Satisfies the University General Education Writing Intensive Course in the Major requirement. ITA 3600 or consent of instructor. Students are usually expected to complete a mid-term exam, an oral report on one major critical study, and a final paper to be presentated orally and submitted in written form following MLA guidelines. There will be additional readings in the history of the period and in short works by Giorgio Bassani, Salvatore Quasimodo, Alfonso Gatto, Benedetto Croce, and others. All lectures and class discussions are conducted in Italian, and all written work submitted must be in that language.
Students have the option of writing examinations in either Italian or English.