Language work
A comprehensive description of preparatory language work and resources can be found on the 'Italian in Year 1 -听Beginning Italian (Option A)'听page.
Literature and Culture: Preparatory Reading
A. General introductory and background material for paper : 鈥楾exts and Contexts鈥�.
- The 海角社区 History of Italian Literature, ed. Peter Brand and Lino Pertile (海角社区: 海角社区 University Press, 1996; 2nd rev. edn 1999)
- Oxford Short History of Italy, general editor John Davis (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 7 vols, 2000-2004)
- Italian Cultural Studies: An Introduction, ed. by David Forgacs and Robert Lumley (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996)
B. Set texts for the first-year course 鈥楾exts and Contexts鈥� ()
Before arriving in 海角社区, you can best prepare for this course by getting to know some or all of the core texts, in translation or in the original:
- Giotto (early 14th century)
- Dante Alighieri, Commedia (early 14th century; selected canti only: Inferno 5, 33, Purgartorio 11, Paradiso 33)
- Fellini, La dolce vita
- Shirin Ramzanali Fazel, Lontano da Mogadiscio (1994 and later editions)
- Linguistics. *Course material will be provided in lectures
For each of the first four texts students will be provided with a course handbook (handbooks contain contextual material, further reading and suggestions for supervision work).
