Students will read, listen, and transcribe a wide musical repertoire, alongside reading and discussing essays on Italian folk and cultural studies. The course is taught entirely in Italian. The rise of Western literature is historically linked to Europe s expansion outside its borders and to the constitution of a sense of identity in the encounter with other systems of culture and belief. The goal of the seminar is to offer students an understanding of how writers construct their own fictional matters through specific narrative devices and how they express their perceptions of foreign realities through writing. Seminar-like discussions of the readings.
Active participation is required.
This is part two of the full-year Intensive Italian sequence. Invited guest give students the opportunity to meet and speak with Italians in the Northwestern community. The intensive group work often leads to bonds lasting beyond class and graduation. They will also able to move on to on-campus upper level courses in Italian. Grade will be based on attendance, class performance, homework, presentations, quizzes and an oral final exam.