Module Identifier IT10510  
Module Title THE MAKING OF ITALY  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Mr Adriano Vincentelli  
Semester Semester 1  
Course delivery Other   15 Hours Contact Hours.  
Assessment Semester Exam   2 Hours   70%  
  Semester Assessment   Continuous Assessment: One essay 1500-2000 words   30%  

Learning outcomes

Successful students will have a knowledge of:

and be able to evaluate:

Brief description

Unity and fragmentation, vitality and stagnation, individualism and conformism, these are some of the forces that explain Italy's chequered history through the ages. The course will highlight the significant contribution of the regions, selected individuals and events to modern society and the cultural heritage of Italy. The course may be taken by both Beginners and Advanced students of Italian.   

Reading Lists

Books
** Reference Text
R. Kirkpatrick. (1987) Dante: The Divine Comedy. CUP
Dante Alighieri (translated by Mark Musa). L'inferno. Penguin Classics
R. Jacoff. (1993) The Cambridge Companion to Dante. CUP
Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. vol. 1

Web Page/Sites
The Making of Italy: Lectures and notes on Dante at.

Books
N. Machiavelli (trans. G. Bull). (1961) The Prince. Penguin
N. Machiavelli. Il Principe. NUE
P. Bondanella (ed.). The Prince. OUP
S. Anglo. Machiavelli, a dissection. Paladin
R. J. Hale. Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy. Penguin
Q. Skinner. (1981) Machiavelli. OUP (Past Masters)
Open University. Machiavelli (see Booklet A201 Unit 14).
M Clark. Modern Italy 1871-1982. Longman
D. Sassoon. (1986) Contemporary Italy, a Modern History. Longman
F. Spotts & T. Wieser. Italy, a difficult democracy: a survey of Italian politics. C U P
D. Mack Smith. Italy: a Modern History. Michigan U P
Z. Baransky. Culture and Conflict in Post-war Italy. M & GSEIS HN475.5.C9
Hughes. The fall and rise of modern Italy.
P. Ginsborg. A History of Contemporary Italy.
P. Ginsborg. Culture and Politics in Contemporary Italy. Chapter 1 in Baranski
L. Barzini. The Italians.