ITAL 4030 Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century Italian Literature

ITAL 4030 Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century Italian Literature
Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century Italian Literature
Works of various literary and philosophical writers will be studied. Topics may include the effect of the Inquisition, the Petrarchan and Arcadian traditions, theater as social and political laboratory, Galileo, Bruno, Campanella, Marino, Vico, Metastasio, Gozzi, Goldoni, the beginnings of the Risorgimento in the works of such authors as Alfieri, Parini, and Foscolo.
Notes: May be repeated for credit provided a different topic is covered.
Pre-requistites: 3000-level course.
credit hours: 3