3 credit hours. Intensive oral and written work, including a review of grammar, reading, short compositions, and conversation. 3 credit hours. Composition based on assigned readings, summaries of Italian films, plays, cultural events and topics selected by the students. The class is conducted in Italian with formal conversations based on the readings.
Oral presentations are prepared and delivered in class by the students.
3 credit hours. A study of selected readings of 20th century authors Pirandello, Moravia, Lampedusa, Pavese, Montale and Quasimodo. 3 credit hours. An introduction to Italian life and customs as well as Italy's great traditions through the reading, analysis and discussion of representative Italian novels in translation. A survey of Italian literary history is an integral component.