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Pace, Antonio – Modern Language Journal, 1976
A brief historical review shows the cultural influence of Italy on England, a cultural climate the colonists brought to America. The attitude of J. Adams, J. Madison, T. Jefferson and B. Franklin towards the Italian language are reported. In particular, Franklin's considerable appreciation for the Italian culture is pointed out. (MS)
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Cultural Background, Cultural Exchange, Italian
Lebano, Edoardo A. – Mod Lang J, 1969
Descriptors: Administrators, College Language Programs, Degrees (Academic), Graduate Study
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Haines, Charles – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
One studies Italian for the same reason one studies any language--to become educated. Even more than for art and music, Italian is necessary for literature. Dante must be read, and in the original. Further, we study Italian to know our cultural roots and heritage. (AMH)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Culture, Higher Education, Humanistic Education
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Clivio, Gianrenzo P. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1971
Paper presented in Rome, Italy at the Annual Meeting of the Italian Linguistic Society on June 2, 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, College Language Programs, Doctoral Programs, Italian
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Cherubini, Jon C., Comp. – Italica, 1977
This quarterly bibliography of Italian studies in North America includes books, bibliographies, and reviews of comparative literature studies, translations, and publications on art, music, philosophy, history, cinema, and sociology, which are closely related to literature. (SW)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art, Bibliographies, European History
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Di Pietro, Robert J. – Italica, 1987
Presents a proposal to bring literature into the basic program of instruction and make it a meaningful component of the learning process. A model lesson describes how literary texts can be perceived and studied as performances of a language. (CB)
Descriptors: Italian, Italian Literature, Language Enrichment, Language Fluency
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Verna, Anthony – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1972
Paper read at the International Congress of Teachers of Italian held at the Universita Italiana per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy, August 27-28, 1971. Discusses the patterns of growth of Italian studies in Ontario at high school and university levels. (DS)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Language Programs, Higher Education, Italian
Green, Rose Basile – 1974
A chronological analysis of the fictional writings of Americans of Italian ancestry, this book constitutes a record of the interaction of two cultures, immigrant and established, within the composition of American civilization. The materials are divided into three parts: the first part contains an analysis of representative autobiographies as a…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, Italian Americans, Italian Literature
Longman, Stanley V. – 1974
The Theatre of the Grotesque, a dramatic movement in Italy from 1916 until 1930, grew directly out of Pirandello's concept of "umorismo," the painful laugh accompanying the tragic sense of bewilderment at the incongruities and cruelties of life. Growing first of all from a reaction against positivism and its theatrical counterpart,…
Descriptors: Drama, Imagery, Italian Literature, Symbolism
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Needler, H. I. – Italica, 1973
Descriptors: Italian Literature, Language Styles, Literature Reviews, Medieval Literature
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Cousins, Ewert – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1971
Bonaventure's symbols of the circle, centre, cross, and journey are analyzed from the perspective of the mandala, as it has been explored in the research of C.G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Guiseppe Tucci." Three photographs are included. (Author/SP)
Descriptors: Christianity, Imagery, Italian Literature, Medieval Literature
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Moss, David – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2004
University language programmes are often held to be a vital element in national preparedness to cope with an increasingly connected world. Yet we know very little about the social and intellectual organization of contemporary language departments or the networks through which staff manage their teaching, research and service to the community. I…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humanities, Italian Literature, Higher Education
LoGatto, Anthony F., Comp. – 1972
Contents of this chronology and fact book include the following: (i) Editor's foreword; (ii) Chronology; (iii) Twenty-one documents, ranging from "Charter granting Christopher Columbus the Prerogatives and Privileges of his Voyage--April 30, 1492," to "On the Care of Migrants," issued by Pope Paul VI on August 22, 1969; Nine appendices, including:…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Artists, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
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Giustiniani, Vito R. – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Allegory, Epics, Italian Literature, Medieval Literature
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Layman, B. J. – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Characterization, Impressionistic Criticism, Italian Literature, Motifs
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