IT10510 - THE MAKING OF ITALY

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:

the dynamic forces that shaped Italy during the reconstruction years immediately after World War II, including the impact of regionalism in its widest sense;

the cultural context and main themes of Dante's Inferno and Machiavelli's The Prince and their contribution to the cultural heritage of Italy including these author's critique of factionalism and regionalism;

and be able to evaluate:

the relationships between the earlier fragmentation and divisions and their impact on contemporary Italy;

the basic principles behind Renaissance art 1300-1550, its humanist characteristics and the part visual culture played in the creation of regional identity.

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.