Each semester is a new, fascinating course! From italian movie classics to literary classics, to the study of characters that have made Italy what it is today, Casa Italiana's teachers will show you another side of the "Bel Paese".
ANTHOLOGY of ITALIAN CINEMA
Students will learn Italian history and society by viewing selected movies. Students will improve their conversation skills and fluency through discussions and role-play exercises. The course will also include lessons on Italian grammar and syntax.
Cost: $ 320
Duration: 12 weeks
Dates: Monday 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Instructor: Ingrid Nifosi (materials will be provided by course instructor)
"ARS MORIENDI, INDAGINE A POMPEI" by Danila Comastri Montanari
Students reading this book will have the opportunity to learn a great deal about Pompei and its life in the year 47 AD.
Written in the form of a detective story, Senator Publio Aurelio Stazio is sent by the Emperor Claudio to find the killer of several prostitutes.
The investigation, with the help of his assistant and the Matrona Pomponia, leads him to solve this diabolical mystery.
Cost: $ 320
Duration: 12 weeks
Dates: Sunday 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Instructor: Marisa Darvish
"I PROMESSI SPOSI" by Alessandro Manzoni
The class will devote two sessions to this first Italian historical novel set in Northern Italy in 1628. The book develops several themes surrounding the contested love between Renzo and Lucia, their struggle and final marriage.
Cost: $ 320
Duration: 12 weeks
Dates: Tuesday 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Instructor Marisa Darvish
"L' AMERICA NON ESISTE" by Antonio Monda
for advanced students
Antonio Monda lives in New York. He writes this gripping novel about America: its myths, its dreams and its reality
as seen through the eyes of siblings who come there from Italy. The students will read, have discussions and do research on the novel. They will also do grammar and syntax exercises.
Cost: $ 320
Duration: 12 weeks
Dates: Sunday 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Instructor Liliana Lanzano
LITERATURE COURSES
ARTS & LITERATURE
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