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Special Classes:
SUMMER SURVIVAL KIT The Survival Kit classes address a traveler's need for basic conversation skills in Italian before taking off from the airport. Learn in Italiano how to introduce yourself and others, ask for directions and information, reserve a hotel room or make a dinner reservation, order in a restaurant or bar, shop, visit museums, etc:
Session 1: June 2- 30 Session 2: July 1- 29 Classes meet on Tuesdays from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. $ 170 for 4- 90-minute classes ARCHITECTURE OF RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ROME: An Illustrated Lecture. Please inquire about schedule and rates The greatest period in Italian architecture since antiquity begins in Florence in the early Fifteenth Century and continues in Rome through the Seventeenth and early Eighteenth Centuries. The great works of Bramante, Michelangelo, Bernini, and Borromini are among the highlights of the Roman achievement, as are the planning of Baroque Rome at the behest of various popes. This period of brilliance culminates with spectacular gardens, piazzas, and fountains—the most famous of which is Salvi’s Fontana di Trevi. Here, architecture, urban design, sculpture, and the play of water come together in an unsurpassed composition that beguiles, delights, and convinces all but the hardest-hearted that they must return to the eternal pleasures of the Eternal City. In a PowerPoint presentation and discussion, we shall address the aesthetic excellence and historical resonance of these achievements—both for those who would see them for the first time and those who consider them old friends of inexhaustible fascination. ITALIAN LITERATURE CLASS: Please inquire about schedule and rates Overview of some of the biggest names in Italian Literature Lesson 1: PETRARCA A look at the life and times of the 14th Century Italian author, Francesco Petrarca, who penned Il Canzoniere, one of Italy’s most important literary masterpieces. Petrarca’s unrequited passion for Laura is the theme of the many verses. Lesson 2: BOCCACCIO Italian literature of the 14th Century is well known for both its licentiousness and comic relief. We will examine work by Giovanni Boccaccio, author and poet, censored during the 1300s and charged during the period for immorality in and scandal over his work. Not until much later was Boccaccio reconsidered as an important figure in the history of Italian literature. Lesson 3: MANZONI We will read passages written by Alessandro Manzoni, 19th Century poet and novelist, and analyze the themes and characters in his work, such as the lovers Renzo and Lucia in I Promessi Sposi whose marriage was thwarted by astonishing historical events. Lesson 4: LEOPARDI A phenomenal poet and essayist in 19th Century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi was influenced by his father who encouraged the boy early on to study Latin and Greek. Later Leopardi implemented a comparative method of studying language whereby he analyzed texts simultaneously in both Latin and Greek, creating a novel approach to scholarship. We study Leopardi’s Il Dialogo della Natura e di un Islandese (from the Operette Morali) among other great work by the writer. Lesson 5: VERGA Giovanni Verga represents the birth of Italian Realism at the end of the 19th Century during which time the opulence of the bourgeois world is pitted against the poor living conditions and struggle for the survival of the masses, especially in the South of Italy. Passages from Verga’s I Malavoglia are read and analyzed. Lesson 6: MONTALE 20th Century Italian author, poet, editor, and translator Eugenio Montale won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. A bright and perceptive critic of the past century and inquisitive of the condition of man and his isolation in the world, Montale is parsimonious with words while his poetry remains hermetic in form and content. The poem I Limoni from Ossi di Seppia will be read and discussed in detail. LATIN (grammar and literature) Latin provides a strong foundation for learning Italian, French, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. Latin word structures and sentence patterns encourage greater cognitive abilities such as increased observation, accuracy, and analysis. The Latin language also offers insight into Roman civilization and the customs, values, and ideas in Western culture today, including government, religion, art, literature, and economic systems. Lastly, more than 60% of English vocabulary comes from Latin, as well as the technical vocabularies of medicine, botany, law, astronomy, art history, and music. Basic LATIN (grammar and literature) classes are available at CI beginning September 2008. Custom private and semi-private classes are also offered upon request. Please inquire. Private Latin classes: $70/ hour Semi-private (2 students) Latin classes: $100/ hour DANTE'S LA DIVINA COMMEDIA: La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) is one the best expressions of medieval culture and poet Dante Alighieri's personal masterpiece. Students begin reading l'Inferno, the most important cantico, translate passages and discuss its historical significance in 14th Century Florence. The complete Commedia (Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso) will be read throughout the year. TAVOLA ROTONDA: Every other month, students at CI meet informally with instructors to discuss, in Italian, topics of interest, such as Italian politics, contemporary society, history, film, travel, fashion, etc. EXECUTIVE ESL & DIPLOMATIC ESL: CI introduces on- and off-site language classes: Executive ESL and Diplomatic ESL Executive ESL is for foreign business people who want to communicate more effectively in English. Executive ESL classes are customized to meet the needs of individuals in one-on-one training and in small groups. Focusing on fine-tuning foreign business professionals’ English language skills in speaking, pronunciation, and writing, CI’s language programs encourage participants to build upon their language skills while gaining practical knowledge of American culture. Diplomatic ESL is designed to meet the needs of members of the diplomatic corps who want to communicate more effectively in English. Diplomatic ESL classes include one-on-one training in small groups. Also focusing on fine-tuning participants’ English language skills in speaking, pronunciation, and writing, CI’s language programs encourage foreign diplomatic and business professionals to develop their English language skills while increasing their understanding of American society through its literature, the media, film, music, and art. Allow CI to design a program to fit your professional and business needs. Program samples include: Lunchtime ESL, off-site classes are one hour and a half / one hour classes available on-site only Private lessons: $60 per hour / $90 per one hour and a half Semi-Private Lessons: (2 people) $125 per one hour and a half Please inquire about small-group classes |
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