Spring 2017  |  ITAL 3201 Section 001: Reading Italian Texts: Poetics, Rhetoric, Theory (67784)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 16
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
A basic course in understanding the rhetorical and poetic aspects of language and literature; interpretive methods and theoretical concepts. prereq: 3015
Class Notes:
Please check out more information on this course! http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferli001+ITAL3201+Spring2017
Class Description:
How do we read? What does it mean to read critically? What do we expect from texts? How have reading (and writing) practices changed in today's twitter/facebook culture? How do our interpretations of texts differ from past ones? These are some of the questions we will raise in this course. The course wants to introduce students to thinking critically about the ways in which we read cultural texts and examine(among other issues) the relation between text and context, images and words, politics, gender and culture and to think critically about different "ways of knowing" and the interpretion of cultural materials. The hub of the course will focus on two important texts of post-unification 19th century Italy: Collodi's Pinnochio (1884) and De Amicis's Cuore (1886). We will examine and compare these "children's stories" from a variety of theoretical perspectives as well analyze cinematic versions of the former. Through these texts we will introduce students to a wide range of critical reading skills and develop some library research methods. The course will enable students to further their understanding of Italian culture and literature as well as gain an understanding of reading practices, both historical and contemporary. Graduate students will examine these texts also in light of post-unification reading practices and nation-building practices (Croce, De Sanctis, Gramsci) as well as in light of contemporary Italian theoretical approaches.
Class Format:
20% Lecture
60% Discussion
20% Student Presentations
Workload:
30-40 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
4 Quiz(zes)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67784/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
30 October 2012

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