MODERN ITALIAN CULTURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ITALIAN 204 or 205 (or ITALIAN 202 prior to Summer 2025) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn the history of Italy (1923-present). Audience: Undergraduate 2. Investigate social and political issues during this historical period (migration, Resistance, the economic boom, mass media and Berlusconi, feminism, immigration and post-colonialism, the question of the South, mafia, etc.). Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze documents (manifestos, legislations, etc.), literature (selections from novels, short stories, poems), films, tv shows, music, visual art, popular culture. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Improve writing, speaking, listening, reading language skills in Italian. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Improve research skills, oral presentation in front of an audience, and academic writing in Italian. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn the history of Italy (1923-present). Audience: Undergraduate 2. Investigate social and political issues during this historical period (migration, Resistance, the economic boom, mass media and Berlusconi, feminism, immigration and post-colonialism, the question of the South, mafia, etc.). Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze documents (manifestos, legislations, etc.), literature (selections from novels, short stories, poems), films, tv shows, music, visual art, popular culture. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Improve writing, speaking, listening, reading language skills in Italian. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Improve research skills, oral presentation in front of an audience, and academic writing in Italian. Audience: Undergraduate