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 HISTORY & CULTURE OF NAPLES

 

Course Schedule:

 Session  Topics  Reading Assignments  Papers Due

Day #1
Sat.
PM

 Arrival and Orientation
Introduction 		 H: Seward, 27-45
Santore: XXIV-XLVI 		 217: #1
317: #1 

Day #2
Sun.
9-5:30 

Greeks, Romans, Byzantines,
Neapolitan Dukes.
Normans, Hohenstaufens, Angevins
Boccaccio: "Andreuccio"
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Ethnocentrism, ethnorelativism 

 NG: 1-14, 47-58


H: Boccaccio: 70-79
*Handout: Gunn, 1-17
 		  

Day #3
Mon.
8-6 

 Greco-Roman & Angevin Naples
"Vedere Napoli e poi morire." 		 H: DeCrescenzo: 36-57
Santore: 1-45 		 317: #2 
Day #4
Tues.
9-5:30 		 "Theory of love and liberty"
Modern Naples
Aragons, Austrians, Bourbons, French 		 

Santore: 47-187		 217: #2
317:#3 
Day #5
Wed.
8-6pm 		 Bourbon Naples  NG: 131-142
Santore:187-271 		 217: #3
317: #4 
Day #6
Thurs.
9-6 

Piedmontese, Fascists
"Neapolitan Power"
Republic of Italy, Naples Today
"Contemporary Naples"
"The Middle Way"
Preparation for panel discussion
Discussion with panel of guests 

 H: DeCrescenzo: 177-197

H: Gunn: 236-259
H: DeCrescenzo: 198-205
 

217: #4
317: #5 

Day #7
Fri.
8-7pm 

 20th c. Naples
Filumena Marturano		 NG: 233-255, 315-323
H: DeFilippo: ix-xvi, 173-246
H: Malaparte: 10-15, 32-46

Day #8
Sat.
9-12 

Final exam
Departure 

 317 Final Project
 due NLT 21/11/05 

217: #5
317: #6 

*Both textbooks plus handouts of readings from various texts will be mailed in advance to registered students. Advance reading of all assignments is highly recommended.
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