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Introduction to Chinese dialectology, focusing on geographical distribution and historical development of modern Chinese dialects. Systematic survey of phonological, lexical, and syntactic structures of the seven major Chinese dialectal groups. Reconstruction of the phonological systems of old Chinese, ca. 10th century B.C. and Middle Chinese, ca. 7th century A.D., based on comparative study of modern Chinese dialects. Prerequisite: CHINESE 375.

The satirical tradition in Scandinavian literature has a long and colorful history, nowhere more so than in Denmark. The rise of the Scandinavian welfare state over the last 100 years has done nothing to diminish the ardor with which authors take gleeful aim at what they perceive to be the failings and the burdens of governmental bureaucracy. In this class we will sample the writings of several of the most representative of the authors who delight in skewering

Introduction to the various interpretations of Germany's past from 1870 to the present. Emphasis on controversies and competing historical approaches.

In this course, students will become familiar with the major currents of thirteenth-century Italian poetry and will explore Dante?s Divine Comedy as an encyclopedic compendium of medieval thought as well as a very personal vision of the individual?s place in the universe, a journey that is as meaningful now as it was 700 years ago. Counts toward Medieval Studies Certificate. Taught in English with ITAL 507.

Course taught in English. Re-examines Italian neo-realism and the filmmakers? project of social reconstruction after Fascism. How Italian film produces meanings and pleasures through semiotics and psychoanalysis, so as to understand the specific features of Italian cinema, its cultural politics, and the Italian contribution to filmmaking and formal aesthetics. Course taught in English.

Course taught in English. Re-examines Italian neo-realism and the filmmakers? project of social reconstruction after Fascism. How Italian film produces meanings and pleasures through semiotics and psychoanalysis, so as to understand the specific features of Italian cinema, its cultural politics, and the Italian contribution to filmmaking and formal aesthetics. Course taught in English.

Course offered in Italian in two sections at 400 and 500 levels, with different course requirements for graduate and undergraduate students. The course will address, in particular, the relationship between literature, theory and thinking in Italo Calvino?s late works and essays. Special emphasis will be placed on Calvino?s effort in approaching the complexity of modern experience through his encyclopedic writing technique. Requirements: weekly readings and assignments, two compositions, midterm, presentation and final exam. Taught with ITAL 597M.

We investigate one of the following topics in depth. The computational model, the problem of naturalizing intentionality, internalism vs. externalism, the problem of naturalizing conscious experience, the relation between perception and cognition.