ITAL 250D - Narrating Italy through Literature & Film

This course explores Italian writers, lives and culture through Italian literature and/or film. We will learn about the various historical, socio-cultural, political and economic challenges and factors represented in these works. We will examine the representation of gender, social class, family, and national identity, and how inequity and power can shape and can be shaped by these identities. This course may be applied toward the major or minor in Italian (please speak with an advisor for more information). Taught in English.