ITAL 2203 - Languages/Literatures/Identities

(LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Fall. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: ITAL 2201 or equivalent. Conducted in Italian.

I. Eibenstein-Aluisi, M. Migiel.

This course, which is conducted in Italian and includes significant practice in grammar, vocabulary building, and composition, aims to foster reflection about the relationship among languages, literatures, and identities in Italy. Course Focus: Living together in a multicultural society. Our principal reading will be Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio, a 2006 award-winning novel by Algerian-Italian writer Amara Lakhous who came to Italy in 1995 as a political refugee; with this novel, he invites Italian readers to examine their 21st-century reality through the eyes of the immigrant.