Italian

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 60.1 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 60.1 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 1, 2025
9 place StudyQA ranking:1188 Duration:4 years

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The Department of French and Italian (link is external)offers a liberal arts major designed to give students a thorough grounding in the language, literature, and culture of one or more of the subjects it teaches, seen as independent disciplines or in combination with other languages and cognate subjects. Its courses provide practical instruction in the French and Italian languages; the literatures and cultures of France and Italy in all periods, from medieval to contemporary; and literature in French written in other parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Students are encouraged to complement their courses in French and/or Italian with related and varied courses in other literatures, art history, history, political science, sociology, comparative literature, or other humanities subjects.

In addition to serving as the focus for an education in liberal arts, the French and Italian concentrations can be the basis for graduate or professional study. In mostly small classes and seminars, allowing extensive student/teacher interaction, students become equipped to take up careers in many walks of life, including journalism, business, law, government service, and international affairs. For non-majors, the department offers a rich set of language courses, from introductory to very advanced. It also offers a popular certificate program, allowing the study of French and Italian to be combined with concentration in history, architecture, English, politics, or any other subject available at Princeton.

An Advanced Placement score of 5 or an SAT Subject Test score of at least 760 is required to satisfy the A.B. foreign language requirement at entrance, or for admission to a 200-level course.

Students who wish to continue a language begun in secondary school must have their proficiency measured either by a College Board score or by a placement test administered prior to course registration. Placement will depend on previous training and proficiency.

The normal program for beginners seeking a basic mastery of Italian is the sequence 101, 102, 107, which satisfies the University's language requirement. Normally students electing a beginner's course in any language will receive credit only if two terms are completed.

Students showing particular gifts in 101 may be admitted to the accelerated, double-credit spring course, 102-7, which also satisfies the University's language requirement.

Students with advanced placement in Italian will be placed in 107 to fulfill the University language requirement.

Course credit in 107 is also available through approved summer courses abroad (see Study and Work Abroad below). Funding may be available for selected and committed students. Students must pass a placement test upon their return to satisfy the language requirement.

All questions concerning placement and summer study are dealt with by the language coordinator in the relevant program.

Courses

  • ITA 101 Beginner's Italian I FallAn oral-aural method is used to develop concurrently the skills of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Italian. The main emphasis is on basic grammatical principles and vocabulary. A substantial portion of the basic grammar is covered. Five classes, laboratory. No credit is given for ITA 101 unless followed by ITA 102. Staff
  • ITA 102 Beginner's Italian II SpringA continuation of 101. The remainder of the basic grammar is covered. A number of texts from a reader will be studied. Growing emphasis on reading and writing, but much attention will continue to be given to oral Italian. Five classes, laboratory. Prepares for 107. Staff
  • ITA 1027 Intensive Intermediate and Advanced Italian SpringAn intensive, double-credit course designed to help students develop an active command of the language. Reading comprehension and oral proficiency as well as reading skills and grammatical accuracy will be developed through various activities. A solid grammatical basis and awareness of the idiomatic usage of the language will be emphasized. Students will be introduced to various cultural aspects of Italy through readings, cultural videos, and films. Prerequisite: 101 and permission of instructor. Five 90-minute classes. Staff
  • ITA 107 Advanced Italian FallFurther development of general proficiency and extensive reading of standard texts. Five classes. Prerequisite: 102 or instructor's permission. Staff
  • ITA 207 Studies in Italian Language and Style FallIntensive practice in spoken and written Italian with emphasis on vocabulary acquisition and advanced syntactical structures. Close readings and translations of contemporary Italian prose. Discussions are based on newspaper and magazine articles, television, and films. Emphasis on an audio-video approach to Italian language and culture. Prerequisite: 107 or instructor's permission. Three classes. G. Marrone-Puglia
  • ITA 208 Introduction to Italy Today SpringDesigned to develop students' ability to communicate effectively in present-day Italy. Exploration of key moments in contemporary Italy, focusing on concepts and the vocabulary of modern politics and the economy. Emphasizes Italian social, political, and economic institutions, through the analysis of cultural and social differences between Italians and Americans in such everyday concerns as money, work, and leisure. Two 90-minute classes. Prerequisite: 107 or instructor's permission. Staff
  • ITA 220 Italian Civilization Through the Centuries Fall LAThis course is designed to give an overview of pivotal moments in Italian culture, such as the relationship between Church and Empire in the Middle Ages, Machiavelli's political theory during the Renaissance, and the rise and fall of Fascism in the 20th century. Through the examination of the most relevant intellectual, historic and artistic movements and their main geographical venues, students will be able to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the development of Italian history and civilization. Staff
  • ITA 302 Topics in Medieval Italian Literature and Culture Spring LATopics will range from the work of a single author (such as Boccaccio) and certain major texts to specific cultural, literary, and poetic problems (such as the medieval comune). Major figures include Giacomo da Lentini, Guido Guinizelli, Guido Cavalcanti, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. Two 90-minute seminars. Alternates with 306. Prerequisite: a 200-level Italian course or instructor's permission. S. Marchesi
  • ITA 303 Dante's "Inferno" (also MED 303 ) Fall/Spring LAIntensive study of the Inferno, with major attention paid to poetic elements such as structure, allegory, narrative technique, and relation to earlier literature, principally the Latin classics. Two 90-minute classes, one preceptorial. S. Marchesi
  • ITA 306 The Italian Renaissance: Literature and Society Spring LAReadings from the works of Ariosto, Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Tasso, Della Casa, Michelangelo, and Bembo, interpreted in light of artistic and cultural preoccupations of the time. Topics include: Tasso and the Counter-Reformation sensibility, the Renaissance epic, history and the writing of history. One three-hour seminar. Alternates with 302. Prerequisite: a 200-level Italian course or instructor's permission. P. Frassica
  • ITA 307 Advanced Language and Style Fall LAIntensive practice of written and spoken Italian through close analysis of grammatical and syntactic structures, literary translation, and the stylistic study of representative literary works from the Middle Ages to the present. Focus on rhetorical structures and on Italian linguistic change. Prerequisite: a 200-level course in Italian or instructor's permission. Two 90-minute classes. Staff
  • ITA 308 Topics in 20th-Century Italian Literature Fall LATopics will range from the study of a single author (such as Pirandello, Montale, Pavese, D'Annunzio) to the investigation of specific literary and poetic problems. One three-hour seminar. Prerequisite: a 200-level Italian course or instructor's permission. P. Frassica
  • ITA 309 Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization Fall LAThe evolution of Italian contemporary civilization through the study of historical, sociopolitical, and cultural topics. The approach will be interdisciplinary; each year a different topic will be selected and studied as portrayed in representative samples of slides, films, and pertinent reading material. One three-hour seminar. Prerequisite: a 200-level Italian course or instructor's permission. Offered in alternate years. P. Frassica
  • ITA 310 Topics in Modern Italian Cinema (also VIS 443 ) Spring LAAn introduction to Italian cinema from 1945 to the present. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the course will focus on sociopolitical and cultural issues as well as on basic concepts of film style and technique. Specific topics will change from year to year, and prerequisites will vary. One three-hour seminar, one film showing. G. Marrone-Puglia
  • ITA 311 Topics in 19th-Century Italian Literature Fall LATopics will range from the study of a single author (such as Leopardi, Manzoni, Verga) to the thematic, artistic, and cultural analysis of either a genre or a literary movement (such as Romanticism, Verismo). One three-hour seminar. Prerequisite: a 200-level Italian course or instructor's permission. G. Marrone-Puglia
  • ITA 312 Fascism in Italian Cinema (also VIS 445 ) Spring LAA study of fascist ideology through selected films from World War II to the present. Topics include: the concept of fascist normality; racial laws; the role of women; and the Resistance and the intellectual left. Films include: Bertolucci's The Conformist, Fellini's Amarcord, Rossellini's Open City, and Benigni's Life is Beautiful. The approach is interdisciplinary and combines the analysis of sociohistorical themes with a cinematic reading of the films. One lecture, one two-hour preceptorial, one film screening. G. Marrone-Puglia
  • ITA 313 Marxism in Italian Cinema (also VIS 446 ) Spring LAA study of the influence of Marxist ideology on major Italian directors from the Cold War to the present. Representative films include: Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, Visconti's The Leopard, Pasolini's Teorema, Wertmuller's Seven Beauties, Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers. The approach will be interdisciplinary and will combine the analysis of historical and political themes with a cinematic reading of the films. One lecture, one two-hour preceptorial, one film screening. G. Marrone-Puglia
  • ITA 401 Seminar in Italian Literature and Culture Fall LAInvestigation of a major theme or author, with special attention to formal structures and intellectual context. Topics may range from the medieval chivalric tradition in such Renaissance masterpieces as Ariosto's Orlando Furioso to a reading of the writings of Primo Levi as these examine the issue of the annihilation of the personality. Prerequisite: a 300-level course in Italian or instructor's permission. One three-hour seminar. Staff
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