00-10:50, 113 Hoagland) CRN 67991

Gustavo Foscarini, Lecturer
(sec. 3, M-F 11:00-11:50, 103 Wellman) CRN 67992

Jay Grossi, Lecturer
(sec. 4, M-F 12:10-1:00, 103 Wellman) CRN 67993

Jay Grossi, Lecturer
(sec. 5, M-F 1:10-2:00, 229 Wellman) CRN 67994

Jay Grossi, Lecturer
(sec. 6, M-F 9:00-9:50, 113 Hoagland) CRN 67995

 

Course Description: This course is an introduction to Italian language. Students attending these courses will learn the language with an emphasis on communicative, interactive classroom activities. Students will come into contact with the language not only through drills and exercise, but also via games, role-playing, and active class participation. The overall goal of these courses is to provide the students with "survival" skills in the target language and, at the same time, acquaint them with Italy and its culture. Also, these courses emphasize listing and speaking, and employ specific proficiency guidelines in determining the students' oral level during their coursework and at the end of the courses. 

The syllabus for Italian 1 comprises the Preliminary Chapter and Chapters 1 through 6 of the textbook, and the related chapters in the Workbook/Lab Manual. In this course you will learn pronunciation, and formal and familiar use of the language in introduction. You will also learn how to ask and answer questions and ask for simple directions. Definite and indefinite articles, nouns and adjectives, plural formation, indicative present of the verbs, numbers, days of the week, months, seasons, how to tell times, weather-related expression, use of the prepositions, and many idiomatic expressions will give you the ability to communicate at the basic level. Short dialogues, daily practice, conversation and use of videos make class attendance indispensable.

Attendance and participation: The study of a foreign language is different from the study of other disciplines and is based on some specific requirements of which the most important is students’ involvement. Students enrolled in Italian 1 need to come to class on a daily basis in order to benefit from the exposure to the language. They also need to come to class prepared, i.e., having done the assigned homework, but especially ready to participate in the daily activities, be they games, role-playing, conversation, drills, etc. For this reason, after three unjustified absences, any further unjustified absence will cause a student’s participation grade to drop, and his/her overall grade will suffer accordingly (see below for grading system and grading scale). Laboratory is required. Instructors will collect the lab work (i.e., Esercizi Orali) as scheduled in the Syllabus. Failure to comply with the lab requirements will result in a failing lab grade.

Course Placement: Students who have successfully completed, with a C- or better, Italian 2 or 3 in the 10th or higher grade in high school may receive unit credit for this course on a P/NP grading basis only. Although a passing grade will be charged to the student's P/NP option, no petition is required. All other students will receive a letter grade unless a P/NP petition is filed. For more information, please contact the instructor or the Italian staff adviser directly.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.

Texts:

• Janice Aski & Diane Musumeci, Avanti: Beginning Italian - 2nd Edition (Textbook)
• Janice Aski, Diane Musumeci, & Carla Wysokinski, Avanti: Beginning Italian - 2nd Edition(Workbook/Laboratory Manual)

 

 

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ITALIAN 3: Elementary Italian (5 Units)

Antonella Bassi, Lecturer

M-F 12:10-1:00, 251 Olson
CRN 67996

Course Description: The syllabus for Italian 3 comprises Chapters 11 to 16. More emphasis on moods and tenses of the verb will increase the students' linguistic awareness with contrastive study of past perfect and present perfect, future perfect, and "simple" future. The conditional (present and perfect), the present of the subjunctive, the passive form and the impersonal constructions of the verb, superlative and comparative structures, suffixes in nouns and adjectives, more uses of prepositions with nouns and verbs will complete the basic knowledge of Italian and increase the students' ability in reading, understanding, speaking and writing, short compositions. Daily class attendance is indispensable in this course.

Attendance and participation: The study of a foreign language is different from the study of other disciplines and is based on some specific requirements of which the most important is students' involvement. Students enrolled in Italian 3 need to come to class on a daily basis in order to benefit from the exposure to the language. They also need to come to class prepared, i.e., having done the assigned homework, but especially ready to participate in the daily activities, be they games, role-playing, conversation, drills, etc. For this reason, after three unjustified absences, any further unjustified absence will cause a student's participation grade to drop, and his/her overall grade will suffer accordingly (see below for grading system and grading scale). Laboratory is required. Instructors will collect the lab work (i.e., Esercizi Orali) as scheduled in the Syllabus. Failure to comply with the lab requirements will result in a failing lab grade.

Prerequisite: course 2 or Consent of Instructor.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.

Texts:

• Janice Aski & Diane Musumeci, Avanti: Beginning Italian (Textbook)
• Janice Aski, Diane Musumeci, & Carla Wysokinski, Avanti: Beginning Italian (Workbook/Laboratory Manual)

 

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ITALIAN 4: Intermediate Italian (3 Units)

Antonella Bassi, Lecturer 
(sec. 1, MWF 10:00-10:50, 1120 Hart) CRN 67997 

Antonella Bassi, Lecturer 
(sec. 2, MWF 11:00-11:50 1120 Hart) CRN 67998

Course Description: This is the first course of 2nd year Italian. Student will review grammar and syntax through written exercises and short prose works. This course is intended to develop the linguistic foundations of students who have completed the first-year language classes. 

Prerequisite: course 3 or Consent of Instructor. 

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Texts:

• Francesca Italiano and Irene Marchegiani, Crescendo! (Textbook)
• Francesca Italiano and Irene Marchegiani, Crescendo! (Workbook, Lab Manual)

 

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UPPER DIVISION COURSES
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ITALIAN 105: Introduction to Italian Literature (4 Units)

Margherita Heyer-Caput, Professor 
(TR 9:00-10:20, 251 Olson) CRN 83051

Course Description: This course is an introduction to the principal movements, authors, and works of Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present. We will focus on close readings of representative excerpts from masterpieces of medieval, renaissance, baroque, romantic, and modern authors within their historical and cultural context.

This course is required for the Italian Major/Minor and will be conducted in Italian. The format will combine lectures and group discussions. Students will contribute to class activities with oral presentations on an author or an aspect of Italian cultural history.

GE Credit: ArtHum.

Prerequisite: Italian 9 or Consent of Instructor.

Texts:

• P. Balbonie M. Cardona, Storia e testi di letteratura italiana per stranieri (Perugia, Guerra Edizioni, 2004)
• A Course Reader

 

 

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ITALIAN 114: Boccaccio, Decameron, and the Renaissance Novella (4 Units)
Margherita Heyer-Caput, Professor

TR 12:10-1:30, 116 Veihmeyer
CRN 83053

Course Description: Through close readings of representative novellas, this course explores the universal themes of fate, love and, most importantly, ingegno (intellect, talent, wit, and more) as they are interwoven in the perfect narratological architecture of Boccaccio's Decameron (1349-50). By means of textual analysis, we will enjoy Boccaccio's unsurpassed art of storytelling in the historical context of the rising bourgeoisie of early modern Italy, the development of humanism, and the disastrous plague of 1348.

This course is required for the Italian Major/Minor and will be conducted in Italian. The format will combine lectures and group discussions. Students will contribute to class activities with oral presentations on an author or an aspect of Italian cultural history. GE Credit: ArtHum.

Prerequisite: Italian 9 or Consent of Instructor.

Texts:

• Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron (Milano: Garzanti).
• A Course Reader

 

 

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ITALIAN 150: Studies in Italian Cinema (4 Units)
JoAnn Cannon, Professor

Lecture/Discussion: TR 3:10-4:30, 168 Hoagland NEW LOCATION
Film Viewing: M 7:10-9:00, 106 Olson NEW LOCATION
CRN 83052

Course Description: This course is an introduction to Italian cinema from 1945 to the present.Through the study of Italian cinema, Students will acquire a knowledge of Italian history and culture of the twentieth century. This survey course will analyze major works by such Italian directors as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini, Wertmuller, Bertolucci, the Taviani brothers, Germi, and Benigni. Prior to the screening of each film the student will be given a brief over-view of the career of the director in question. We will situate the film in its particular historical and social context. The film will also be studied in relation to particular genres or film movements (such as neorealism, comedy Italian style, etc). Films are in Italian with English subtitles.

The course will be taught in English. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt. 
 

Prerequisite: Film Studies (formerly known as Humanities 10) or Consent of Instructor.

Texts:

• Marcuscal, Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism
• A Course Reader