Italian Cultural Studies 2

Subject ITAL20001 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

March, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 1 x 1-hour lecture and 1 x 1.5-hour seminar per week
Total Time Commitment: 2.5 contact hours/week, 6 additional hours/week. Total of 8.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Completion of Intermediate Italian Language and Culture A and B OR Italian Language and Culture 1A and 1B
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Corequisites: Italian Language and Culture 2A
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Recommended Background Knowledge: none
Non Allowed Subjects: Previously available as 116-060 Italian Part 2: Cultural Studies. Students who have completed Italian Part 2 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Core Participation Requirements: For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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Subject Overview:

This subject allows students to study key aspects of Italian culture, primarily through the analysis of specific literary texts and/or films. Students will also have the opportunity to study the development of Italian society. By the end of the subject, students should have been introduced to a number of literary texts and/or films in order to improve their standard of comprehension and to gain some understanding of the process of literary/cultural criticism. They should also have acquired the ability to examine critically various aspects of Italian history and culture.
Objectives:
  • have developed a critical understanding of postwar Italy.
  • have developed skills in the analysis of literary texts and/or films.
  • be able to discuss competently literary texts and/or films through the medium of Italian.
Assessment: One written test 25% (due mid-semester), one 1500 word essay 40% (due at the end of semester), tutorial participation 10% (throughout semester), one 1-hour test 25% (due at the end of semester).
Prescribed Texts:

A subject reader will be available from the University of Melbourne Bookshop.
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

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Generic Skills:
  • critical thinking and analysis: through required and recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion, and by assessing the strength of arguments.
  • understanding of social, political, historical and cultural contexts and international awareness/openness to the world: through the contextualisation of judgements and knowledge, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and new aspects of Italian culture, and by formulating arguments.
  • Written communication: through essay and assignment preparation and writing.
Related Course(s): Diploma in Modern Languages (Italian)
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Italian
Italian
Italian
Italian Major

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