Graduate Program in Italian

The Italian Graduate Program offers the Master of Arts degree in Italian and, in cooperation with the School of Education, the Master of Sciences in Education. The degrees lead to teaching careers in secondary education and college, and to admission to doctoral programs in these languages or comparative literature. Courses cover numerous aspects of the literature from the Medieval through the contemporary periods, viewed through various methods of literary criticism. Courses are also given in the history of the language, advanced translation, civilization, and the cinema. Seminars are set aside for methodology, selected authors or literary topics, and special problems.

Master of Arts Program

Requirements for Matriculation

1. A strong undergraduate concentration in either Italian, consisting normally of a minimum of 20 undergraduate elective credits.
2. The credentials of each applicant are to be examined by a suitable departmental committee which shall have the authority to accept or reject the candidate. This committee may request an interview with a candidate for admission if it feels it necessary to do so.

Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree

These requirements are in addition to the general requirements for the Master of Arts degree.
1. Students must consult the Graduate Adviser in their language for assistance and guidance in working out an approved program of studies.
2. Thirty credits are required for the Master of Arts degree. The completion of a thesis is optional. The thesis, which may be substituted for two course, must be based on original research (791, 792, Special Problems). It will normally be written in English, or, by special permission, in the foreign language of the major field of the student's concentration. A minimum of 24 credits must be taken in the major language. The remaining credits may be taken with permission in a discipline other than English related to Italian studies.
3. All students are required to take the appropriate seminar (781) and course (701).
4. Students will be required to demonstrate their reading knowledge of another language other than English, in addition to their major language. A classical language may be substituted by special permission.
5. A comprehensive examination, both written and oral, will be administered in the major language, in which students will be tested on their knowledge of the important authors and literary movements. A student may not attempt this examination more than twice.

Master of Science in Education Program

The Master of Science in Education Program responds to the needs of teachers and prospective teachers of foreign languages. The degree program combines course work in 1) culture, literature, and language, 2) foreign language education, and 3) professional education. The courses in culture, literature, and language are given by the Department of European Languages and Literatures. The courses in foreign language education and professional education are offered by the School of Education. For admission requirements to Secondary Education programs, call the SEYS Department at 997-5150.

Requirements for Matriculation

In addition to the general admission requirements stated on page 18 of the Graduate Bulletin, applicants should consult the advisors in both the Department of ELL and SEYS regarding the prerequisite courses required for certification.

Requirements for the Master of Science Degree

The 30 credits required for the degree are to be distributed among courses in Italian and SEYS in consultation with advisers in both departments. Advisement and forms are available in both departmental offices. Students should meet with the graduate advisers as soon as possible in order to plan their program of study and submit it for approval.

Graduate Courses

Courses in Italian

The specific topic in each course entitled "Studies in . . . " will be announced at registration. Each "Studies in . . . " course may be repeated for credit provided the topic is different.
Italian 701. History of the Italian Language. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 704. Problems in Italian Language. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
This course can be repeated for credit, provided the topic is different.
Italian 707, 708. Humanism and the Renaissance. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. each semester.
Italian 707. Special attention will be given to the historical and cultural situation in Quattrocento Italy; Poliziano, Lorenzo de' Medici; the great centers of Florence, Naples, Rome, and Padua; the chivalric poems of Pulci and Boiardo.
Italian 708. The questione della lingua; the treatise writers; Machiavelli, Ariosto, and Tasso. The novelle of Bandello, Firenzuola; the Counter-Reformation and the Academies.
Italian 711. Italian Literature from its Origins to the Trecento. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 713, 714. Dante's Divina Commedia. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. each semester.
Italian 715. The Early Italian Lyric and Petrarch. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 716. Boccaccio's Decameron and the Italian Novella. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 721. Ariosto and Tasso. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 722. Machiavelli and Guicciardini: Historians, Men of Letters, and Political Thinkers. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 723. Italian Literature in the Age of the Baroque. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 725. Italian Comedy from the Renaissance to the End of the Eighteenth Century. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 726. Aspects of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Theatre. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 752. The Art and Humanism of Manzoni. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 753. Leopardi and Foscolo. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 754. Carducci, D'Annunzio, Pascoli. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 755. Contemporary Italian Poetry. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 760. History of Italian Literary Criticism, from the Renaissance to De Sanctis. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 761. Italian Literary Criticism since 1870. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 762. The Modern Italian Novel. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 763. The Contemporary Italian Novel. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
Italian 778. Advanced Translation in Italian. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
The course will deal with translation in theory and in practice and will also include linguistics and stylistics. The translation will be from English to Italian and from Italian to English.
Italian 779. Studies in Italian Cinema. 4 hr.; 3 cr.
The course will examine different aspects of the cinematic art. The approaches include: 1) Movements (neo-realism, new wave, etc.); 2) Genres; 3) Literature into films; 4) The cinema as a socio-cultural phenomenon; 5) Cinematic stylistics. Films will be shown in Italian. Students will be expected to produce substantial works of film analysis.
Italian 780. Trends and Events in Italian Civilization. 2 hr. plus conf.; 3 cr.
A study of the events and ideological trends of the civilization produced by Italy. Students will read and report on primary texts in fields such as political history, economics, sociology, and on significant artistic and cultural developments.

Courses in Reserve

Italian 702. Italian Stylistics.
Italian 703. Advanced Phonetics.
Italian 705, 706. History of Italian Literature.
Italian 712. Dante's Minor Works.
Italian 751. The Pre-Risorgimento Period.