STUDIES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE I

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ITALIAN 204 or 205 (or ITALIAN 202 prior to Summer 2025) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn about and understand major Medieval and Renaissance literary and cultural movements, "schools," authors, texts Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate understanding and ability to analyze literary and non-literary texts in Italian representing a broad spectrum of topics in Italian Medieval and Renaissance culture and history (interpretive communication) Audience: Undergraduate 3. Express/convey/articulate ideas effectively in spoken and written Italian to inform, persuade, and narrate for different audiences of listeners, viewers, or readers (presentational communication) Audience: Undergraduate 4. Express/convey/articulate ideas effectively in spoken and written Italian to share information, reactions, and opinions related to topics and texts discussed in the course (interpersonal communication); Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate awareness of difference and diversity by comparing and contrasting culturally situated beliefs, behaviors, and norms of the Italian-speaking world with those found in their own culture Audience: Undergraduate 6. Critically analyze and describe literary, historical, and cultural concepts and phenomena Audience: Undergraduate 7. Analyze from multiple perspectives a text, a situation, a context Audience: Undergraduate 8. Actively engage in problem solving Audience: Undergraduate 9. Actively engage in effective teamwork Audience: Undergraduate 10. Design and construct new content based on skills and information acquired in the course Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn about and understand major Medieval and Renaissance literary and cultural movements, "schools," authors, texts Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate understanding and ability to analyze literary and non-literary texts in Italian representing a broad spectrum of topics in Italian Medieval and Renaissance culture and history (interpretive communication) Audience: Undergraduate 3. Express/convey/articulate ideas effectively in spoken and written Italian to inform, persuade, and narrate for different audiences of listeners, viewers, or readers (presentational communication) Audience: Undergraduate 4. Express/convey/articulate ideas effectively in spoken and written Italian to share information, reactions, and opinions related to topics and texts discussed in the course (interpersonal communication); Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate awareness of difference and diversity by comparing and contrasting culturally situated beliefs, behaviors, and norms of the Italian-speaking world with those found in their own culture Audience: Undergraduate 6. Critically analyze and describe literary, historical, and cultural concepts and phenomena Audience: Undergraduate 7. Analyze from multiple perspectives a text, a situation, a context Audience: Undergraduate 8. Actively engage in problem solving Audience: Undergraduate 9. Actively engage in effective teamwork Audience: Undergraduate 10. Design and construct new content based on skills and information acquired in the course Audience: Undergraduate