2010-2011 - Sweet Briar College

2010-2011 Catalog modern languages and literaturesand expressions. Three class periods per weekplus required lab work.ITAL 102 (3)–Elementary Italian IIPrerequisite: ITAL 101. A continuation of ITAL101. An in-depth study of Italian grammar withspecial emphasis on practical everyday vocabularyand expressions. Three class periods perweek plus required lab work.ITAL 201 (3)–Intermediate Italian IPrerequisite: ITAL 102 or placement. Formalstudy of syntax and its use in conversation andwriting. Selected readings from magazines andliterary works will be analyzed to learn the structuresand patterns of the Italian language. Threeclass periods per week plus required lab work.ITAL 202 (3)–Intermediate Italian IIPrerequisite: ITAL 201. A continuation of ITAL201. Formal study of syntax and its use in conversationand writing. Selected readings frommagazines and literary works will be analyzed tolearn the structures and patterns of the Italianlanguage. Three class periods per week plusrequired lab work. V.3.ITAL 221 (3)–Survey of Italian Literaturefrom the Origins to the 18th CenturyPrerequisite: ITAL 202. An introductory surveyfrom the Middle Ages through Goldoni with closereading and analysis of major works in poetry, prose,and theatre. Offered alternate years. V.2, V.3.ITAL 222 (3)–Survey of Italian Literaturein the 19th and 20th CenturiesPrerequisite: ITAL 202. Selected readings frommajor authors and works of the modern period,including Manzoni, Leopardi, Lampedusa,Silone, Ungaretti, Montale, Calvino, andMoravia. Offered alternate years. V.2, V.3.ITAL 225 (3)–Readings in ContemporaryItalian LiteraturePrerequisite: ITAL 202. Selections from authorsfrom the period 1945-present with explorationof the contextual elements constituting la crisi delNovecento. V.2, V.3.ITAL 232 (3)–Composition andConversationPrerequisite: ITAL 202. Development of basicskills in written and oral expression utilizingcontemporary topics and texts. Offered alternateyears. III.O, III.W, V.3.ITAL 254 (3)–Images and Reality in theItalian CinemaThis course has two aims: to present the essentialsof a semiology of images as found in some of thebest movies produced in Italy after World War IIand to examine the complex connections betweenItalian society and its rearticulation and representationin the language of visual arts. Twelve Italianfilms with English subtitles will be seen. Taught inEnglish. Offered alternate years. III.W, V.5.ITAL 261 (1, 2, or 3)–Directed StudyPrerequisites: One ITAL course and permissionof the instructor. The study of introductorylevel material by an individual student or bya small group of students under the immediatesupervision of a faculty member.ITAL 301 (3)–Studies in the NovelPrerequisite: One course in Italian beyondITAL 202. An in-depth study of the theory ofthe novel and representative texts of the 19thand 20th centuries, considered within the contextof political, cultural, and social aspects ofthe period. Offered alternate years. V.2.ITAL 305 (3)–Studies in the NovellaPrerequisite: One course in Italian beyondITAL 202. Origins and evolution of short prosefiction as literary form with emphasis on theDecameron, Verga, Pirandello, and Calvino.Offered alternate years. V.2.ITAL 306 (3)–Italian Poetry: From theScuola Siciliana to the PresentPrerequisite: One course in Italian beyondITAL 202. Examination of poetic formsand themes from the origins to the Dolce StilNuovo, Petrarca, the Romantics, D’Annunzio,Ungaretti, and Montale. Offered alternate years.V.2.ITAL 313 (3)–Commercial ItalianPrerequisite: One course in Italian beyondITAL 202. An introduction to the vocabulary andforms of communication of the multiple sectors ofthe business world. Offered alternate years. V.3.157­