Winter 2016

EXPANDED COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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LOWER DIVISION COURSES 
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Italian 002. Elementary Italian (5 units)

Course Description: Italian 002 is the second course of Elementary Italian.  Students in this course will continue learning the language in a setting that emphasizes communicative and interactive class activities, e.g., games and role-playing, while focusing also on form (grammar exercises).  The syllabus for Italian 002 covers Chapters 5 to 8 of the textbook, and the related chapters in the Workbook/Lab Manual (available online).  More emphasis is placed on moods and tenses of verbs to increase students' linguistic awareness (specifically the simple past, imperfect, future tenses and the imperative mood). Students' will continue to investigate Italian culture through reading and interactive activities, while continuing to improve upon comprehension, speaking and writing skills. Since the study of a foreign language is different from other disciplines, daily class attendance is indispensable for this course. Laboratory is required.

Prerequisite: Italian 001.

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

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

Textbook:

• Donatella Melucci and Elissa Tognozzi, Piazza (with iLrn Access)  (Cengage Learning, 2015)

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Italian 005. Intermediate Italian (5 units)
Carmen Gomez

MWF 10:00-10:50A
25 Wellman Hall
CRN 29131

Course Description: This is the first course of Intermediate Italian. The emphasis of this course is on reviewing and practicing 1st year skills in a communicative and task-oriented classroom, where language and culture are inseparable.  Students will expand their vocabulary and language skills through a variety of class activities (oral presentations, collaborative exercises to critically understand written and spoken Italian) and homework assignments (online lab and workbook).  Students will also strengthen their writing skills though writing activities (compositions) and regular use of tutoring sessions.  Movie clips, videos and music are fundamental learning tools in this course.  Italian 004 covers chapters 1-4 of the textbook, and the related chapters in the Workbook/Lab Manual.  First-year grammar review includes: articles; gender and number of nouns; indicative and imperative moods; descriptive adjectives; personal pronouns (subject and direct object).

Prerequisite: Italian 004 or consent of instructor (ccgomez@ucdavis.edu). Students who did not complete Elementary Italian at UC Davis are encouraged to take the Italian Placement Exam.

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): World Cultures.

Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Laboratory - 3 hours.

Textbook:

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Italian 008A. Italian Conversation (4 units)
Jay Grossi

TR 12:10-1:30P
251 Olson Hall
CRN 43382

Course Description: The Italian 8A Conversational Italian course aims to develop students' speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in the Italian language through a communicative, collaborative, and cultural approach.  Instructional content will focus on themes dealing with the historical evolution of Italian society with a special emphasis on the changes taking place in present-day Italy for young Italians in an ever-expanding world of multinationalism.   Primary themes will be the changing eating habits of Italians, the effects of a global economy on the Italian work place, and how these effects have influenced Italian emigration and immigration, and finally the ways in which Italian identity is changing, especially for young adults.  The aforementioned themes will be explored through the discussion of contemporary films and film clips, articles found both in the textbookMosaici and on-line, and other cultural regalia that exemplifies contemporary life in Italy. Group work, in class discussion, and oral presentations will be an integral part of this course.

Prerequisite: Italian 003 or the equivalent.

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): World Cultures.

Format: Discussion - 3 hours.

Textbook:

• Anna Clara Ionta and Anna Taraboletti Segre, Mosaici: Snapshots of Contemporary Italian Life  (Edizioni Farinelli, 2014)
   

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 UPPER DIVISION COURSES
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Italian 101. Advanced Conversation, Composition and Grammar (4 units)
Margherita Heyer-Caput

TR 10:30-11:50A
102 Hutchison Hall
CRN 43383

Course Description:  This course is aimed at improving oral and written proficiency through group discussions and oral presentations in class, wekley compositions and grammar review exercises at home.  Students work on linguistic structures in context through close readings of short, modern and conemporary literary texts included in the course textbook.  Participants expand vocabulary and enhance conversational skills while discussing cultural changes in today's Italy, with particular attention to human relationships as they are portrayed in contemporary narrative and film.  Audiovisual materials (songs, film-clips, etc.) will regularly complement class activities.  Italian 101 is required for the Italian Major / Minor and will be conducted in Italian.

Prerequisite: Italian 009 or consent of instructor (mheyercaput@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (Old): None.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy, World Cultures and Writing Experience.

Format: Lecture - 3 hours.

Textbook:

• Laura Bresciani, Claudia Donna, and Alessandra Garolla, Amicizia, Affetto, Amore  (Edizioni Farinelli, 2012)
   

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Italian 104. Translation and Style (4 units)
Carmen Gomez

MWF 11:00-11:50A
25 Wellman Hall
CRN 43384

Course Description: This course aims to develop students’ awareness of the theories associated with literary translation while also engaging them in practical applications of those theories. Special emphasis will be placed on the analysis of style, genre, and context as essential elements in effectively translating a text from one language to another. In addition to examining linguistic choices and idiomatic structures on a case by case basis, students will analyze theoretical approaches to translation through critical readings and in-class discussions. Weekly practicums and presentations will allow students to experience first-hand the complexities inherent to translating texts of different genres. Throughout the course students will produce their own translations of Italian literary and cultural texts of their choosing, which they will discuss with peers during translation workshops and use to compile a portfolio to submit as a final project.

Prerequisite: Italian 101 or consent of instructor (ccgomez@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.

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

Textbook:

• Stella Cragie, et al., Thinking Italian Translation: A Course in Translation Method: Italian to English  (Routledge Books, 2000)
   

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Italian 105. Introduction to Italian Literature (4 units)
Margherita Heyer-Caput

TR 1:40-3:00P
115 Wellman Hall
CRN 29139

Course Description: This course provides 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.

Italian 105 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.

Prerequisite: Italian 009 or consent of instructor (mheyercaput@ucdavis.edu).

GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy and World Cultures.

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

Textbook:

• Paolo Balboni and Anna Biguzzi, Letteratura Italiana per Stranieri  (Guerra Edizioni, 2008)