2023 Fall

ITALIAN R5B 001 - LEC 001

Reading and Composition

Games and Reading

Rachel K Cook, Anna Dini

Aug 23, 2023 - Dec 08, 2023

Tu, Th

08:00 am - 09:29 am

Dwinelle 206

Class #:21722

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Italian Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 17

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 17

Waitlist Max: 3

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.

Other classes by Rachel K Cook

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

Games and reading seem like an unlikely pairing. Perhaps you, reader, have been instructed to consider them as entirely different activities. Nevertheless, games hold a significant presence in literature and culture starting in the late medieval period and extending to present day texts and media. Our study will begin with Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron to consider the purpose of games in narrative and leisure. How do games articulate narrative? How do traits that we associate with games, like structured rules or fleeting chance, emerge in a text? How does class, gender, and language become inscribed through games? In addition to Boccaccio, texts and media will draw from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino, Stories for a Year by Luigi Pirandello, among others. This class fulfills the university’s second semester requirement for Reading and Composition. As such, this is a writing-intensive course that focuses on building an essential skill: the research paper. Initially, assignments will focus on close reading and literary analysis. Over the course of the semester, we will work on developing persuasive and complex written arguments by incorporating secondary sources and criticism into academic prose that you compose. Other compulsory writing activities may include journal entries, revision, and peer review.

Class Notes

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.

Due to the high demand for R&C courses we monitor attendance very carefully. Attendance is mandatory the first two weeks of classes, this includes all enrolled and wait listed students. If you do not attend all classes the first two weeks you may be dropped. If you are attempting to add into this class during weeks 1 and 2 and did not attend the first day, you will be expected to attend all class meetings thereafter and, if space permits, you may be enrolled from the wait list. 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.