Winter 2010

WINTER 2010 COURSES

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

Gustavo Foscarini, Lecturer
(M-F 9:00-9:50, 205 Wellman) CRN 49197

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.

Textbooks:

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

ITALIAN 2: Elementary Italian (5 Units)

Jay Grossi, Lecturer
(sec. 1, 9:00-9:50, 141 Olson) CRN 49199

Gustavo Foscarini, Lecturer
(sec. 2, M-F 10:00-10:50, 141 Olson) CRN 49200

Jay Grossi, Lecturer
(sec. 3, M-F 11:00-11:50, 27 Wellman) CRN 49201

Antonella Bassi, Lecturer
(sec. 4, M-F 12:10-1:00, 167 Olson) CRN 49202

Jay Grossi, Lecturer
(sec. 5, M-F 1:10-2:00, 167 Olson) CRN 49203

The syllabus for Italian 2 comprises the Preliminary Chapter and Chapters 7 through 12 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.

Prerequisite: Course 1 or Language Placement Exam.

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

Textbooks:

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

ITALIAN 5: Intermediate Italian (5 Units)

Antonella Bassi, Lecturer
(MWF 11:00-11:50, 101 Olson) CRN 49205

Course Description: This is the second course in the Intermediate Italian series. Student will continue to 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 4 or Consent of Instructor.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Short Papers.

Textbooks:

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 12:10-1:30, 393 Kerr) CRN 49213

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: Course 9 or Consent of Instructor.

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

Textbooks:

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

ITALIAN 119: Italian Literature of the 19th Century (4 Units)

Margherita Heyer-Caput, Professor
(TR 9:00-10:30, 217 Olson) CRN 63632

Course Description: The course will focus on the historical and philosophical frame of the literature of the nineteenth century in Italy. In particular, we will examine the deep connections between literary genres such as lyric poetry (Leopardi), historical novel (Manzoni) and short story (Verga), the literary movements of Romanticism and Verism and the complex process of the Italian unification or "Risorgimento." In-depth readings will include Giacomo Leopardi's Canti (Songs, 1831), Alessandro Manzoni's I promessi sposi (The Betrothed, 1840-42), and Giovanni Verga's Cavalleria rusticana (1880). Furthermore, the course will feature the screening of films inspired by the texts chosen, and a video recording of Mascagni's opera Cavalleria rusticana (1890) based upon Verga's short story. GE Credit: ArtHum.

Prerequisite: Course 9 or Consent of Instructor.

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

Textbooks:

Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi (Milano: Mondadori, 2005)
OPTIONAL: Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed. Translated by Bruce Penman (New York: Penguin, 1972)