Live, Love or Die in Italy: Major Italian Writers in English Translation II

3 Credits

As a sequel to Major Italian Writers I, this course explores modern and contemporary Italian literature through the reading, analysis, and discussion of late eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century Italian novels in translation, by authors such as Foscolo, Verga, Camillo Boito, D'Annunzio, Svevo, Carlo Levi, and Morante. Students are encouraged to compare and contrast authors and books and to identify and discuss major literary periods and genres (such as Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and Neo-realism).