FA Italianisms Professor Gian Maria Annovi This course provides a comprehensive survey of 20 th -Century Italian history, culture, and society. We will focus on selected Italianisms, namely literary, social, and political move- ments, but also fundamental historical and cultural phenomena in contemporary Italy. Through a multidisciplinary approach this course will address a wide range of topics, such as Fascism and the Resistance, the years of post-WWII reconstruction and con- sumerism, Neo-realism, the rise of civil and political violence in the 1960s and 1970s, and the challenges faced by today’s Italy (mi- gration, mafia and camorra, the Berlusconi phenomenon). Students will be exposed to a large se- lection of texts, including fiction, historical studies, critical works, manifestos and me- moirs by authors such as Marinetti, Levi, Calvino, and Pasolini, among others. Films will include both Italian classics (Bicycle Thieves, La dolce vita, The Conformist) and some ex- amples of contemporary Italian cinema. T/Th 12:30-1:50pm The course will be taught in English. Please email [email protected] for any questions .

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Professor Gian Maria Annovi This course provides a comprehensive survey of 20th-Century Italian history, culture, and society. We will focus on selected Italianisms, namely literary, social, and political move-ments, but also fundamental historical and cultural phenomena in contemporary Italy. Through a multidisciplinary approach this course will address a wide range of topics, such as Fascism and the Resistance, the years of post-WWII reconstruction and con-sumerism, Neo-realism, the rise of civil and political violence in the 1960s and 1970s, and the challenges faced by today’s Italy (mi-gration, mafia and camorra, the Berlusconi phenomenon). Students will be exposed to a large se-lection of texts, including fiction, historical studies, critical works, manifestos and me-moirs by authors such as Marinetti, Levi, Calvino, and Pasolini, among others. Films will include both Italian classics (Bicycle Thieves, La dolce vita, The Conformist) and some ex-amples of contemporary Italian cinema.

T/Th 12:30-1:50pm

The course will be taught in English.

Please email [email protected] for any questions.