MDIA 306 The Italian-American Experience: A Survey

In this course students will analyze Italian migration in the United States from a cultural and literary point of view. The formation of a new identity arises from the bridging of the former culture and the new one to master. This process of formation, along with the issues raising from the condition of immigrants and the energy drawn from a new economic situation of mobility, have led Italian American artists to express themselves successfully in fiction and poetry, in film and the visual arts. These are some of the aspects that students, after a historical introduction to the phenomenon, will observe and study during the semester. Lectures are supplemented by film excerpts and guest lecturers. Same as ITAL 206

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MDIA 201 or department consent