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Program Requirements

Thesis Courses (24 credits)

• ITAL 698 Thesis Proposal (6 credits)

  Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Italian (Arts) : A written presentation which will include: (a) a review of the literature pertinent to the thesis, (b) the definition of the thesis research project within the parameters of the critical literature, and (c) an indication of how the research project will be carried out.

  Terms: Fall 2023

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.

• ITAL 699 Thesis (18 credits)

  Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Italian (Arts) : Completion of the thesis.

  Terms: Winter 2024

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Required Courses (12 credits)

• ITAL 602 The Literary Tradition (3 credits)

  Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Italian (Arts) : The course highlights the importance of tradition in literature and focuses on different aspects of Italian literary history.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.

• ITAL 610 Bibliography of Italian Literature (3 credits)

  Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Italian (Arts) : Tools for literary research: encyclopedias, dictionaries, bibliographies, journals, Internet sites, library catalogues. Tools for linguistic research: historical, specialized, Italian-dialect, etymological vocabularies. History of the book: manuscript, early printing, catalogues of incunabula and of early books.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.

• ITAL 619 Topics in Literary Theory (3 credits)

  Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Italian (Arts) : An introduction to some of the main subjects and authors of modern literary theory. Topics may include reception theory, deconstruction, postmodernism, cultural studies, formalism and structuralism, semiotics, gender studies, psychoanalysis, Marxism, translation and subjectivity.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.

• ITAL 680 Research Seminar (3 credits)

  Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Italian (Arts) : Presentation and discussion of research work.

  Terms: Fall 2023

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Complementary Courses (9 credits)

9 additional course credits, chosen in consultation with an adviser from among the graduate courses offered by the Department. The three courses should cover three distinct chronological periods in Italian literature.

A maximum of 6 credits of graduate courses may be taken outside the Italian Studies Department, upon the advice of the Supervisor and with the permission of the Graduate Studies Director.

In exceptional cases, when program requirements cannot be fulfilled otherwise, students may take ITAL 606 Individual Reading Course 1 and ITAL 607 Individual Reading Course 2 offered as tutorials.

Typically, the first year of the program will consist of: Literary Theory course, ITAL 610, the three complementary courses and ITAL 698. The second year will include ITAL 602, ITAL 680 and the thesis.