In this paper, we have reviewed and analyzed literature textbooks at the pre-university level, respectively in the high school. In this research, we have examined the way these texts are analyzed (the pedagogical apparatus as it is otherwise called). Such work is done considering the requirements of the latter to fulfill certain competencies…

Reading literature in a foreign language (FL) requires a learner to move beyond decoding simple meanings and phrases to analysis and interpretation of multiple meanings. It also involves the development of a global understanding of a text's significance, which entails participation in a complex social practice, situated in cultural, linguistic,…

This quarterly bibliography includes books, articles, bibliographies and reviews published here or abroad by scholars residing in the United States or Canada. Coverage includes comparative literature studies; translations; publications on art, music, philosophy, history, cinema, and sociology; and studies pertinent to the Italian-American…

Suggests that ethnic American literature might help promote FL study through themes also recurrent in the target group literature and through English usages reminiscent of target language features. Sees these shared characteristics as a potential aid to learning, usually obscured by the emphasis placed on contrastive aspects. (MES)

Part of a continuing series. (DD)

Describes books, articles, and reviews on Italian studies published in the United States and Canada. (DS)

Quarterly listing of books, articles, and reviews on Italian studies by scholars residing in the United States or Canada. (DS)

Includes materials published in the United States and foreign countries by scholars from the U.S. and Canada. (DS)

This follow-up to two previous studies provides a list of dissertations in the area of Italian studies, mainly literature, either completed since 1971 or currently in progress. (Author/KM)

Part of a continuing quarterly series. (DS)

Part of a continuing series. (DS)

Continuing, quarterly series of books, articles, and reviews of Italian language and literature studies published by U. S. and Canadian scholars. (DS)