116-228 The Story of Italian: Study Abroad

Special entry conditions apply. This subject will be offered in Summer 2008. Itinerary and travel arrangements available from Australians Studying Abroad. Prospective students must register with ASA prior to approval of enrolments at http://www.asatravinfo.com.au. The subject dates and HECS/course fee census date for this subject change each year. Check your enrolment record for the correct census date for this subject. Formerly available as 116-076/366/466. Students who have completed 116-076, 116-366 or 116-466 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Usually fifty points of first year from any area within the Faculty of Arts or enrolment in the DML Italian (Diploma of Modern Languages).

Students enrolled in this subject need to enrol concurrently also in 131-272 Venice and Cultures of Consumption or 131-273 'La Serenissima': The Myth of Venice. Students of the Diploma of Modern Languages (Italian) need to enrol also in 116-226 Beginners Italian: Study Abroad and cannot enrol in 131-272 Venice and Cultures of Consumption and 131-273 'La Serenissima': The Myth of Venice in their Diploma.

This intensive four-week study aborad subject will be taught in Venice and begins with an overview of the history of the language with a focus on the linguistic situation in Roman Italy, the fragmentation of Latin and the development of vernaculars from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Some aspects of palaeography (the art of analysing and reading handwriting) will be studied. Field trips to the Marciana Library and the Museo Correr will provide students with basic knowledge of codicology (study of manuscripts) and the basic skills needed to work on fifteenth century primary sources. On completion of this subject, student should have acquired an understanding of the history of the Italian language and of the emergence of a Tuscan lingua franca of the Italian and European Renaissance. Students will also be able to gain a basic knowledge of the language and text production of the Italian Renaissance.

• understanding of social, political, historical and cultural contexts and international awareness/openness to the world: through the contextualisation of judgements and knowledge, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and new aspects of French and Italian culture, and by formulating arguments;

• communicating knowledge intelligibly and economically: through essay and assignment writing, tutorial discussion and class presentations;

• public speaking and confidence in self-expression: through tutorial participation and class presentations.

Assessment: A test 15% (taken mid-course), a 1500 word short report 20% (due at the end of the course) and a 2500 word research essay 65% (due at the end of semester one 2008).

A subject reader will be available from the Bookshop 3 weeks before the beginning of the Overseas Intensive.