ITAL 5566 Twilight Zones: Italian Fantastic Short-Stories
Conducted in Italian. Literature of the Fantastic has always challenged our perception of reality. Many Italian writers focused on fantastic themes and wrote unique stories about the uncanny, the unfamiliar and the astonishing in everyday life or described marvelous worlds and alternate universes. This course explores the short stories of major Italian writers from Romanticism to the New Millennium who engaged in this genre and mode of narration. Their short stories will show an unedited side of Italian literature, and allow students to more fully understand Italy's history, society and culture.
Course overview
- Department
- Italian
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Spring
Requirements fulfilled
- Italian: Advanced Italian literature or culture courses (six courses, 18 credits, at the 5000 level and above) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Italian: Electives (four courses, 12 credits: ITAL1113/ITAL1114 and ITAL2213/ITAL2214 as entry-level courses only, or additional Italian courses at the 3000, 5000, or 8000 level) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 5.00 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 5.00 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 1
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 | Mattia Acetoso | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 7 of 8 |