ELEMENTARY HUNGARIAN I
Introduction to the basic structures of the Hungarian language. Students with a schedule conflict should consult the instructor about the possibility of adjusting hours.
- TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Carol H Rounds
CULPA: 5
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- 4 points
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I
Same course as ITAL V1101-V1102.
- MTWR 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- MTWR 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tylar A Colleluori
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Jilian A Pizzi
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Instructor:
Charles F East
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Instructor:
Patrizia Palumbo
CULPA: 15
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Instructor:
Christina A Lopez
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Instructor:
Claudia Beneduce
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ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II
Prerequisites: ITAL V1101 or the equivalent. Introduction to Italian grammar, with emphasis on reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
- MWR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Felice Beneduce
CULPA: 7
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- 4 points
INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY ITALIAN
An intensive course that covers two semesters of elementary Italian in one, and prepares students to move into Intermediate Italian. Students will develop their Italian communicative competence through listening, (interactive) speaking, reading and (interactive) writing. The Italian language will be used for real-world purposes and in meaningful contexts to promote intercultural understanding. This course is especially recommended for students who already know another Romance language. May be used toward fulfillment of the language requirement.
- TRF 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Barbara Spinelli
CULPA: 9
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- 6 points
INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATN I
INTERMD ITALIAN CONVERSATION I
Prerequisites: ITAL W1112 or sufficient fluency to satisfy the instructor. Corequisites: Recommended: ITAL V1201-V/W1202 or ITAL W1201-W1202. Conversation courses may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill major or concentration requirements. Intensive practice in the spoken language, assigned topics for class discussions, and oral reports.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Barbara Spinelli
CULPA: 9
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- 2 points
ADVANCED CONVERSATION I
ADV ITALIAN CONVERSATION I
Prerequisites: ITAL W1222 or sufficient fluency to satisfy the instructor. Corequisites: Recommended: ITAL V3335x-V3336y. Conversation courses may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or fulfill major or concentration requirements. Practice in the spoken language through assigned topics on contemporary Italian culture.
- TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Patrizia Palumbo
CULPA: 15
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- 2 points
INTERMEDIATE HUNGARIAN I
Prerequisites: HNGR UN1101-UN1102 or the equivalent. Further develops a student's knowledge of the Hungarian language. With the instructor's permission the second term of this course may be taken without the first. Students with a schedule conflict should consult the instructor about the possibility of adjusting hours.
- TR 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Carol H Rounds
CULPA: 5
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- 4 points
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I
Prerequisites: ITAL V1102 or W1102, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester.
- MWR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- TRF 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Laura F Dinardo
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Louis J Moffa
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Luca Abbattista
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Instructor:
Federica Franze
CULPA: 4
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Instructor:
Giulia Ricca
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INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II
Prerequisites: ITAL V1201 or W1201, or the equivalent. If you did not take Elementary Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester. A review of grammar, intensive reading, composition, and practice in conversation. Exploration of literary and cultural material. Lab: hours to be arranged. ITAL V1202 fulfils the basic foreign language requirement and prepares students for advanced study in Italian language and literature.
- MWF 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
- MWF 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alessandra Saggin
CULPA: 4
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- 4 points
INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN
Prerequisites: ITAL UN1102 or the equivalent, with a grade of B+ or higher. An intensive course that covers two semesters of intermediate Italian in one, and prepares students for advanced language and literature study. Grammar, reading, writing, and conversation. Exploration of literary and cultural materials. This course may be used to fulfill the language requirement.
- MTR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Maria Luisa Gozzi
CULPA: 14
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- 6 points
ADVANCED COURSE I
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Carol H Rounds
CULPA: 5
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- 3 points
INTRO TO ITALIAN LITERATURE I
Prerequisites: Intermediate Italian II ITAL UN2102 or the equivalent. UN3334x-UN3333y is the basic course in Italian literature. UN3333: This course, entirely taught in Italian, introduces you to Medieval and early modern Italian literature. It will give you the opportunity to test your ability as a close-reader and discover unusual and fascinating texts that tell us about the polycentric richness of the Italian peninsula. We will read poems, tales, letters, fiction and non-fiction, travel writings and political pamphlets. The great “Three Crowns” - Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio - as well as renowned Renaissance authors such as Ludovico Ariosto and Niccolò Machiavelli, will show us the main path to discover Italian masterpieces and understand the European Renaissance. But we will also explore China with Marco Polo and the secrets of the Medieval soul diving into the mystical poems by Jacopone da Todi. We will study parody and laughter through the “poesia giocosa” (parodic poetry) by Cecco Angiolieri and the legacy of Humanism through the letters of Poggio Bracciolini. This first overview will allow you to explore Italian literature from its complex and multicultural beginnings to its diffusion across Europe during the Renaissance.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Steven J Baker
CULPA: 3
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- 3 points
ADVANCED ITALIAN I
Prerequisites: ITALUN2102 or the equivalent. If you did not take Intermediate Italian at Columbia in the semester preceding the current one, you must take the placement test, offered by the Italian Department at the beginning of each semester. Written and oral self-expression in compositions and oral reports on a variety of topics; grammar review. Required for majors and concentrators.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Federica Franze
CULPA: 4
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- 3 points
ITALIAN THROUGH CINEMA
Prerequisites: ITAL V3335. Students will develop advanced language competence while analyzing and discussing Italian film comedies and their reflection of changing Italian culture and society. Films by Monicelli, Germi, Moretti, Wertmuller, Soldini and others.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Felice Beneduce
CULPA: 7
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- 3 points
Art Itineraries: Italian through Art
ITALIAN THROUGH ART
Prerequisites: (ITAL UN2102) or (ITAL UN2121) Students must have completed Intermediate level Italian language proficiency. The course, designed for students who have mastered the grammatical structure of the language, will give the students the opportunity to improve their language skills and discover Italian art from Middle Ages to the second half of twentieth century. The works of the artists will be studied and discussed with the intent of developing knowledge of the main features of artistic and cultural movements and of the appropriate vocabulary and terminology to describe and talk about them. A particular emphasis will be put to oral and written productions: various kinds of texts and genres will be practiced (description, narration, critical analysis). Students will learn how to describe and interpret a work of art, examine the main characteristics and the techniques used by the artists and will be able to look for themes recurring in the artistic productions. The artists covered during the course will be introduced along the lines of their unique artistic, historical and socio-cultural relevance through different sources: images, scholarly essays, literature, video and music. Two visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and to CIMA (Center for Modern Italian Art) will be organized. In Italian.
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alessandra Saggin
CULPA: 4
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- 3 points
People, Mass, and Multitude in Italian L
PEOPLE, MASS, & MULTITUDE
What happened when the everyday life of the working classes became the subject of nineteenth-century novels and short stories? How have writers and filmmakers reproduced the language and expressed the worldview of subaltern groups? And how have they portrayed protests, riots, and revolutions? In the light of contemporary debates on populism and on the political role of the masses, this course examines representations of ‘the people’ in Italian literature and cinema, from the mid-nineteenth century up until the present day. We will explore issues such as the depiction of members of subaltern classes as objects of both idealization and fear; the race and gender paradigms that are at stake in such depictions; the political prominence of the masses during Fascism and in the decades following World War II; populism and immigration in contemporary Italy. We will also discuss the political impact of literature and cinema and how they have been used for consensus building.
The course will be taught in English. Readings and movies are available in English translation.
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Carlo Arrigoni
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On Justice: Medieval Law, Lit, & Culture
On Justice:Med Law, Lit,
When one hears the word “justice,” one may instantly think of the legal system. Yet it is an infinitely more complex concept that encapsulates not only jurisprudence but also various other systems designed to right wrongs and arbitrate conflict. Conflict indeed took many forms in the Middle Ages: blood feuds between families, theological debates, treason, marital discord, and property disputes are just a few examples of issues that required resolution. This interdisciplinary course will thus employ both history and literature to examine legal, social, and religious formulations of justice in the Middle Ages. Our primary focus on Italian sources will be supplemented as appropriate by other medieval European perspectives.
In English
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Christina A Lopez
Info - 3 points
SENIOR THESIS/TUTORIAL
Prerequisites: the faculty advisers permission. Senior thesis or tutorial project consisting of independent scholarly work in an area of study of the student’s choosing, under the supervision of a member of the faculty.
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Instructor:
Nelson Moe
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Instructor:
Elizabeth Leake
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Instructor:
Konstantia Zanou
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Instructor:
Pier Mattia Tommasino
CULPA: 7
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RAPID READ&TRANSLATION IN ITAL
For graduate students and others who need to develop their reading knowledge of Italian. Open to undergraduate students as well, who want a compact survey/review of Italian structures and an approach to translation. Grammar, syntax, and vocabulary review; practice in reading and translating Italian texts of increasing complexity from a variety of fields, depending on the needs of the students. No previous knowledge of Italian is required. Note: this course may not be used to satisfy the language requirement or to fulfill major or concentration requirements.
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Maria Luisa Gozzi
CULPA: 14
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- 3 points
ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONTEMP ITALY
This seminar examines ways in which Italy is understood and represented by Italians and non-Italians. It will analyze the formation of multiple discourses on Italy, how Italian culture and society are imagined, represented and/or distorted. Based on an anthropological perspective, this course will examine ways in which we can understand Italy through the intersections of pluralism, ethnicity, gender, and religion. The course will study how Italy strives for political and economic unity, while there is a concurrent push toward inequality, exclusion, and marginalization. Moreover, the course will analyze the revitalization of nationalism on one hand of regionalism on the other, and will focus on the concepts of territory, identity, and tradition. Short videos that can be watched on computer and alternative readings for those fluent in Italian will be assigned. There are no pre-requisites for this course.
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Barbara Faedda
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Mediterranean Humanities
Med Hum
What is the Mediterranean and how was it constructed and canonized as a space of civilization? A highly multicultural, multilingual area whose people represent a broad array of religious, ethnic, social and political difference, the Mediterranean has been seen as the cradle of western civilization, but also as a dividing border and a unifying confluence zone, as a sea of pleasure and a sea of death. The course aims to enhance students’ understanding of the multiple ways this body of water has been imagined by the people who lived or traveled across its shores. By exploring major works of theory, literature and cinema since 1800, it encourages students to engage critically with a number of questions (nationalism vs cosmopolitanism, South/North and East/West divides, tourism, exile and migration, colonialism and orientalism, borders and divided societies) and to ‘read’ the sea through different viewpoints: through the eyes of a German Romantic thinker, a Sephardic Ottoman family, an Algerian feminist, a French historian, a Syrian refugee, an Italian anti-fascist, a Moroccan writer, an Egyptian exile, a Bosnian-Croat scholar, a Lebanese-French author, a Cypriot filmmaker, an Algerian-Italian journalist, and others. In the final analysis,
Med Hum
is meant to arouse the question of what it means to stand on watery grounds and to view the world through a constantly shifting lens.
- M 10:10 a.m.-noon
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Konstantia Zanou
Info - 3 points
RSRCH-LATE MDVL & RENSSNCE LIT
RSRCH-LATE MDVL & RENSSNC LIT
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Instructor:
Teodolinda Barolini
CULPA: 7
Wikipedia
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Instructor:
Jo Ann Cavallo
CULPA: 13 Info - 3 points
RESEARCH-MODERN & CONTEMP LIT
Guided reading and research on a topic or in a field chosen by the student in consultation with a member of the faculty.
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Instructor:
Elizabeth Leake
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