ITAL 2970 - Introduction to Italian Literature

(LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Fall. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: ITAL 2090 or permission of instructor. Core course for Italian major.

M. Migiel.

This course aims to introduce students to Italian literature, mainly through readings in prose and poetry from the 20th and 21st century. The course includes significant practice in grammar, vocabulary building, and composition. Topic for fall 2013: “Living together in a multicultural society.” Our principal reading will be Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio, a 2006 award-winning novel by the Algerian-Italian writer Amara Lakhous who came to Italy in 1995 as a political refugee; with this novel, he invites Italian readers to examine their 21st century through the eyes of the immigrant.