120 Italian I (4, FaSp) Introduction to current Italian. Oral practice, hearing and reading comprehension; grammar necessary for simple spoken and written expression. Lecture, classroom drill, laboratory drill.
150 Italian II (4, FaSp) Continuation of Italian I.
220 Italian III (4, FaSp) Conti structure of the language, drill in aural and reading comprehension, practice in oral expression. Prerequisite: ITAL 150.
224 Intermediate Italian Conversation (4) Practice in aural comprehension and speaking of the language used in everyday situations; vocabulary building. Prerequisite: ITAL 220.
230 Italian Civilization (4) The Italian heritage from medieval to contemporary period; historical and imaginative works exemplifying Italy's contributions to philosophical, literary, artistic, and sociopolitical traditions.
320 Italian Composition and Conversation (4) Practice in pronunciation and sustained conversation in standard modern Italian. Simple expository writing. Emphasis on spoken sentence patterns and familiar idiom. Normally follows Italian III. Prerequisite: ITAL 220 or ITAL 224.
340 Italian Literature in Translation from 1861 to 1945 (4) Reading of standard English translations of selected novels by leading Italian writers.
345 Contemporary Italy (4) Italian literature and arts in Italy following World War II. Conducted in English.
350g Italian Renaissance Literature in Translation (4) Readings of major texts of Italian literature of the 15th and 16th centuries, including works by Petrarch, the Humanists, Lorenzo de Medici, Ariosto, Machiavelli, Castiglione, and Tasso.
390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted.
430 Readings in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature (4) Introduction to principal works and movements of Italian literature from 1226 to 1600.
435 Readings in 17th, 18th, and 19th Century Italian Literature (4) Introduction to principal works and movements of Italian literature from 1600 to 1900.
444 Advanced Italian Composition and Style (4) Original composition in Italian; written translation of English materials; analysis of stylistic techniques of contemporary Italian authors.
450 Dante (4) Analysis of the Divina Commedia and other works.
461 Readings in Italian Dramatic Literature (4) Italian dramatic literature from the earliest written documents to the present. Reading and close textual scrutiny of plays by major dramatists from the Renaissance to the present.
462 Readings in the Italian Novella (4) Reading and close textual scrutiny of major short stories from Boccaccio's Decameron to the present.
470 Readings in Contemporary Italian Literature (4) Reading and close textual scrutiny of works of the 20th century from Verga's I Malavoglia to the present.
490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8) Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval.
520 Seminar in Italian Language or Literature (4) Selected topics for intensive investigation. Conducted in Italian.
590 Directed Research (1-12) Research leading to the master's degree in cognate fields. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
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