A writing-intensive course that aims to strengthen writing skills though varied genres, including literary analysis, journalism, and biography, and through multiple revisions. The course is a prerequisite for all upper division courses.

Taught in Italian. Required of majors and minors. Italian Studies 101 is a content-based and writing intensive course. Its thematic content changes every semester. In Fall 20231, we will focus on what lies beyond the "made in Italy" branding, by focusing on three cultural icons that are often associated with Italy: food, fashion and design. Thus, for instance, we’ll look at initiatives like the Slow Food movement, founded in Italy and then spread globally, as well as the heavy impact the fashion industry has on the environment. The purpose of Italian 101 is to help students strengthen and refine their writing skills in Italian, by expanding their vocabulary and experimenting with more complex grammatical structures. Emphasis is given on refining writing skills through a process of writing, reviewing and re-writing. You will be exposed to texts from a variety of different genres and writing styles (newspaper and magazine articles, essays, short stories, poems and a novel, personal narratives, etc.) focusing on relevant topics in Italian culture and society. Grammar will be reviewed in the context of the texts and genres analyzed. This course is writing intensive. You will write several different types of texts of different length and purpose: letters, film reviews, personal narratives, argumentative texts, etc. You will also review your peers’ work and have your own work read and commented on by your peers. Re-writing will be required for most of the texts you’ll create for this class. At the end of the semester, you will have created a portfolio of about 20-30 pages in Italian. The course is entirely and exclusively taught in Italian.

Prerequisites: Intermediate Italian 4 (IS4) or placement exam

http://italian.berkeley.edu/undergraduate-program/language-study-and-placement/

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