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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Location
Term
Course Details
AS.210.151 (01)
Italian Elements I
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Zannirato, Alessandro; Zawacki, Samuel James
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Elements I AS.210.151 (01)
This course sequence (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) is an introduction to Italian for students with no previous exposure to the language. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to meet basic needs in an Italian-only environment. Examples include introducing yourself, asking for and giving directions, ordering a meal at a restaurant, describing and asking information about places and people, and engaging in a simple phone conversation. Advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese) are encouraged to enroll in AS.210.175 (Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages I)
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro; Zawacki, Samuel James
Room: Maryland 104
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/14
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.151 (02)
Italian Elements I
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Proietti, Leonardo; Zannirato, Alessandro
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Elements I AS.210.151 (02)
This course sequence (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) is an introduction to Italian for students with no previous exposure to the language. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to meet basic needs in an Italian-only environment. Examples include introducing yourself, asking for and giving directions, ordering a meal at a restaurant, describing and asking information about places and people, and engaging in a simple phone conversation. Advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese) are encouraged to enroll in AS.210.175 (Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages I)
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Accelerated Italian for Advanced Speakers of other Romance Languages
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Zannirato, Alessandro
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Accelerated Italian for Advanced Speakers of other Romance Languages AS.210.175 (01)
This course sequence (AS210.175 and AS210.176) is designed for advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese), and will cover the same material as the regular-track Italian Elements I and II (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) and Intermediate Italian I and II (AS.210.251 and AS.210.252) courses. Upon successful completion of both semesters, students will be allowed to register for AS.210.351 (Advanced Italian I).
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
Room: Gilman 381
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.251 (02)
Intermediate Italian I
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Proietti, Leonardo; Zannirato, Alessandro
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Intermediate Italian I AS.210.251 (02)
This course sequence (AS.210.251 and AS.210.252) will reinforce your ability to engage in complex daily tasks in Italian, and will introduce you to more formal academic and real-world topics. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to write a strong résumé and cover letter in the European format, sit a job interview in Italian, and participate in debates on simple topics. You will also read five engaging short stories, watch several Italian films, and discuss topics such as emigration and immigration from/to Italy, the protection of the environment, and the history of the Italian South.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
This highly interactive course focuses on complex historical and contemporary themes, and is ideal, among others, for students who are specializing in international studies, medicine, psychology, and cognitive science. Students will analyze authentic texts and audiovisual materials on topics including the history of the Sicilian mafia, mental health and the deinstitutionalization movement in Italy, Europe and Italy in the 1960s-1980s, the role of curiosity and amazement in scientific discovery and art, and intercultural differences around hilarity. Taught in Italian.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
From the epic movies of the silent era to neorealist and auteur films of the post-war period, all the way to contemporary Academy winner The Great Beauty, Italian cinema, has had and continues to have a global impact, and shape the imaginary of filmmakers all over the world. This course traces Italian film history from its origins to recent times, highlighting its main genres and trends beyond the icons of neorealist and auteur cinema, including the so-called ‘comedy Italian style,’ spaghetti westerns, horror, mafia-mockery films, feminist filmmaking, and ecocinema. While learning to probe the cinematic frame, and examine composition, camera movements, cinematography, editing, and sound, and interrogating issues of gender, class, and race, we will screen classics such as Bicycle Thieves, La Dolce Vita, and L’Avventura, but also forgotten archival films by pioneer women filmmakers, and works by emergent, independent filmmakers.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
Room: Gilman 381
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.211.454 (01)
The Art, Craft, and Science of Translation
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Zannirato, Alessandro
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
The Art, Craft, and Science of Translation AS.211.454 (01)
This course is an introduction to the growing field of Translation Studies. Broadly speaking, the translation process involves three major phases: (1) ‘understanding’ what someone else has written; (2) exploring the linguistic/cultural tools available (or not) in another language to convey the original meaning; and (3) taking responsibility for one’s translation choices. What does it mean to ‘understand’ a text? Is it ever possible to find an ‘equivalent’ in another language? Can the translation process ever be objective, and what role, if any, does the translator’s voice play? What practical tools are available to facilitate the translation process? Drawing from interdisciplinary theories and approaches to translation, this course will attempt to reflect on these questions, and provide an opportunity for some hands-on translation practice. Language pre-requisite: Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in Advanced French I (AS.210.301), Advanced Italian I (AS.210.351), Advanced Spanish I (AS.210.311), or instructor permission.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
Room: Gilman 443
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.364 (01)
Italian Journeys: Writing Lives Shaping Memories
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Cerreti, Marta; Di Bianco, Laura
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Journeys: Writing Lives Shaping Memories AS.214.364 (01)
The course will examine the autobiographical genre in Italian modern and contemporary literature by exploring the following questions: what does it mean to faithfully write one’s story? What is the role of memory in the process? How does writing transform the self? What is the connection between the life of the author and the story of the country they inhabit? Traditionally, the term autobiography has referred to a self-written biography that took the form of a confession or memoir. At the beginning of the twentieth century, with the emergence of the autobiographical novel, the claim of authenticity was questioned because, in the novel, the life of the protagonist only partially coincided with that of the writer. Over the last decades, Italian writers have further explored the genre by turning to autofiction, a story that presents itself as a memoir or diary but instead is completely fictional. In this survey, students will read letters, memoirs, journals, autobiographical novels, and autofictions by authors such as Ippolito Nievo, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sibilla Aleramo, Primo Levi, Italo Calvino, Natalia Ginzburg, Cesare Pavese, Melania Mazzucco, Walter Siti, Igiaba Scego, and Jonathan Bazzi. Each life story offers a diverse portrait of the Italian peninsula, thus providing a cross-section of the country’s modern history and culture. Throughout modules organized along lines of gender, race, class, space, and time, students will be prompted to reflect on how the relationship between reality and fiction changes from memoir to autofiction and investigate how this transformation of the genre affects the purpose of self-writing. While the class is taught in English, there will be sessions in Italian for students from the Italian major or minor.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Cerreti, Marta; Di Bianco, Laura
Room: Gilman 492
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.613 (01)
Italo Calvino: From the Woods to the Moon
W 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Di Bianco, Laura
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italo Calvino: From the Woods to the Moon AS.214.613 (01)
Affectionately nicknamed the “squirrel of the pen” for his acrobatic, dimension-defining abilities with language, Italo Calvino is one of Italy’s all time most powerfully imaginative writers. This graduate seminar explores his variegated literary production, from the neorealist novel The path of the Nest of Spider (1947), the heraldic trilogy Our Ancestors (1952-1959), his celebrated The Invisible Cities (1972) to the science-fictional The Cosmicomics (1966). We’ll investigate the stylistic and literary trends his work encompasses, from neorealism to postmodernism, and the interplay of individuals and environments in his novels, short stories, and autobiographical writings. Going from the woods to the moon, we’ll meditate on the values Calvino recommended for the literature of the new millennium: lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, multiplicity, (and consistency).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: W 3:30PM - 5:30PM 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
Room: Gilman 443
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.850 (01)
Professional Training - Italian
Zannirato, Alessandro
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Professional Training - Italian AS.214.850 (01)
Training for professional academic purposes.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.861 (01)
Italian Independent Study
Di Bianco, Laura
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Independent Study AS.214.861 (01)
This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/11
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.861 (02)
Italian Independent Study
Saiber, Arielle
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Independent Study AS.214.861 (02)
This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/11
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.862 (01)
Italian Dissertation Research
Di Bianco, Laura
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Dissertation Research AS.214.862 (01)
Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.
Credits: 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/11
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.862 (02)
Italian Dissertation Research
Stephens, Walter E
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Dissertation Research AS.214.862 (02)
Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.
Credits: 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/11
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.863 (01)
Italian Proposal Preparation
Di Bianco, Laura
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Proposal Preparation AS.214.863 (01)
This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/11
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.863 (02)
Italian Proposal Preparation
Stephens, Walter E
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Proposal Preparation AS.214.863 (02)
This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/11
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.863 (03)
Italian Proposal Preparation
Saiber, Arielle
Homewood Campus
Fall 2023
Italian Proposal Preparation AS.214.863 (03)
This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 08-28-2023 to 12-08-2023
Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/11
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.151 (01)
Italian Elements I
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Proietti, Leonardo; Zannirato, Alessandro
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Elements I AS.210.151 (01)
This course sequence (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) is an introduction to Italian for students with no previous exposure to the language. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to meet basic needs in an Italian-only environment. Examples include introducing yourself, asking for and giving directions, ordering a meal at a restaurant, describing and asking information about places and people, and engaging in a simple phone conversation. Advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese) are encouraged to enroll in AS.210.175 (Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages I)
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Course helps students develop basic listening, reading, writing, speaking, and interactional skills in Italian. The content of the course is highly communicative, and students are constantly presented with real-life, task-based activities. Course adopts a continuous assessment system (no mid-term and no final).
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Staff
Room: Hodson 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.152 (03)
Italian Elements II
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Proietti, Leonardo
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Elements II AS.210.152 (03)
Course helps students develop basic listening, reading, writing, speaking, and interactional skills in Italian. The content of the course is highly communicative, and students are constantly presented with real-life, task-based activities. Course adopts a continuous assessment system (no mid-term and no final).
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo
Room: Gilman 443
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.175 (01)
Accelerated Italian for Advanced Speakers of other Romance Languages
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Zannirato, Alessandro
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Accelerated Italian for Advanced Speakers of other Romance Languages AS.210.175 (01)
This course sequence (AS210.175 and AS210.176) is designed for advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese), and will cover the same material as the regular-track Italian Elements I and II (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) and Intermediate Italian I and II (AS.210.251 and AS.210.252) courses. Upon successful completion of both semesters, students will be allowed to register for AS.210.351 (Advanced Italian I).
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.176 (01)
Accelerated Italian for Advanced Speakers of other Romance Languages II
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Zannirato, Alessandro
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Accelerated Italian for Advanced Speakers of other Romance Languages II AS.210.176 (01)
This is the second part of an elementary Italian language course sequence designed for advanced speakers of other romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese). This course will cover the same material as the regular-track Intermediate Italian I and II courses. Students completing this course with a grade of B or higher will be allowed to register for AS210.351 (Advanced Italian I) in the Fall term. Pre-requisite: Completion of AS.210.175 with a grade of B or higher, or Italian Language Program Director permission.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
Room: Gilman 443
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.252 (01)
Intermediate Italian II
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Proietti, Leonardo
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Intermediate Italian II AS.210.252 (01)
Taught in Italian. Course continues building on the four essential skills for communication presented in Intermediate Italian I (listening, speaking, reading, writing) on topics of increasing complexity. Course adopts a continuous assessment system.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo
Room: Gilman 443
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.352 (01)
Advanced Italian II
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Franzini, Martina
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Advanced Italian II AS.210.352 (01)
Course presents a systematic introduction to a variety of complex cultural and historical topics related to present-day Italy, emphasizing intercultural comparisons, interdisciplinarity, and encouraging a personal exploration of such topics. Course adopts a continuous assessment system (no mid-term and no final).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Franzini, Martina
Room: Gilman 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.211.436 (01)
Migrant Narratives in Italian Literature and Film
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Jewiss, Virginia C
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Migrant Narratives in Italian Literature and Film AS.211.436 (01)
Italy, once a land of emigrants, is now a place of arrival for people from Africa, eastern Europe, and beyond. This course explores themes of otherness and belonging, exile and assimilation, translation and transformation, myth and memory through a selection of films and literature about migration—to, from and within Italy. Readings will include Vita by Melania Mazzucco, Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous, and Adua by Igiaba Scego as well as excerpts from works by Luigi Pirandello, Giovanni Pascoli, Carlo Levi, and Mario Soldati. Films range from Visconti’s Rocco and His Brothers to Brusati’s Bread and Chocolate, Crialese’s The Golden Door, Matteo Garrone’s Io, Capitano, and Ferrente’s documentary about the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio. Although our focus is Italy, there will be opportunities to reflect on expressions of migrant experiences in other languages, cultures, and art forms.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Jewiss, Virginia C
Room: Latrobe 120
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.241 (01)
How To Do Just About Everything: Renaissance Guides to Living Well
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Saiber, Arielle
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
How To Do Just About Everything: Renaissance Guides to Living Well AS.214.241 (01)
How do I make money, gain and keep power, find love, live long, strengthen my memory, avoid depression, cook well, write beautifully, fence, mix paint, counteract poisoning, and create coded messages? The Renaissance had answers to these and many other questions. This course explores a large sampling of advice from the Italian Renaissance. Readings include Machiavelli’s Prince, Della Casa’s Galateo of Manners, Maestro Martino's Art of Cooking, and selections from Cornaro's Art of Living Long, Manciolino's Guide to Swordsmanship, Cennini's Craftsman's Handbook, Della Porta’s Natural Magic, Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier, Ficino’s Book of Life, as well as religious sermons, humanist treatises, and books of “secrets.” Secondary literature will provide historical context for the primary texts and tools for recognizing and unpacking the persuasive devices used in these early examples of self-help. Students will become familiar with Italian Renaissance thought and develop analytical and critical skills to examine advice in its cultural and temporal context. The course as a whole will focus on the notion of “core values” and what is at stake when you propose help or seek help. We will also experience some of these "how-to's", such as calligraphy, oration, creating codes, and more.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
Room: Gilman 443
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.362 (01)
Italian Journeys: Medieval and Early Modern
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna; Cipriani, Giulia M.
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Journeys: Medieval and Early Modern AS.214.362 (01)
What does it mean to traverse a name? What’s in a name? What if that name is Orpheus, one of antiquity’s most renowned poets? In this class we will try to answer these three questions. We will follow the myth of Orpheus from its origins in antiquity to the Italian Renaissance. Our aim will be to look at the ways a name and, in this case, a story is able to take on different forms as it travels through time and as it is being narrated. Through the texts of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and Poliziano, we will compare their delivery of the myth against those of the Roman poets Virgil and Ovid. Via a close reading of each text, we will use elements inherent to the story such as love, loss, pain, dismemberment, identity, gender and sexuality to explore the concept of multiplicity within a single unity. Historical contextualization, literary theory, textual criticism and reception will serve as further tools to help us in our questioning. Ultimately, we will follow the journey of transformation of the myth to ask ourselves two final questions: is it the same story? Are we the same readers?
No prior knowledge of any of the texts is necessary. The course will be taught in English with section 02 available in Italian for Italian Majors and Minors to fulfill their requirements.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna; Cipriani, Giulia M.
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/10
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
AS.214.362 (02)
Italian Journeys: Medieval and Early Modern
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM, F 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna; Cipriani, Giulia M.
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Journeys: Medieval and Early Modern AS.214.362 (02)
What does it mean to traverse a name? What’s in a name? What if that name is Orpheus, one of antiquity’s most renowned poets? In this class we will try to answer these three questions. We will follow the myth of Orpheus from its origins in antiquity to the Italian Renaissance. Our aim will be to look at the ways a name and, in this case, a story is able to take on different forms as it travels through time and as it is being narrated. Through the texts of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and Poliziano, we will compare their delivery of the myth against those of the Roman poets Virgil and Ovid. Via a close reading of each text, we will use elements inherent to the story such as love, loss, pain, dismemberment, identity, gender and sexuality to explore the concept of multiplicity within a single unity. Historical contextualization, literary theory, textual criticism and reception will serve as further tools to help us in our questioning. Ultimately, we will follow the journey of transformation of the myth to ask ourselves two final questions: is it the same story? Are we the same readers?
No prior knowledge of any of the texts is necessary. The course will be taught in English with section 02 available in Italian for Italian Majors and Minors to fulfill their requirements.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM, F 2:00PM - 2:50PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna; Cipriani, Giulia M.
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/4
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
AS.214.618 (01)
The Visionary II
M 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Saiber, Arielle
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
The Visionary II AS.214.618 (01)
This course asks the question, "what does it mean to be a visionary?" We will read a selection of Renaissance and Baroque Italian texts that demonstrate some form of ‘non-normative’ thinking, altered state of consciousness, or speculation on the future. These texts often cross genre boundaries, existing in between autobiography, literature, philosophy, religion, art, and science. We will pair these readings with critical studies on mysticism, prophecy, dreams, and altered states of consciousness, as well as contemporary art labeled “visionary.” Conducted in English with all Italian and Latin texts also available in English.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: M 3:30PM - 5:30PM 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
Room: Gilman 479
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.850 (01)
Professional Training - Italian
Saiber, Arielle
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Professional Training - Italian AS.214.850 (01)
Training for professional academic purposes.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.861 (01)
Italian Independent Stdy
Di Bianco, Laura
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Independent Stdy AS.214.861 (01)
This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.861 (02)
Italian Independent Stdy
Saiber, Arielle
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Independent Stdy AS.214.861 (02)
This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.862 (01)
Italian Dissertation Res
Di Bianco, Laura
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Dissertation Res AS.214.862 (01)
Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.
Credits: 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.862 (03)
Italian Dissertation Res
Saiber, Arielle
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Dissertation Res AS.214.862 (03)
Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.
Credits: 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.863 (01)
Italian Proposal Prep
Di Bianco, Laura
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Proposal Prep AS.214.863 (01)
This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.
Credits: 3.00 - 9.00
Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
Days/Times: 01-22-2024 to 04-26-2024
Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.214.863 (03)
Italian Proposal Prep
Saiber, Arielle
Homewood Campus
Spring 2024
Italian Proposal Prep AS.214.863 (03)
This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.
