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LAH 350 Sicily: Myth, Reality and the Mafia LAH 350 Sicily: Myth, Reality and the Mafia Instructor: Daniela Bini Class time and place: TTH: 11:00-12:15; HRH 2.112 Office Hours: HRH 3.112C: Th 3:30-6:00 and by appointment e-mail: [email protected]; phone: 512-471-5995 At the cross of the Mediterranean, placed at the most strategic location, Sicily has been the coveted island of Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards. These diverse civilizations contributed to the creation of a Sicilian culture that is unique in its richness and complexity. The course will briefly survey the artistic traces left by those civilizations placing them in dialogue with the present Sicilian reality they contributed to create. From the Greek temples of Agrigento and Segesta through the Byzantine mosaics of Palermo and Cefalù, the baroque Spanish churches, to the lush colors of Guttuso’s paintings, the course will try to tie together the visual images of Sicily with its literary and filmic expressions. Major historical and social phenomena such as Mafia, Italian unification, sexual mores will be discussed through the texts of Verga, Pirandello, Sciascia, Tomasi di Lampedusa, and films by Petri, Visconti, Germi, Taviani brothers, Giordana, Crialese, Amenta. TEXTS: Verga, Giovanni: selected short stories on Canvas Pirandello, Luigi: Selected short stories on Canvas (please, print them for class discussion, since laptops, iPhone, iPads should not be used in class) Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe: The Leopard Brancati, Vitaliano: Beautiful Antonio Sciascia, Leonardo. The Day of the Owl ___________ Parts of Sicily as Metaphor FILMS Amenta, Marco: The Sicilian Girl Pietro Germi: Seduced and Abandoned Traviani Brothers: Kaos Crialese, Manuele: Respiro Marco Tullio Giordana: The One Hundred Steps On Canvas: Power points of Greek temples in Agrigento, Segesta, Senilunte; of Sicilian Baroque Architecture; of paintings by Antonello da Messina and Renato Guttuso with relative texts. Grades: First Exam 30%; Second Exam 40%; research paper 20%; Class Participation 10% SYLLABUS GENNAIO martedì 16 Introduction to the Course: A little History, Art, Nature giovedì 18 Giovanni Verga: “Nedda” “Cavalleria rusticana” martedì 23 Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, “Verga’s Gramigna’s Lover,” giovedì 25 Verga’s “The Stuff,” “Rosso Malpelo” martedì 30 Luigi Pirandello’s “Limes of Sicily,” Cap and Bells Last day to drop a course for possible refund FEBBRAIO giovedì 1 “Horse in the Moon,” “The Trip” martedì 6 Pirandello’s “The Jar,” “Moon Sickness,” “The other Son,” “Requiem” giovedì 8 Taviani Borthers: film Kaos martedì 13 Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard Last day to drop a course without a possible academic penalty giovedì 15 The Leopard martedì 20 The Leopard giovedì 22 The Leopard martedì 27 The Leopard MARZO giovedì 1 ESAME martedì 6 Luchino Viconti’s film The Leopard giovedì 8 film The Leopard SPRING BREAK martedì 20 Vitangelo Brancati’s Bell’Antonio giovedì 22 Bell’Antonio martedì 27 Bell’Antonio giovedì 29 Bell’Antonio APRILE martedì 5 Bell’Antonio giovedì 7 Pietro Germi’s film Seduced and Abandoned martedì 12 Pietro Germi’s Divorce Italian Style giovedì 14 Leonardo Sciascia’s The Day of the Owl martedì 19 The Day of the Owl giovedì 21 Marco Tullio Giordana’s film The One Hundred Steps Outline of the research paper due martedì 26 Marco Amenta’s film The Sicilian Girl giovedì 28: Emanuele Crialese’s film Respiro MAGGIO martedì 1 Sicily as Metaphor giovedì 3 ESAME Tuesday 10: Research Paper due; between 2500-3000 words. This course carries both the Global Cultures flag and Ethics and Leadership Flag. Global Cultures courses are designed to increase your familiarity with cultural groups outside the United States. The Ethics and Leadership requirement equips you with the tools necessary for making ethical decisions in your adult and professional life. Courses carrying this flag expose you to ethical issues and to the process of applying ethical reasoning in real-life situations. Class and University Policies Religious holidays By UT Austin policy, you must notify me of your pending absence at least fourteen days prior to the date of observance of a religious holy day. If you must miss a class, an examination, a work assignment, or a project in order to observe a religious holy day, I will give you an opportunity to complete the missed work within a reasonable time after the absence. 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