Spring 2011

SPRING 2011 COURSES

 

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LOWER DIVISION COURSES
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ITALIAN 2: Elementary Italian (5 Units)

Course Description: The syllabus for Italian 2 comprises Chapters 7 to 10. 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 2 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: Italian 1 or Consent of Instructor.

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)

Course Description: The syllabus for Italian 3 comprises Chapters 13 to 18. 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 2 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: Italian 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 9: Reading Italian (3 Units)

Course Description: This course focuses on reading and and discussion of modern Italian prose, including selections from creative, scientific and journalistic writings and also introduces students to contemporary Italian literature and culture. The main goal of this course is to strengthen the student's command of the language

Prerequisite: Italian 5 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 104: Italian Translation and Style (4 Units)

JoAnn Cannon, Professor 
(MWF 10:00-10:50, 163 Olson) CRN 38818

Course Description: This course will provide the opportunity for practice in translation from Italian to English and from English to Italian. Texts to be translated will include literary texts (both poetry and prose) from various periods, newspaper articles, and a variety of essays. Students will have weekly translation assignments. Translations will be reviewed and discussed in class. Students will work in teams on selected translation passages.

Goal: This course is designed to improve understanding of Italian and English grammar, to broaden vocabulary and to improve understanding of various stylistic differences between Italian and English.

Grading:

• Exercises and Class Participation (10%)
• Translations (30%)
• Mid-term translation exam (20%)
• Final translation exam (20%)
• Final paper (20%)

 

Prerequisite: Italian 101 or Consent of Instructor.

Texts:

• E. Tognozzi and G. Cavatorta, Ponti: Italiano terzo millennio
• Garzanti or Cassell, Italian-English, English-Italian Dictionary
• A Course Reader

 

 

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ITALIAN 120A: Italian Literature of the Twentieth Century: The Novel (4 Units)

JoAnn Cannon, Professor 
(MWF 12:10-1:00, 90 Social Science and Humanities Building NEW LOCATION) CRN 53115

Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to twentieth century Italian writers. Authors to be studied include Italo Calvino, (Marcovaldo, Le cosmicomiche), Alberto Moravia (selections from Racconti romani), Primo Levi (Se questo è un uomo), Leonardo Sciascia, and Gianni Celati (Narratori delle pianure). Texts will be analyzed in the context of the historical moment in which they emerged. Historical, thematic and stylistic analyses will be adopted.

Representative readings are listed below:

• Introduzione al corso, neorealismo
• Calvino, "Andato al commando" (reader)
• Moravia, "La ciociara" (reader)
• Calvino, "Marcovaldo al supermarket" (reader)
• Calvino: "Funghi in città?" (reader)
• Calvino, Le cosmicomiche ("Un segno nello spazio")
• Calvino, Le cosmicomiche ("Quanto scommettiamo" )
• "La sfida al labirinto" (reader)
• Calvino, "Il castello dei destini incrociati" (reader)
• Leonardo Sciascia, Il giorno della civetta
• Primo Levi, Se questo è un uomo
• Gianni Celati, Narratori delle pianure

 

Grading: Oral presentations/ Class participation (25%); Midterm exam (25%); Final Exam (25%); Final Paper (25%)

GE Credit: ArtHum.

Prerequisite: Italian 9 or Consent of Instructor.

Texts:

• Gianni Celati, Narratori dell pianure
• Primo Levi, Se Questo
• A Course Reader