2022 Fall ITALIAN C203 001 SEM 001

2022 Fall

ITALIAN C203 001 - SEM 001

Comparative Studies in Romance Literatures and Cultures

Word, Image, Visuality in Romance Literature and Art

Henrike Christiane Lange

Aug 24, 2022 - Dec 09, 2022
We
04:00 pm - 06:59 pm
Class #:32445
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Italian Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -1
Enrolled: 6
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 5
Waitlist Max: 2
No Reserved Seats
Also offered as: FRENCH C203, SPANISH C203

Hours & Workload

3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.

Other classes by Henrike Christiane Lange

Course Catalog Description

Topics will vary. Comparative studies in literary, cultural, or historical issues that cut across the literatures of the Romance languages.

Class Description

This course engages with large disciplinary and interdisciplinary questions in the Romance languages and literatures, history, and the arts and humanities by investigating relationships between verbal and visual languages in all shapes and forms. Taught with object lessons in the Bancroft and the Berkeley Art Museum, the class will explore topics including, but not limited to, visual narratives; emblemata; iconography and iconology; ekphrasis in prose, lyrical, and dramatic works; visual poetry; metaphors, topoi, and motifs in the shared Romance language tradition; visual and musical elements in drama and opera; in general the multiple relationships between word and image in the tradition of Christian art and writing since Augustine, and their modern reformulations proposed by authors such as Italo Calvino with their involvement in experimental literature, linguistics, and the classical / medieval / early modern traditions of European literatures. Depending on linguistic and foreign language preparation and preferences of the students, the class can either stay in the ancient, medieval, and early modern / Renaissance worlds, or occasionally include modern (19th-20th to contemporary) examples across the fields and Romance languages, e.g. imagery in poetry by Ungaretti, Apollinaire, and Montale. This course is designed to connect with other and further studies in adjacent fields - including but not limited to Medieval Studies, Renaissance & Early Modern Studies, critical theory, and interdisciplinary studies. No previous art history preparation required.

Rules & Requirements

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Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

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