Italian Literature (30 cr)

A concentration on Italian literature with an emphasis on the study of literary history and texts. The majority of the courses are offered in Italian.

3 credits from

ITAL 31100 - Advanced Italian Grammar
ITAL 31200 - Advanced Italian Composition
ITAL 33100 - Italian Phonetics and Diction

9 credits from

ITAL 34100 - Introduction to Italian Literature from the Middle Ages to the 16th Century
ITAL 34200 - Introduction to Italian Literature from the 16th Century to the Present
ITAL 34300 - Dante’s Vita Nuova and Inferno

3 credits from

ITAL 34400 - Dante’s Purgatorio and Introduction to Paradiso
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ITAL 34500 - Dante’s Paradiso and Major Prose Works

15 credits chosen from

ITAL 34600 - Petrarch, Boccaccio and the Literature of Humanism
ITAL 34700 - 16th Century Italian Literature
ITAL 34800 - 17th and 18th Century Literature
ITAL 34900 - The Modern Italian Lyric
ITAL 35000 - The Modern Italian Novel
ITAL 35100 - The Modern Italian Theatre
ITAL 36000 - The Middle Ages: Special Topics
ITAL 36100 - The Renaissance: Special Topics
ITAL 36200 - The 17th Century: Special Topics
ITAL 36300 - The 18th Century: Special Topics
ITAL 36400 - The 19th Century: Special Topics
ITAL 36500 - The 20th Century: Special Topics
ITAL 37000 - Italian Literature: Special Topics
ITAL 37500 - Seminar in Italian Literary History
ITAL 49500 - Independent Study in Italian Literature

Students planning to teach in grades 7-12 must also complete 3 credits in Second Language Acquisition:

ITAL 39900 - Second Language Acquisition
ITAL 49500 - Independent Study in Italian Literature or
SEDC 21200 - Methods I: Foundations of Literacy, Language and Learning in the Foreign/Heritage Language Classroom, Grades 7-12 or
SEDC 712 (see graduate catalog)