Summer 2008

ITAL S130

Intermediate Italian
Millicent Marcus
Diego Bertelli
Monica Georgeo
M-F 9.00-12.00
Summer 2008 SU 8 Week Session
Skills L3, L4
Distributional Group I
Not Cr/D/F

Last five weeks offered in Siena, Italy. An intensive "at-home-and-abroad" course designed for second-year Italian students, combining language study at the intermediate level with an exploration of Italian literature, film, opera, and culture. Students complete the equivalent of one term of intermediate Italian during the four weeks on the Yale campus, followed by the equivalent of one term of intermediate Italian during the four weeks in Italy. The second half of the course allows students to put their language skills into practice, and provides for trips and cultural encounters in the Tuscany region. Students are responsible for all travel expenses to and from Siena, room and board costs in Italy, and any other expenses beyond tuition. Application deadline: April 1. Prerequisite: ITAL 115 (Elementary Italian) or equivalent. Enrollment limited. For further information contact summersession.abroad@yale.edu.
3 Credits. Tuition $5,000. 8 Weeks: June 2 - July 25.

ITAL S246 /JDSTS289

Jewish Italy
Risa Sodi
15 HTBA
Summer 2008 SU 5A Session
Skills L5
Areas Hu
Distributional Group I
Not Cr/D/F

Offered in Siena, Italy. An exploration of Italian culture through the lens of Italy's oldest minority, Italian Jews. Examination of key texts, movies, and representations of the Jewish Italy in Italian literature and film. Guided tours of historically and culturally significant sites in Tuscany (Siena, Florence, Pitigliano), Venice, and Rome. Readings include novels, short stories, and poems by Giorgio Bassani, Natalia Ginzburg, Carlo Levi, Primo Levi, and Umberto Saba. Films include Life Is Beautiful, The Truce, Unfair Competition, and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. Prerequisite: ITAL 131b or equivalent. Students are responsible for all travel expenses to and from Siena, room and board costs, and any other expenses beyond tuition. Application deadline: April 1. Enrollment limited. For further information contact summersession.abroad@yale.edu.
1 Credit. Tuition $2,500. Session A: June 2 - July 4.