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~ ~ 2 0 Advanced 7 Italian 2B
No. of hours per week: six hours
Prerequisite: AA206 or approved equivalent
Assessment: partly continuous, partly by
examination
Subject aims and description
The course aims to consolidate students' advanced ltalian
language knowledge through advanced grammatical
exercises and the study of appropriate literary works. The
subject will also develop in students an understanding of
contemporary Italy through the study of ltalian history which
covers the period from the rise of Fascism to present day
Italy.
The aim of the course is to consolidate and extend the work
begun in semester one.
~ ~ 2 0 20th 8 Century European Literature and
Thought
No. of hours per week: tree hours
Prerequisites: any two stage two BA subjects
Assessment: continuous
subject aims and description
This is an interdisciplinary subject which examines writers
who have shaped the European consciousness. It provides
students with the opportunity to study influential works in
20th century European literature and through this to gain an
understanding of some of the main intellectual currents in
western culture.
Preliminary reading
Hollingdale, R.J. (ed) A Nietzsche Reader. Harmondsworth: Penguin,
1977
AA209 ltalian 2X
No. of hours per week: six hours
Prerequisite: MI10 or approved equivalent
Assessment: partly continuous, partly by
examination
Subject aims and description
The main objective of this subject is to extend the
knowledge of the ltalian language thus gaining linguistic
competence that will enable students to deal with a wide
range of topics in the wriien and spoken language.
Through a detailed critical analysis of contemporary
literature, students will be able to develop further their
competence in grammar, vocabulary and idioms.
Textbooks
Katis, M., Piccioli, M. and Savoca. C. Mci dall'ltalia. Sydney:
Pergamon Press, 1983
Lazzarino, G. Prego, An Invitation to Italian. 3rd ed, New York:
McGraw Hill, 1990
Lauarino, G. Wrkbook for Prego, An Invitation to Italian. 3rd ed,
New York: McGraw Hill. 1990
Lazzarino, G. A Language Laboratory Manual for Prego, An lnvitation
to Italian. 3rd ed, New York: McGraw Hill, 1990
Gananti. I1 Nuovo Dizionario IngleseGananti Milano: Gananti, 1984
References
McCormick. C.A. Basic Italian Gramma,: 2nd ed. Melbourne: Longman
Cheshire, 1974
~ ~ 2 1 ltalian 0 2Y
No. of hours per week: six hours
Prerequisite: AA209 or approved equivalent
Assessment: partly continuous, partly by
examination
Subject aims and description
The main objective of this subject is to extend the
knowledge of the ltalian language thus gaining linguistic
competence that will enable students to deal with a wide
range of topics in the written and spoken language.
Through a detailed critical analysis of contemporary
literature, students will be able to develop further their
competence in grammar, vocabulary and idioms.
The aim of the course is to consolidate and extend the work
begun in semester one.
AA306 Advanced ltalian 3A
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisite: AA207 or approved equivalent
Assessment: continuous
Subject aims and description
The course aims to maintain and consolidate students' high
level of proficiency in ltalian through the study of narrative
works, in conjunction with ltalian films related to the novels
studied.
References
Bondanella, P. ltalian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present. New
York' Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1985
Novels to be advised.
~ ~ 3 0 7 Advanced ltalian 3B
No. of hours per week: three houn
Prerequisite: AA306 or approved equivalent
Assessment: continuous
Subject aims and description
The course is intended to give students the opportunity to
choose an area of study, or texts, not previously studied.
Students will discuss their proposed topick with the subject
convenor and will be supervised on an individual basis.
Textbooks
Students will be advised individually, according to their chosen area
of study.
AA308 ltalian Business Practice
No. of houn per week: three hours
Prerequisites: stage one Faculty of Business units
or equivalent, and Stage two ltalian or equivalent
Assessment: continuous
Subject aims and description
This subject is designed to make students familiar with
international trade and the contemporary ltalian business
environment, and to extend appropriate vocabulary and
language skills. The aim is to give students the essential skills
and confidence to do business with ltalian entities. Topics
will include elements of international management and
marketing, ltalian political, financial, cultural and economic
structure; and environment, exportlirnport practices, and
linauistics of international trade. A student seminar and case
discussion approach will be taken. Teaching and student
participation will be both in English and Italian.
References
There is no single prescribed text for this subject. Contemporary
business journals and newspapers together with extracts and
teaching cases from selected texts will be used. The following dictionawlanguage
guide will prove a useful reference:
Rakas, Frank G. Talking Business in Italian. New York: Barronk 1987
AA309 Italian 3X
No. of hours per week: six hours
Prerequisites: AA2lO or approved equivalent
Assessment: partly continuous, partly by
examination
Subject aims and description
The main objectives of ltalian 3X are to consolidate the
students' language skills and to develop these further