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Designed for students with no prior experience, this introductory course develops students’ abilities to speak, write, read and understand Italian within a culturally rich environment. It also introduces them to today’s Italians, their language, their culture and their varied lifestyles. Important goals will be for students to recognize regional accents, the difference between formal or informal context, and the political, historical and financial factors that influence Italian culture and language.

Taught by

Ivana Di Siena

This historical survey of French cinema tells a story that has long been suppressed but rewritten by feminist scholars who did nothing less than excavate the many artistic and cultural contributions of women filmmakers from the beginning of film to its present. Students learn about the usual periods of French cinema (Surrealism, 1930s Poetic Realism, Occupation, New Wave, contemporary film), but also study film direction, stardom, acting, editing, and producing—all through its leading women. A study of the history of industrialization, cultural policy, state regulation, and colonialism helps address the conceptualization of French cinema as a ‘national cinema,’ despite its international artistic heritage and audiences. It also focuses on opportunities for intersectional and feminist approaches that value discussions of race, gender, and class.

Taught by

Grace An

Born out of a history of resistance, Creole cultures transcend racial boundaries. Through the works of prominent authors from different Creole speaking islands such as Fanon and Césaire (Martinique), Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe), Ananda Devi (Mauritius), Jacques Roumain (Haiti), this course provides a framework for understanding how French colonization led to the creation of Creole nations in different parts of the world. The discussion will move from the past to the present as students also explore how international events such as a worldwide pandemic, social justice, racism and police brutality are currently affecting these islands.

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During the Renaissance an ideal human body was celebrated in poetry, painting, and sculpture, as canons of beauty were revived from Antiquity, while in sacred art, a new emphasis was placed on the physicality of Christ and the saints. Opposed to these tendencies were counter-currents of realism and the grotesque: in medical treatises, travel narratives, comic genres, and crime literature, the body is palpable, repugnant, abject. Primary texts plus critical readings by Foucault, Bakhtin, Kristeva, and others.

Taught by

Matthew Senior