Courses

Studies specific works and narrative techniques of authors such as Foscolo, Verga, Svevo, Pirandello, Moravia, and Eco.

Focuses on specific works or problems in poetic of modern Italian poetry represented by 19th- and 20th-century poets from Foscolo and Leopardi to Montale, Ungaretti, and others.

Study of selected dramatic texts from such authors as Manzoni, Boito, Pirandello, and Fo.

Selected topics in religious studies.

Studies specific prose works and narrative techniques of authors such as Alberti, Valla, Poliziano, Machiavelli, Guicciardini, and Castiglione.

Focuses on specific works and poetics of Renaissance Italian poetry represented by Lorenzo de Medici, Boiardo, Ariosto, Tasso, Marino, and others.

Study of selected dramatic texts from the Sacra Rappresentazione through Aretino and Monteverdi to Alfieri.

Topic to be discussed changes each semester. May be repeated for credit.

Topic to be discussed changes each semester. May be repeated for credit.

A study of Italian Renaissance civilization including artistic, political, and intellectual developments.