Courses

Contemporary Italian Literature

Credit hours:3--Contact hours: 45

Course# 52-3607 SR

Dept: English

Course Description: This literature course introduces the main literary movements and writers of the 19th& 20thcentury in Italy. All readings will be in translation. Students will have assigned readings from, Ginzburg, Buzzati, Eco, Levi, Pirandello, Svevo, Calvino, Pratolini, Pavese. Assignments will include four full novels, a selection of short stories, and reading excerpts. Class will be organized around the discussion of readings.