Italian Literature and Cultural Studies (ILCS)
ILCS 5315. Introduction to Contemporary Literary Studies. (3 Credits)
Contemporary methods and fields of literary analysis. Paradigms of literary studies and overview of Marxist, Freudian, Feminist, Historicist, and Culturalist criticism.
ILCS 5330. The Literature of the Origins. (3 Credits)
Poets and poetical schools of the Duecento from the Franciscans to the Sicilians and the "Dolce stil nuovo."
ILCS 5333. Seminar on Boccaccio. (3 Credits)
The Italian lyrics and narrative poems, the Decameron and its seminal importance for prose fiction, the scholarly Italian and Latin works.
ILCS 5335. Baroque Literature. (3 Credits)
The beginnings of baroque literary style and its ramifications in the seventeenth century.
ILCS 5345. Studies in Italian Literature or Philology. (1-6 Credits)
May be repeated for a total of 24 credits
ILCS 5375. Topics in Early Modern Italian Studies. (3 Credits)
A variable topics course focusing on early modern Italian culture.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to graduate students in Italian, others with permission of instructor.
May be repeated for a total of 6 credits
ILCS 5376. Topics in Modern and Contemporary Italian Studies. (3 Credits)
A variable topics course focusing on modern and contemporary Italian culture.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to graduate students in Italian, others with permission of instructor.
May be repeated for a total of 6 credits
ILCS 5377. Topics in Transnational Italy. (3 Credits)
Variable topics course focusing on cultural, historical and political intersections between Italy and other nations.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to graduate students in Italian, other with instructor consent.
May be repeated for a total of 6 credits
ILCS 5395. Special Topics. (3 Credits)
May be repeated for up to nine credits with a change in content.
May be repeated for a total of 9 credits
ILCS 5398. Variable Topics. (3 Credits)
May be repeated for up to nine credits with a change in content.
May be repeated for a total of 9 credits
ILCS 5399. Independent Study. (1-6 Credits)
May be repeated for up to 12 credits with a change in content.
Enrollment Requirements: Instructor consent.
May be repeated for a total of 12 credits