Department of French and Italian

Prerequisite: FRIT-M 305, FRIT-M 306, FRIT-M 307, FRIT-M 308, FRIT-M 322, or FRIT-M 390, or consent of instructor
Note: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit

For artists and scientists, the moon has represented a source of inspiration and an object of investigation. The moon is the subject of philosophical treatises, artworks, songs, and literary works, which have produced groundbreaking speculations on human relationships with nature, destiny, and fate. A mirror of human feelings, the moon provides a frontier to expand the limitations of human knowledge as well as an alternative space to project political utopias and reimagine human societies. This course, entirely in Italian, will explore the moon in Italian culture, combining literature with music, cinema, and the visual arts. Sources will include famous translations of the Archaic Greek poet Sappho, Ariosto, Leopardi, Calvino, Merini, and Fellini.

FRIT-M 450        #13321       TuTh       11:10 A- 12:25 P        Prof Filippo Petricca