2024 Summer Session C
8 weeks, June 17 - August 9
ITALIAN R5B 002 - LEC 002
Reading and Composition
Fate and Fortune: Representations of Luck in Italian Culture
Lauren Bartone, Diego Pirillo
Jun 17, 2024 - Aug 09, 2024
Tu, We, Th
10:00 am - 11:59 am
Internet/Online
Class #:14423
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
Online
Offered through
Italian Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
5
Enrolled: 12
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 17
Waitlist Max: 3
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
6 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 16.5 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Diego Pirillo
Course Catalog Description
Reading and composition course based on works by Italians and foreigners about Italy and its culture and by Italians about their distinctive experiences of other cultures as tourists and emigrants. Works studied will be primarily chosen from among fiction and non fiction narratives, both originally in English and translated into it. R5A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition Requirement and R5B satisfies the second half.
Class Description
This course explores the way fate and fortune has been portrayed in Italian art and literature. Despite the best laid plans, fate has a way of intervening. How have Italian writers and artists considered the role of luck or fortune in their subjects? How are references to nature employed to represent fate, for example, when painters include a storm at the edge of their horizons, or map makers include a reference to the wind gods at the edge of their globes? These depictions of fortune acknowledge the limits of human control, often in the same spaces that depict humans striving to exercise complete control. Through an examination of symbols of fortune embedded in novels, but also excerpts of key texts from history, and works of art and architecture, we will consider the legacy of these perspectives on luck.
This is a writing-intensive course that fosters skills in literary analysis, including close reading, critical thinking, and articulate writing. In this class, you will use your critical reflections on the texts as starting points for writing several papers, including one research paper. Essential to the writing process will be workshopping one another’s work through peer review. You will also complete shorter weekly reading responses and assignments devoted to specific elements of essay writing. This course fulfills the university’s second-semester Reading and Composition requirement.
Key Texts:
The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Additional excerpts may include:
The Prince by Machiavelli
The Decameron by Boccaccio
Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
Class Notes
Taught in English with readings and written work in English. No Italian language experience required. Synchronous online instruction. Time conflict enrollments are not allowed.
This course satisfies the second half or the “B” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement.
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This course satisfies the second half or the “B” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Taught in English with readings and written work in English. No Italian language experience required. Synchronous online instruction. Time conflict enrollments are not allowed.
This course satisfies the second half or the “B” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the “A” portion of the Reading & Composition requirement or its equivalent. Students may not enroll in nor attend R1B/R5B courses without completing this prerequisite.
Although very few courses are canceled, Berkeley Summer Sessions reserves the right to cancel a course if it does not reach minimum enrollments 4 weeks before the start of the session. In the case of a course cancellation, all enrolled students are notified by email, dropped from the class, and no longer charged for the class. See summer.berkeley.edu for all enrollment and fee policies. show less
This course satisfies the second half or the “B” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the “A” portion of the Reading & Composition requirement or its equivalent. Students may not enroll in nor attend R1B/R5B courses without completing this prerequisite.
Although very few courses are canceled, Berkeley Summer Sessions reserves the right to cancel a course if it does not reach minimum enrollments 4 weeks before the start of the session. In the case of a course cancellation, all enrolled students are notified by email, dropped from the class, and no longer charged for the class. See summer.berkeley.edu for all enrollment and fee policies. show less
Rules & Requirements
Requisites
- Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Second half of the Reading and Composition Requirement
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
Associated Sections
None