Italian Language and Cinema in Tuscany

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1 Italian Language and Cinema in Tuscany Prof.ssa Anna Iacovella & Prof.ssa Millicent Marcus Regular meeting times (unless otherwise noted) 1. Italian Language: am 2. Cinema in Tuscany: 10:40-12:10 (class), 2-4pm (screenings, depending on film length) Testi 1. Suzanne Branciforte & Elvira G. Di Fabio, Parliamo italiano! (4 th edition) 2. Parliamo italiano! Student Activities Manual 3. a good Italian-English dictionary date Italian Language Cinema in Tuscany afternoon events 24 Benvenuti! Introduction to Screening: Room Unità preliminare: 2-16: Le presentazioni; I saluti; course with a View* *Though some of you L alfabeto; I numeri da 0 a watched this film during Unità 1: 18-32; La geografia; La città. 26 Unità 1: 33-50; I mesi dell anno; La data Florentine episode of Paisan our get-together in April, I am asking that you join us to screen it again, in the light of the particular viewing techniques and analytical tools that I ll be introducing during the first day of class. (It is never a mistake to view such rich, sophisticated, and multi-layered films more than once!) Screening: Tea With Mussolini

2 27 28 Unità 2: 62-68; La lezione; ; vocabolario. Unità 2: 69-86; La casa dello studente; L università 10:40-12:10 San Gimignano 2:00 (Piazza Gramsci) 1 WB: Unità preliminare-unità 2 Unità 2: 87-93; La vita scolastica. 3 Tema 1a Unità 3: : La famiglia; La casa. 4 5 Unità 4: : Al mercato all aperto 6 Tema 1b. WB: Unità 3-4 Unità 4: : I soldi; Le commissioni; I negozi 10:40-12:10 The Palio on Film The Italian Shoah Unità 3: : Il tempo; In centro. Unità 3: ; vocabolario. 10:40-12:15 Roberto Benigni, toscanaccio! Il palio Screening: The Sky Is Falling Screening: Life Is Beautiful Florence trip 9 Tema 2a. Unità 5: : Al bar; In trattoria 10 Unità 5: : Al ristorante; In cucina 11 Unità 6: : Il tempo Discussion of papers, Screening: La prima cosa bella Paolo Virzì Guest presentation by Screening: Sandra

3 libero 12 Unità 6: ; Lo sport; La passeggiata; Al mare e in montagna Eleonora Buonocore 15 Wb: Unità 5-6 Unità 6: ; vocabolario ripasso generale; ripasso Unità 6 16 Tema 3a Unità 7: : Il corpo, la salute 17 Unità 7: : L abbigliamento; Fare acquisti 18 Unità 7: ; La moda; ; vocabolario Rome trip Discussion of papers: San Miniato 1944 The Tavianis Screening: Night of the Shooting Stars Field trip: WWII Tuscany Screening: Good Morning Babylon 19 San Miniato, Pisa and Viareggio trip 22 Tema 4a Unità 8: ; Le professioni; I mezzi di trasporto Discussion of papers: Pasolini s Decameron: A Regional Heresy 23 Unità 8: ; L industria; Il colloquio di lavoro 24 ripasso per l esame finale 25 Wb: Unità 7-8 Screening: Fiorile Screening: Stealing Beauty 26 Tema 4b

4 Italian Language Requirements: 1. Italian only: Italian S-116 is conducted entirely in Italian. You will be expected to speak only Italian in class. As you become more proficient, you will also speak in Italian with classmates, other Yale students, and instructors. 2. Attendance: Class attendance is mandatory and will be marked each day. Italian S-116 is an intensive and highly interactive course and requires a strong commitment from the student in terms of attendance, homework assignments and participation. Students will be allowed one absence from the language component during the summer session (1½ hours total of class time). More than one absence/1½ hours of class time, and/or excessive tardiness, will adversely affect a student s grade, and may result in his/her being asked to withdraw from the course. Absences for religious holidays are excused. 3. Three tardies (five to ten minutes late to class) will count as one absence. 4. Exams: There are six 60-minute exams over the course of our five-week session. Your lowest exam score will be dropped and only five will be counted toward the exam component of your semester grade. Makeup exams are not allowed. 5. Compositions: Rough draft compositions ( a ) are due as indicated on the syllabus; rewritten compositions ( b ) are due on Fridays, including travel days. The rough draft counts for one-half of the grade on your compositions. Write your rough drafts carefully. 6. Your Student Activities Manual has three sections: a Workbook, a Lab Manual, and a Video Manual. You are responsible for the Cinema in Tuscany Requirements: 1. Attendance: Same as for the course on Italian Language 2. Weekly response papers: Brief (minimum 500 words) critical responses to the films presented in a given week. Due on Mondays. These essays will then provide the framework for informal, weekly, student-led discussions. 3. Class participation: Serious and lively student engagement in class discussion is vital to the success of our seminar. 4. Comprehensive final exam involving definitions, identifications, and essay question(s). 5. Final project studentmade films (don t be intimidated, reassuring details to be discussed in class), to be screened on the last day of class. The fifth of the short essays will be an account of your filmmaking process. Grade Breakdown Participation 25% Essays 50% Final Exam 25% N.B. Failure to receive a passing grade on any one component of the final

5 Workbook section only, given the vagaries of internet access in Siena. Workbooks ( Wb on the syllabus) must be turned in, two units at a time, as indicated on the syllabus. Make sure to correct your Wb units using the Answer Key distributed via in May (and also available on classes*v2). grade will result in an F for the course as a whole. Grade Breakdown Class attendance and 15% participation Compositions 20% Workbook (timely completion, 10% self-correction) Exams 35% Final Exam 20% N.B. Failure to receive a passing grade on any one component of the final grade will result in an F for the course as a whole. This is a fast-paced course. I encourage you to share any suggestions, questions, and comments with me as soon as possible, by me or outside of class.