SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN STUDIES: CULTURE, FILM, LANGUAGE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: One of: ( ITALIAN 230 , 301 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 321 , 322 , 340 , 350 , or 365 ) or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze literary texts and films from diverse critical vantage points (historical, formal, visual, theoretical). Audience: Undergraduate 2. Write a thoughtful critique of literary and cinematic works. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Articulate an understanding of key literary and cinematic terms. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize and discuss technological terms as they apply to cinema. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Articulate an understanding of the relationship between drama and the historical/cultural contexts in which it was created. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Recognize and discuss themes of gender, ethnic identity, and diversity. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Identify key elements of film techniques, including camera angles such as subjective camera, diegetic and extradiegetic music, visual citation, and narrative approaches. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Apply technological terms to the analysis of film and literature. Audience: Graduate 9. Distinguish between and among different theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of literary and cinematic texts. Audience: Graduate 10. Know how to conduct advanced research in the field of film studies. Audience: Graduate 11. Articulate different approaches to film adaptation. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze literary texts and films from diverse critical vantage points (historical, formal, visual, theoretical). Audience: Undergraduate 2. Write a thoughtful critique of literary and cinematic works. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Articulate an understanding of key literary and cinematic terms. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize and discuss technological terms as they apply to cinema. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Articulate an understanding of the relationship between drama and the historical/cultural contexts in which it was created. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Recognize and discuss themes of gender, ethnic identity, and diversity. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Identify key elements of film techniques, including camera angles such as subjective camera, diegetic and extradiegetic music, visual citation, and narrative approaches. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Apply technological terms to the analysis of film and literature. Audience: Graduate 9. Distinguish between and among different theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of literary and cinematic texts. Audience: Graduate 10. Know how to conduct advanced research in the field of film studies. Audience: Graduate 11. Articulate different approaches to film adaptation. Audience: Graduate