This course is a logical continuation of the first-year sequence. Emphasis continues to be placed on the oral-aural skills, but the reading and writing skills become increasingly stressed. A continuation of Intermediate Italian 1. Reading skill is emphasized even more than in Intermediate 1 but continues to be accompanied by oral-aural and written work. Offers students the opportunity to improve their ability to converse in Italian.
Discussions center around topics of general interest.
Offers students the opportunity to improve their ability to converse in Italian. Discussions center around topics of general interest. A reading of Dante's Divine Comedy in English, using a bilingual edition. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are not only the founding fathers of Italian literature but pivotal figures in Western civilization. This course presents the three writers against the historical and cultural background of pre-Renaissance Europe.