Spring Quarter
Dept |
Course No and Title |
Instructor |
---|
ITALIAN (S18) | 1C FUNDAMENTALS | HAMBER, F. |
Acquisition of basic vocabulary and structure in Italian, student's work is concentrated in the conversational mode; homework and lab work reinforce reading, writing, and analytical skills. |
ITALIAN (S18) | 2C INTERMEDIATE | CHIAMPI, J. |
Enforces previous course work and develops reading and writing skills through reading, analysis and commentary on selected complete literary and socio- historical tests. Prerequisite: Italian 1c or equivalent. |
ITALIAN (S18) | 150 RENAISSANCE EPIC | CHIAMPI, J. |
An overview of the development of epic in the West, its themes, topoi and motifs. Understanding the role, nature and identity of the hero; the role of women and the figuration of gender; the development of the person; the nature and possibility of civic life; virtue, vice and their consequences; the relationship between city and countryside, private satisfaction and civic concern. Familiarity with the development of such themes and topoi as the Earthly Paradise; the locus amoenus; vows; rigidity versus flexibility; the meaning of Christian epic; control and containment; disguise; unity and multiplicity; illusion and reality; prudence and recklessness - and their interpenetration and redefinition. |