Contemporary Italian Literature    4 s.h

Catalog description

A study of contemporary Italian literature and its movements and innovations across a variety of genres, including fiction, memoir, poetry, song lyrics, rap and journalism. Featuring the works of Ammaniti, Baricco, Benni, Consoli, Khouma, Mazzucco, Severgnini and Virzl. Regular in-class discussion and occasional in-class writing assignments, all in Italian. Prereq.: Either ITAL 2607 and ITAL 2608 ; or ITAL 3702 .