ITL
222.1, LA MERICA: CULTURA ITALO-AMERICANA
Dr. Sante Matteo, 208 Irvin,
529-5932, matteos@muohio.edu;
office
hours, MT 11 AM-12 NOON, F 10-11
Readings
and discussions, in Italian, on Italian emigration and on the Italian American
experience. This is a one-credit course taught
in Italian that complements the English-taught ITL 222 ITALIAN AMERICAN
CULTURE (3 credits). Students who wish
to have ITL 222 count toward a minor in Italian must concurrently enroll in this
course, ITL 222.1, thus earning 4 credits altogether toward the Italian minor. Prerequisite: ITL 202 or 205, or the
equivalent.
Fifty
minutes per week will be devoted to discussing Italian American culture and
pertinent readings. All readings, assignments,
and discussions will be in Italian.
PARTICIPATION:
Active, informed participation in the course is very important, and is worth 100
points. Five points will be deducted for
each absence beyond two.
READING/ORAL
ASSIGNMENTS: All students will read all
the assigned readings (photocopy packet) before class. One student will lead class discussion on a
topic of one of the readings assigned for that day, clarifying or supplementing
its content with information gathered from other sources (books, encyclopedias,
articles, web sites, etc.), and soliciting responses from the other
students. You may use visual and audio
aids to enhance your presentation (e.g. pictures, maps, timelines, music, etc.,
but they are not required). Each student
will do two 10-15-minute presentations during the semester. Each will be worth 50 points.
TESTS:
--periodic pop quizzes on that day’s readings, collectively worth 100 points
(quizzes cannot be made up; the lowest score, or a zero from a missed quiz,
will be dropped);
--mid-term exam, 100 points;
--comprehensive final exam, 200 points.
GRADING:
The standard breakdown: 93-100%=A, 90-92%=A-; 87-89%=B+, 83-86%=B, 80-82%=B-,
etc., based on the following categories:
Class
participation--100 points;
2
oral presentations/discussion sessions x 50@--100 points;
Surprise
quizzes—100 points;
Mid-term
test--100 points;
Final
exam--200 points;
TOTAL--600
POINTS
SCHEDULE OF WEEKLY
READING ASSIGNMENTS, DISCUSSIONS:
All readings should be
done before coming to class on the date
indicated. The readings are
contained in a packet of photocopies available at the Oxford Copy Shop, 10 S.
Poplar, 523-3636
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Jan. 23, INTRODUZIONE AL
CORSO; Jan. 15, Stella, “Bel paese, brutta
gente,” pp. 7-9 _________________ Jan. 20, Stella, “Allarme: c’invade l’orda oliva!” pp. 29-31
__________________ Jan. 22, Stella, “Allarme: c’invade l’orda oliva!” pp. 31-34 ___________________ Jan. 27, Stella, “Allarme: c’invade l’orda oliva!”, pp. 34-37 _______________ Jan. 29, Stella, “Defecano per terra come i maiali,” pp. 63-65 _________________ Feb. 3, Stella, “Defecano per terra
come maiali,” pp. 65-67 ________________ Feb. 5, Homo Italicus; L’orda, pp. 242-43 _________________ Feb. 10, L’orda, pp
250-53 ________________ Feb. 12, L’orda, pp.
258, 261-63 _________________ Feb. 17, M/T
switch, no class Feb. 19, Pascoli,, intro, “Italy” I-II ________________ Feb. 24, Pascoli,, “Italy” III-IV __________________ Feb. 26, Pascoli,, “Italy” V-VII ____________________ Mar. 2, Pascoli,, “Italy” VIII-IX ___________________ Mar. 4, esame di mid-term Mar. 9, Tusiani, intro, “La velatura
del fico”_______________ Mar. 11, Tusiani, “Compagno
di viaggio,” “New York
revisited,” “Ce stà nu cante” ________________ Mar. 23, Tusiani, “Lu refugge,”
“Li tataranne,” “La lettera
ma’ ‘mpustata” _______________ Mar. 25, D’Alfonso, poesie e pensieri ________________ Mar. 30, Rimanelli, “Elogio per mio padre” ______________ Apr. 1, Rimanelli, “A vije du Molise”, “Molise mio”, “Reporteme ne case”, “Ah, Merica sennate” _________________ Apr. 6, Matteo, “Lamefricatalia” pp. 1-3 _________________ Apr. 8, Matteo, “Lamefricatalia” pp. 5-7 _________________ Apr. 13, Matteo, “Lamefricatalia” pp. 8-10 ________________ Apr. 15, “Petrella Tifernina,” “Castellino del Biferno,” “Sant’Angelo Limosano” _______________ Apr. 20, Fruscella, “La fontana di Petrella”;
A. Ruscitto, “Emigrante”;
Viglione, “A vij da P’trell”, “A Mamm” ________________ Apr. 22, M. Ruscitto, La mia vita dall’aia alla piscina, “Petrella” _________________ Apr. 27, N. Matteo, “Petrella mia”, S. Matteo “In barca insieme” _________________ Apr. 29, Ripasso e conclusione ESAME FINALE: Mercoledì, 5 maggio, 12.30 |
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