Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program in question is ITAL 2201 Italy: Modern History, Culture, which is a 4-credit course. This course provides a historical and cultural approach to modern Italy, refining students' critical thinking skills and substantially developing their argumentative skills.

Course Description

The course centers on selected authors, literary movements, genres, and historical and contemporary cultural phenomena in Italy. Topics may include:

• Film
• TV
• Poetry
• Short stories
• Fascism and the resistance movement
• Italian women Each week, a new decade is discussed in a historical context and supplemented with cultural artifacts that are either centered on the decade in question or produced during the period.

Course Details

This course is taught in English and counts toward the Analytical Inquiry: Society and Culture requirement.