Advanced level Italian focuses on increased fluency and refinement of grammatical structures. Study Abroad 365. This course will consist in the reading and close analysis of short stories written from the post-war period until the present by writers whose work contributed significantly to Italy's intellectual climate then and now. They include traditional authors such as Italo Calvino, Natalia Ginzburg and Sciascia, alongside contemporaries such as Antonio Tabucchi, Erri De Luca, Paola Capriolo and Sandra Petrignani. Courses in English Study Abroad 286.
Most people are unaware of how all-encompassing the study of dress can be.
The field of fashion comprises art, history, art history, sociology, anthropology, economics, mythology and technological resources. We will take advantage of the magnificent art and fashion contributions of Florence, learn how the traditions and customs of the palio in Siena revolve around silk, and how the dyes of Venice helped to make the city-state prosperous. This is a MUST course for anyone who wears clothes. Of course, Byron settled in Venice and Leigh Hunt traveled to Italy to confer with Byron about the creation of a literary journal. John Keats went to Italy to meet with both Percy Shelley and Lord Byron but died in Rome before linking up with them.