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ITAL 1837 is also offered in Spring 2022
ITAL 1837 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2021 | ITAL 1837 Section 001: Imagining Italy: Italian and Italian-American Culture, History, and Society through Film (52199)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
- Meets With:
ITAL 3837 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Open (48 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Weekly guest lectures and critical readings expand from different disciplinary perspectives upon issues raised by films. Urban life, religion, nationalism, opera, violence, leisure, food, fascism, terrorism, family, emigration/immigration, ethnicity, Mediterranean culture.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferli001+ITAL1837+Spring2021 This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Students will watch films asynchronously and the lectures will be available asynchronously to those students unable to attend.
- Class Description:
- A weekly film and lecture series that explores Italy's history, culture, and society, starting from the Renaissance to the present day. Topics discussed include urban life, religion, nationalism, opera, violence, leisure, food, music, fascism, mafia, family, emigration/immigration, ethnicity, and Mediterranean culture. Some of the films shown include Pinocchio, Dangerous Beauty, Farinelli, Fratello Sole Sorella Luna, The Da Vinci Code, Habemus Papam, Death in Venice, The Godfather, and A Room with a View. This course is focused on creating strong liberal arts learning by building upon a sense of intellectual community, where students and faculty may come together to share common interests about Italian and Italian-American history, culture, and society. This course is taught in English, and so no previous knowledge of the Italian language is needed. There are no pre-requisites required for this course.
- Exam Format:
- Midterm and final exam; short essays responding to a topic illustrated by a film/lecture/reading.
- Workload:
- 30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52199/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2016
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