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Course ListingsFall 2012ItalianITAL0001ELEMENTARY ITALIAN IFor students having no previous knowledge of Italian who wish toachieve an active command of the language. Study of fundamentalspeech patterns. Listening comprehension and oral ability stressedfrom the outset; progressively greater emphasis on reading and writingskills. Language laboratory. Conducted in Italian. .Sections02266 ITAL0001A A Paolini, Elena 1.002267 ITAL0001B E Monteleone-wass 1.002268 ITAL0001C F Perricone, Isab 1.002269 ITAL0001D I Grattarola, Ser 1.004252 ITAL0001E A Disilvio, Patri 1.0ITAL0002ELEMENTARY ITALIAN IIFor students having no previous knowledge of Italian who wish toachieve an active command of the language. Study of fundamentalspeech patterns. Listening comprehension and oral ability stressedfrom the outset; progressively greater emphasis on reading and writingskills. Language laboratory. Conducted in Italian.Prerequisites: ITAL 1 or equivalent.Sections02270ITAL0002A G Grattarola, Ser 1.0 Ital 1 OrConsentITAL0003INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN IContinued presentation of grammar with emphasis on applyingstructural principles in oral and written work. Vocabulary building;regular written compositions; more extensive readings in Italiancivilization. Language laboratory. Conducted in Italian.Prerequisites: ITAL 2 or equivalent.Sections02271 ITAL0003A C Monteleone-wass 1.0 Must AlsoRegister ForRecitation02272 ITAL0003B E Paolini, Elena 1.0 Must AlsoRegister ForRecitation02273 ITAL0003C H Perricone, Isab 1.0 Must AlsoRegister ForRecitation02275 ITAL0003RA ARR Pausini, Cristi 0.0 Mon12:00-12:40 Pm02276 ITAL0003RB ARR Pausini, Cristi 0.0 Mon 12:45-1:25Pm02277 ITAL0003RC ARR Pausini, Cristi 0.0 Wed12:00-12:40ITAL0004INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN IIReview of structural principles, refinement of language skills, includinguse of idiomatic expressions. Selected readings in contemporary Italianliterature. Classroom discussions, oral presentations, and regularwritten compositions to improve accuracy of self-expression. Conductedin Italian.Prerequisites: ITAL 3 or equivalent.Sections03645ITAL0004A D Pausini, Cristi 1.0ITAL0021COMP & CONV IAdvanced written and oral drill in idiomatic Italian. Discussionsconcerning present-day Italy, based on short stories, magazine articles,and a contemporary novel. Oral presentations and writtencompositions. Conducted in Italian.Prerequisites: ITAL 4 or permission of instructor.Sections02281ITAL0021A J Pausini, Cristi 1.0 Ital 4 OrConsentITAL0031READINGS ITAL LIT IStudy of works representing significant currents of thought andexpression from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century.Lectures, discussions, and writing assignments. Emphasis on textualanalysis. Conducted in Italian.Prerequisites: ITAL 21 or 22, or permission of instructor.Sections02282ITAL0031A I+ Baffoni-licata, 1.0 Ital 21 Or 22 OrConsentITAL0051DANTE'S INFERNOAn intensive study of Dante's Inferno, read in English translation withfacing Italian text.Sections02283 ITAL0051A D+ Pollina, Vincen 1.0 In EnglishITAL0093INDEPENDENT STUDY(Conducted in English.) Guided individual study of an approved topic inItalian literature or civilization. Variable credit. No more than one creditin Independent Study may be counted toward the major in ItalianStudies or the minor in Italian.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections022840228502286ITAL009301 TBA Baffoni-licata, 1.0 Permission OfInstructorITAL009302 ARR Pausini, Cristi 1.0 Permission OfInstructorITAL009303 TBA Pollina, Vincen 1.0 Permission OfInstructorITAL0170LIT TRAD & POLIT IDEOLPolitical ideology emerges as one of the most recurring themes inItalian Literature. The course examines the power of literary andpolitical thoughts of several masters such as Dante, Machiavelli,Beccaria, Manzoni and Gramsci, as it motivated the Italian peopletoward a national identity.Prerequisites: ITAL 31 and 32, or permission of instructor.Sections03780ITAL0170A M+ Baffoni-licata, 1.0ITAL0193INDEPENDENT STUDY(Conducted in Italian.) Guided individual study of an approved topic inItalian literature or civilization. Variable credit. No more than one creditin Independent Study may be counted toward the major in ItalianStudies or the minor in Italian.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Two courses above ITAL 22 and permission ofinstructor.Sections02288 ITAL019301 TBA Baffoni-licata, 1.0 Two CoursesAbove Ital 22And Consent02289 ITAL019302 TBA Pausini, Cristi 1.0 Two CoursesAbove Ital 22And Consent02290 ITAL019303 TBA Pollina, Vincen 1.0 Two CoursesAbove Ital 22And ConsentTufts University Course Listings, Fall 2012Page 108