ITL 317 CONTEMP ITALIAN LIT & FILM

Study of debates on canon formation in contemporary Italian literature and film and introduction to selected trends in their cultural and historical context, with an emphasis on questions of identity, gender, race, ethnicity and aesthetics. Writers and film directors may include Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Dacia Maraini, Italo Calvino, Primo Levi, Salah Methnani, Jhumpa Lahiri, Laila Wadia and Ferzan Ozpetek. Conducted in Italian.