The course supervisor is Blum. This course is intended for students who have had at least one year of Italian. This course is designed to improve students' skills in composition and speaking beyond the level of Intermediate Italian. Contemporary Italian texts are read and analyzed as models of style and grammar. Compositions, translations, and oral reports make up an integral part of the course.
Students explore the original and decide for themselves.
This course is an introduction to Dante and his times, with particular attention to The Inferno . Requirements include reports, a midterm, and a final project. The course is taught in Italian.